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First rays of sun peaking through the trees in Cook's Meadow, Yosemite National Park

First rays of sun peaking through the trees in Cook's Meadow, Yosemite National Park
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26 Comments | Report
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter August 14, 2015
Great image. Nice work. - Jake
KoralC PRO
 
KoralC August 22, 2015
Superb!!
Debrazig
 
Debrazig October 11, 2015
Congratulations on winning the Mysterious Mornings contest! Well deserved!
nandicmb
 
nandicmb October 11, 2015
Congratulations on all your Awards, specially Mysterious Mornings Photo Contest!
kellumbear PRO
 
kellumbear October 11, 2015
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
kellumbear PRO
 
kellumbear October 11, 2015
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
kellumbear PRO
 
kellumbear October 11, 2015
Where did you take this fantastic shot?
Lillymeg PRO+
 
Lillymeg October 11, 2015
Congratulation of being The Winner of the Mysterious Mornings Photo Contest and receiving the Nikon D50 DSLR Camera as your reward. A brilliant capture.
VHiggins
 
VHiggins October 12, 2015
absolutely gorgeous! congratulations!
Melodygrace
 
Melodygrace October 14, 2015
Congratulations. Beautiful.
carolyncwright
 
carolyncwright October 24, 2015
Stunning beauty, Nicki!
davidbidmead
 
davidbidmead January 06, 2016
Congratulations ! Spectacular capture.
Jdronan PRO+
 
Jdronan January 06, 2016
I love the way you have framed this beautiful tree and light!
RyanStratePhoto PRO+
 
RyanStratePhoto January 10, 2016
Wow! I love this shot.. its dream like. Great lighting and colors. Well done!
HerEyesOn Platinum
 
HerEyesOn January 10, 2016
Sorry about the peer award - my mouse slipped before I could select one. Anyway, this is one of my all time favourite images of one of my favourite places on earth :-)
RoadKing1985
 
RoadKing1985 January 10, 2016
I still need to go to Yosemite! Man this is a nice capture. Ethereal! Awesome landscapes, land, trees, mountains, and the skies !! well captured:) Thanks for sharing!:)
jpsphotos
 
jpsphotos January 10, 2016
Fantastic shot of the Yosemite Valley. I just love this area and I love the lighting that you captured. Great work and good eye!!!
debbieAnne
 
debbieAnne January 12, 2016
I love this photo!!! WOW! Nice shot!!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots March 10, 2016
Beautiful! Congrats.
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 March 10, 2016
Speechless!
MsElaine
 
MsElaine May 17, 2017
Awesome
Shebeme2
 
Shebeme2 July 11, 2017
Very beautiful, thanks for sharing it..Now if you could capture the smells and sounds with the air on our faces to transport us even more!! Yay
CaptureLifeUK
 
CaptureLifeUK August 20, 2017
Stunning capture
kaych22
 
kaych22 February 12, 2018
outstanding, great shot.
stellakee
 
stellakee July 31, 2018
Beautiful 😊
oldgreybeard Platinum
 
oldgreybeard October 08, 2018
I like it, Excellent work
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