Roaring Merced River

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 2011351 views7 comments

More from my few days in Yosemite early this week, with all the flooding.

D300s
18-200mm @ 18mm
27mm (in 35mm film)
Subject dist: 2.24m (Again, the exif distance info is "off" - maybe the 300s cannot read the 18-200 correctly - it seems only with that combination)
1/80 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1
ISO: 100
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Pedro Bento on July 5, 2011 at 11:01 AM

Nice view: I'll try a little more sharp on the trees and give some contrast to the water.

PB

Registered on September 2, 2007, 45 Posts, 761 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM

Yeah, these first two are probably just the beginning of what looks like was a very productive trip there, Sandy. I really like your processing in this as well as the first one. Keep 'em comin'.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 7, 2011 at 5:19 PM

Very good composition here Sandy. Maybe a little more pop and sharpness but not necessarily.

Makes me wish I had gone to Yosemite this year!

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on July 8, 2011 at 6:36 PM

A lovely shot, Sandy. I like your composition with the large rock in the stream anchoring the image nicely. I like the combo of green and blue in the image, and the details are wonderful throughout. Perhaps slightly more contrast and saturation for some extra pop, but I quite like this the way it is. A beautiful scene.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 9, 2011 at 12:42 AM

Sandy,

I really like this and I'm sorry I didn't comment on this sooner. This is quite a unique view for me as I'm having a hard time placing this. I'd like to say on the walk towards Mirror Lake, but that would be Tenaya creek, no the Merced. Regardless, I really like the composition and vertical capture. The processing, colors, saturation, all that stuff are excellent. I have no nits or suggestions.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Roberts on July 9, 2011 at 2:11 AM

Well composed, Sandy, and good color rendition. The small version doesn't do this image justice. The larger version is quite nice.

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on July 9, 2011 at 1:44 PM

Sandy,

Wasn't Yosemite a trip this year with all the water, and you can still see snow in the high country in the satellite photo's on NOAA. I like your choice of vertical for this composition. It really brings a sense of enclosure, and the narrowness of the canyon in this area. I'm guessing that this is below Pohono Bridge looking back towards the Valley. It doesn't look familiar cause there usually isn't this much water in the river here. Going down 140 and looking into the Merced it resembled an unnavigable rapids. Huge trees had fallen into the river because the supporting banks had been washed out. Anyway very well done and I can hear the roar of the river again in my memory.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments