philo Loc: philo, ca

I will be driving to Yosemite on Oct for a 5 day photo work shop. Made this trip a few years ago an believe it is a great value. Booked via Road Scholar.
I just purchased a Canon rf 16mm f2.8 lens for this trip. I will also be taking a rf 24-50 mm and my ef 24-70 lens. Since i will be driving I can take what ever I wish.
Have month to go so I will start packing soon.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I think you are pretty set for lenses. Have a great trip. I am anxious to see your photographs.

Dennis

Chris Hayes

You will need more wide angle lens than telephoto as the views are close up. I would however take one long lens as you are driving for the occasional wild life.

philo Loc: philo, ca

In all of my trips to Yosemite I have never seen any wildlife. except for a few birds. Too many people

therwol Loc: USA

I've been there and seen an abundance of deer, including some huge bucks in the parking lots. I've also seen coyotes in the middle of the road and in fields.

Chris Hayes

You don't get much as you say too many people. However. Earlier this year we spent some time there and saw deer in multiple locations, and bears had been seen, by other photographers nto me.

JDefebaugh

Been to and photographed Yosemite 4 times. In addition to the lenses you mention, a 70-200 or similar would be very useful as there are many telephoto landscape opportunities.

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

I've seen a bear on two different trips, and a bald eagle on another.

And once, as a teen backpacking in the back country, I saw a different kind of bare that I'll never forget. First time seeing an actual, real-life nekkid woman.

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

Use your wide angles for iconic shots such as: Tunnel View; Glacier Point (or little brother Washburn Point); the other side of Half Dome from Olmsted Point, and while there, the gnarled pine tree surround by cracked granite slabs; and even the valley from the Merced River at Yosemite Valley View (on Northside Drive just before El Portal Rd), with the huge fallen tree trunk that's been there for years for foreground. Then do something different, something that hasn't been done countless times before.

Consider using a longer lens for landscapes. The longer the lens, the more lens compression you get in a photo. Long lenses draw the background forward, giving a different look. If the narrower field of view isn't enough, take several overlapping shots and stitch them in post. If you take these shots in portrait orientation, you can end up with a typical 3:2 photo when you're finished, but the image will look entirely different from a photo taken with a wide.

I regularly shoot landscapes with a portrait-length lens, or I end up with the equivalent after cropping in post. Many photographers do.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I would take something like a 70-300mm, but for animals; I can’t recall many telephoto landscape opportunities.

DVZ Loc: Littleton CO

Just casually driving through the park We've seen bears moose bison wolves all except for bison a long lens is needed to get tight shot.

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

You must have a really long lens to see Yellowstone's moose, bison, and wolves from Yosemite.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

and you don’t want to get too close to them in any case.

DVZ Loc: Littleton CO

Yes, and a really clear day. Sorry, wrong park, there spellings are very similar.

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

I figured as much.