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Photo posted by Eva McDermott in the Landscape gallery on 09/15/17 at 03:22 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
Post last edited by Eva McDermott on 09/27/17 at 4:28 pm EST
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 09/15/17 at 11:56 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Eva,
When you said you tried to make the best of the conditions....you most certainly did. I'll go so far as to say that the conditions allowed you to capture and create something that we just don't see that often. My first thought was like this image could have been pulled out of a book or advertisement from the turn of the previous century; it just has a timeless look to it. Primarily because of the hazy light and color of El Cap and the smokey sky. The addition of the tall pines and the Merced bring us more current, but I'm really enjoying the unique look of this. What makes this even more special is that I've seen this view a thousand times.. (well, maybe hundreds) and this is a new and different look. Yes, you made lemonade...
Just a thought. Wondering if you've considered a sepia toned b&w? That would even take it back to the days of John Muir.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by John Williams on 09/15/17 at 12:41 pm EST
Registered on 09/06/07, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
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I agree with Lon's thoughts about the retro look; the smoke adds an interesting effect. I'd love to see a toned version too!
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John Williams
www.tranquilviews.com
Battle Ground, WA |
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I often have wandered in deep contemplation, It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone. -John Denver
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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on 09/15/17 at 4:29 pm EST
Registered on 10/27/16, 229 Posts, 393 Comments
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I do like the El cap very much. Great photo.
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Norma Tareila-Matley
Tewksbury, MA
Rangeley, ME
“Photograph: a picture painted by light.”— Pablo Picasso
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 09/16/17 at 12:59 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Thanks Lon, John, and Norma. I was very disappointed with the smokey conditions while in Yosemite but now realize, after reviewing my images, that I may have some very unique images due to those smoky conditions. Lon and John, I am going to try a sepia tone
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on 09/16/17 at 11:43 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
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You lined things up beautifully, Eva. I think it's great that you were able to use these adverse conditions to your advantage here to create some exquisite separation of the image's elements.
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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on 09/16/17 at 3:56 pm EST
Registered on 03/01/15, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
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A wonderful soft image of El Cap.
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 09/17/17 at 12:09 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Overall placement of the trees in the scene is perfect from this POV, Eva. Would expect nothing less from your very experienced perspective.....
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 09/17/17 at 3:40 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Eva, smoke has been the 'order of the day' for most of the west this year. I think you did a great job on this. The haze gives El Cap a sort of dreamy look while the Merced is cool and inviting. Well done.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
“If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper" Author Unknown |
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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on 09/17/17 at 10:14 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/10, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Lovely image, Eva. I was there Sept 4-8. I haven't even downloaded my images yet. I was so disappointed by the smoke, the cancellation of some Glacier Point events. Spent two of the four days wondering whether I was seeing half dome or a hazy edge of the sun...it was that bad. This gives me hope that I might have something to work on.
And of course, my disappointment is not relevant to the big scheme of things. There are might have been due for a fire, and Yosemite's many faces no doubt include this one.
My only nit: might crop a tish to get rid of the half-tree on the left.
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ML Diggs
Portland OR |
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 09/18/17 at 02:01 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Thanks everyone. We were there Sept. 5 through Sept 7 Marylynne.
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 09/18/17 at 1:06 pm EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
Nice.
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 09/19/17 at 10:54 am EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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I like the pale contrast of the background that the smoke afforded. My thought would have been to set up just a little more to the left to expose a bit more of the cliff from behind the trees, but that would also mess up the vertical aspect ratio.
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