El Capitan Reflection

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 6, 2010287 views17 comments

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Yosemite NP. CA USA. May 2010 This was taken at El Cap. Beach in the early morning.

Settings: Nikon D80, 24mm Nikkor 24-70 2.8, f/8, 1/30, ISO100

C&C are welcome and appreciated.

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17 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on November 6, 2010 at 12:15 PM

Whoa.....outstanding. The colors really rock and to use the cliche' it has a very "painterly" feel to it. I love it, I don't think you could improve on this as presented. Masterful work.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM

I think the debate will be whether the inverted presentation is the way to go. I'm leaning towards a more "traditional" presentation which would include the beach as a minor element to anchor the image. That said, I applaud your creativity.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on November 6, 2010 at 1:38 PM

Fantastic! It can be so hard to improve on an iconic image but this certainly goes a long way.Beaytifully rendered.

Registered on August 4, 2010, 70 Posts, 1132 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on November 6, 2010 at 2:05 PM

Yee Haw! What a great fresh take on an over photographed spot.
Nice detail and texture.
I like it.

Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on November 6, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Really nicely done.

Registered on September 9, 2009, 294 Posts, 2006 Comments

Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on November 6, 2010 at 8:03 PM

This is lovely. The touch of texture is just perfect.

Registered on July 29, 2010, 26 Posts, 404 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM

Seriously mind bending stuff, Jim.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on November 6, 2010 at 10:47 PM

Great idea and execution. Very unique.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 7, 2010 at 12:31 AM

Gorgeous impressionistic image, Jim. Simply gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 7, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Jim,

This is excellent! A great take on El Capitan and well seen. But the reflection should be the other way right to left no? Either way it great.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 7, 2010 at 1:30 AM

Very painterly Jim. Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 7, 2010 at 8:35 AM

I applaud your creativity.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 7, 2010 at 9:26 AM

Makes for a really nice texture overlay. Very cool.

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Comment posted by Rick Gomez on November 7, 2010 at 3:22 PM

This is great! I normally don't like "just" reflections, but this really works.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on November 7, 2010 at 10:42 PM

This is really cool Jim. Definitely one of the more unique images I have seen of El Cap. It really looks like a painting.

Registered on November 2, 2009, 161 Posts, 2143 Comments

Comment posted by Yan Zhang on November 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Interesting reflection and nice color.

Registered on April 10, 2010, 28 Posts, 292 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Lou on November 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM

Thank you for the feedbacks. Yes the image has been rotated. I had part of beach in my original composition. I went back and forth on cropping out or keeping the beach. But at the end, I decided on full impressionist approach.

Registered on August 3, 2010, 86 Posts, 273 Comments