It's always interesting to arrive at a place and to discover what is special at that time and specific location.
On this trip it was the incredible reflections in the river when the water was so low.

One of the things that I'm discovering is that I do my best work when my mind is completely blank
and I'm not bringing any angst, concerns or worries that in the end are distractions.

As a practice, I'm slowing down and trying to connect more before pressing the shutter.
That is important in general, but even more so in a place like Yosemite which is so iconic everywhere you look.
It can feel like you are at a "Kodak Picture Point" where the shot has been taken literally millions of times before and was done better by Ansel Adams decades ago.

So the challenge is to get past the "noise and distractions" and really begin to "see" in such a place and imposing circumstance...
Again, the zen like realization is in not trying harder but to let go completely.
Letting go until one's sense of self fades to the background and there is no sense of things like time
then the place can start to reveal itself...