Mono Lake

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Before my night photo shoot in Bodie (see previous posts)
I was thinking about afterwards getting up early and going to Mono Lake
 and catch the sunrise. However we got done with the night photography around
1 am and I was kinda wound up and didn't get to bed until 3 am. 'That would
have meant about 2 hours sleep.  If I was staying another night I probably 
would have gotten up but since I would be driving home I thought a little sleep
 was in order. Not sure if it was the right decision, 
the sky was wonderful and I'm sure the sunrise was well WOW.

Anyway here's my later morning photos of Mono Lake and it's Tuffa's.

If someone knows what this bird is please leave a comment. I couldn't find a 
combination of the coloring, black bill and black eye. Mono Lake has about
235 different species of birds, I checked several of them out but couldn't come
up with a direct match.





As I said the clouds and sky were wonderful.
























Go, See, Enjoy and photograph

Dave


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