Maples on the Merced

The trees do pop nicely due to the light. No nits from me - a great shot

Nicely seen and captured. It's probably an illusion, but it looks ever so slightly tilted to the left to my eye.

Preston,

I try every time I am there in autumn to make a photo of these two trees. I love them as well and have never been satisfied. Its all about the light and you my friend nailed it, you got these in the perfect light. I love it.

Nice, intimate, quiet, peaceful.

Like the smoothe polished fg and the contrasting trees in the bg really stand out well. I'm in awe of you film shooters.

I am with Youssef. I have tried to make these trees work and always failed. You wonderfully succeeded with this one. I really like it a lot! A real beauty, PB!

Absolutely love it!

The maples stand out nicely, great light, comp, & colors Preston.
Like the look of those reflections at 1 second too..
Well done!

Your picture makes me understand why you just had to take this shot! The reflection in the water is inimitable.

Peter

Nice use of contrast to highlight the fall colors. Good work.

Preston,

Count me in as another 'tog who has spied these trees for a number of years in all different seasons and yet I've never been able to visualize a comp. You've done well here and I think have captured a wonderful image from Valley View (sans El Cap, etc....)

The reflection is wonderful and the colors, contrast etc. all look good to me. No nits or suggestions.

Lon

The colors and tones here are very nice, I especially like the reflected light on the water, which seems to be a mix of the yellows in the leaves and the greens/browns in the submerged rocks.

Nice Preston! Excellent light for these trees

Superb, Preston. The light on the trees has created such a wonderful glow. Outstanding.

This is great! the maples have nice separation from the BG and the reflection and detail through the water are awesome. Based on the reflection of the maple trunk on the right you could rotate this a tad CW as Jim mentioned.

Hey Preston, this looks real nice. Colors are great, and I enjoy thre comp. I know this spot, and this image is giving me a little case of Deja Vu. I like that you can see all the submerged rocks there.

Chris

Many thanks for your kind comments, everyone!

I did rotate the master image image just a bit to correct the slight tilt of the horizon. I not even notice it until it was pointed out by Jim and Jay. Good eye, gents, and thanks.

--P

This is just beautiful, Preston. I love the light and the color and reflection are fantastic. Wonderful peaceful feel this has.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

What a very quiet and peaceful look to this one, Preston. The glow is perfect without being over-tweaked to obtain this very colorful density.

Thanks for all your comments. They are very much appreciated!

I stil have a few more from this Yosemite trip that I'll be posting here, or at CANP.

Thanks again!

--P