Sunrise, Greenstone Lake, Mono County, California

Camera info: Mamiya 645 AFD II, Ultra-Wide-Angle 28mm f/4.5 Sekor D Aspherical Auto Focus, 2.5 sec @ ISO 100

This is one of the spectacular sunrise spots in the Sierra Nevada high country. In this image, majestic North Peak is reflecting in Greenstone Lake at sunrise, Hoover Wilderness in the High Sierra – just east of Yosemite National Park.

To reach Greenstone Lake from Yosemite National Park, follow Highway 120 over Tioga Pass. Just a little more than two miles east of the entrance gate you reach the turnoff to Saddlebag Lake, a popular fishing destination. The 2.4 miles road to Saddlebag Lake is paved in portions and gravel in other parts. Approaching from the east, take Highway 395 just south of Lee Vining, turn west on Highway 120 and drive about 10 miles to the Saddlebag Lake turnoff.

Saddlebag Lake Resort offers for about $11, a round-trip water taxi ride to the opposite end of the lake. From where the water taxi drops you off at the upper end of Saddlebag Lake, a short hike leads to Greenstone Lake. As an alternative, one can avoid water taxi and hike around following the shore of sprawling Saddlebag Lake, en route to one of more than one dozen alpine lakes spread out across the headwaters basins of Lee Vining and Mill creeks.

Today I’m introducing  you to iPhone and iTouch application PhotoCard, written by one of my favorite world renowned fine art nature Photographer Bill Atkinson.

PhotoCard allows you to create both electronic (email) as well as real physical post cards, using your own photographs as well as those provided by Bill and other talented photographers.

Bill Atkinson's PhotoCard

The above image is published with Bill Atkinson’s permission.

 About Bill Atkinson:

Bill Atkinson is a computer engineer  and was member of the original Macintosh team at Apple Computer.  He was the creator of many ground breaking Apple applications:

• Macintosh QuickDrawand Lisa LisaGraf
• Marching ants
• Menu bar
• The Selection lasso
• FatBits
• MacPaint
• HyperCard

 As of  2010, Bill Atkinson is a full time fine are nature photographer.  His life long photographic journey has started at the age of ten, when he was given a subscription to “Arizona Highways” magazine.  He is an early adopter of digital photography and pioneer in digital printing and color management technology.

You can find Full Review of  PhotoCard application by Michael Reichmann of The Luminous Landscape.

There is also an extended description and demo video here.

Many of you have showed interest to view and purchase my images. I’m happy to let you know that I have seriously considered your requests and created a website Fine-Art-Nature-Photography.com to host my galleries. Now you may start visiting my online galleries for your pleasure as well as you have option to buy fine art prints for your wall decor and digital downloads for legitimate commercial usage.

Through this photo blog, I intend to share the stories behind the images which will make these images more interesting and compelling. I will also share the trip reports which could be valuable to fellow photographers and travelers. If time permits, I will provide my personal opinions and reviews about photo equipments I use.

Currently I’m employed as Senior IT Business Systems Analyst with Riverbed Technology, a high tech company engaged in award winning line of Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization solutions. I do outdoor travel and nature photography during weekends and vacations. Due to time constraints, the blog will be limited to not more than thrice a week.