zScapes Adventures

YOSEMITE FALLS on a full moon in the springtime creates the phenomenon of a moonbow for patient observers. Cascading 2,425 ft. over Yosemite's walls, this waterfall is ephemeral with the greatest show happening in the spring months."

As quoted on the back of one of four postcards that proudly display my images in the Yosemite Conservancy stores throughout the park. This image was captured during a Yosemite Conservancy Moonbow workshop that I cohosted with my good friend and fine photographer, John Senser from Twaine Heart. He was instrumental in advocating and running several photo workshops over the years, many years before they 'caught fire' and diminished the experience (Moonbow, Firefall, Winter, North Dome to name a few). The Moonbow is created on a cloudless night as the moon rises in the eastern skies and intersects at the precise angle as the falling misting waters swirl in the breeze to create a rainbow at night! If you are lucky enough to be there, you only see a silver arc, as our eyes cones cannot process color in the dark. However, through the magic of a long exposure the colors present themselves and explode into the image.

THRIVE in the great wild open land that is Yosemite National Park. This World Heritage Site is home to delights both big and small, from towering sequoia tress to the smallest of wildflowers.

ROAM among the many wild things in Yosemite National Park. This World Heritage Site is home to a diversity of wildlife tucked among the forest, meadows and rocks.

YOSEMITE'S WATERFALLS thunder at their fullest during the spring runoff. Snowmelt from the high mountains above feeds these delightful cascades that tumble down to the floor of Yosemite Valley.