{"id":1742,"date":"2011-10-13T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:27:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T01:27:04","slug":"high-and-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/high-and-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"High and Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/russbishop.photoshelter.com\/img-show\/I0000nm4uBJ6EgLo\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: Russ Bishop\/Russ Bishop Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000nm4uBJ6EgLo\/s\/600\/398\/932316da.jpg\" alt=\"Climbers on the classic traverse of Matthes Crest, Yosemite National Park, California (Russ Bishop\/Russ Bishop Photography)\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Climbers on the classic traverse of Matthes Crest, Yosemite National Park, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Exploring the high peaks of\u00a0the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California is a magical experience. The Range of Light, as John Muir affectionately called it, is essentially in my backyard (just a few hours drive away) and I try to make the most of it throughout the year. Winter is a fantastic time to\u00a0discover\u00a0the vast solitude that awaits the backcountry skier, late spring and summer provide ample opportunity to backpack to secluded lakes and hidden valleys, and autumn, my favorite time of year, is perfect for\u00a0sharing the lofty summits\u00a0with good friends.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the peaks in the range average over 13,000 feet and the views\u00a0stretch far and wide.\u00a0Photography in the crisp, clear alpine air\u00a0needs no polarizing filter to faithfully reproduce\u00a0the deep indigo hue that looks as if it must have been tweaked in Photoshop.\u00a0My go-to\u00a0lens in these high and wild places is\u00a0the Nikkor 16mm,\u00a0which has a wide field of view, provides maximum depth of field with extremely\u00a0close focusing, and is very compact making it especially easy to climb with.<\/p>\n<p>Climbing photography is\u00a0challenging as vantage points are often limited and safety always comes first. But the heightened sense of awareness that is a requirement\u00a0when scaling the peaks has a dual benefit\u00a0&#8211; that of visual clarity.\u00a0Great shots\u00a0have a way of presenting themselves, and capturing those images is often just a matter of living in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Russ Bishop\/All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climbers on the classic traverse of Matthes Crest, Yosemite National Park, California Exploring the high peaks of\u00a0the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California is a magical experience. The Range of Light, as John Muir affectionately called it, is essentially in my backyard (just a few hours drive away) and I try to make the most of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/high-and-wild\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;High and Wild&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,12],"tags":[178,15,104,141,72,14,102,103],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure-photography","category-equipment","category-techniques","tag-adventure","tag-california","tag-climbing","tag-matthes-crest","tag-mountains","tag-sierra-nevada","tag-tuolumne-meadows","tag-yosemite"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}