The Beauty of Spring!

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 10, 2012291 views15 comments

I've shot this before, but not with a panoramic head. It makes a big difference on how good things line up. Almost no checkerboard edges to crop off. Anyway, the light is a bit harsh, mainly due to the fact that you have to wait until 9:00 or later for any light to be hitting the falls. I think the scene as a whole overcomes that though. It was nice to lay there in the early morning sun while waiting for the light to creep along the wall and start playing with the falling water.

So, this is a horizontal, vertical pan of five images stitched. It is 17x30 inches without any enlarging. I did use the content aware feature to take out the cars that were visible on the far side of the meadow. Not sure if I'll print it that way or not, just letting you know.

Thanks,
Chris

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on May 10, 2012 at 9:39 PM

Holy cow! That reflection is perfect. Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 10, 2012 at 9:44 PM

For comparison, here's one from a couple of years ago taken quite a bit earlier. I think I like the warmer light better, but the heavy shadowing less. There always seems to be some kind of a trade off, I guess.

Chris

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 10, 2012 at 10:36 PM

This would look fantastic printed large Chris. Beautiful clarity and color.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM

Very nice, Chris--classic Yosemite! I think you could boost the sat just a tiny bit, specially the blue.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM

You tamed the bright light very well. I like the cleaner reflection in the second one, but the light on the falls in the first one.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on May 11, 2012 at 6:27 PM

Chris,

Great job at holding down the highlights in the falls. Your control of exposure is impressive. The one item I wanted to bring to your attention is the reflection is brighter than the subject, especially noticeable in the sky. I hope all is well.

Michael

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on May 11, 2012 at 10:45 PM

Stunning

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 11, 2012 at 11:54 PM

Great location, and that water reflections are lovely. The green adds some freshness to the shot. IMO the original image is better. In the repost I miss the grass in FG, without it the shot looks a bit empty in FG (just my opinion).

Hope that makes sense. Nicely done Chris.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 12, 2012 at 8:29 AM

Hi Chris, This looks great to me, and it has a very nice refreshing feel. It is a beautiful scene and I bet it would make a wonderful large print. That reflection is awesome. Nice work on this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM

Classic but awesome pphotograph. i like them both.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 12, 2012 at 8:02 PM

This must be magnificent when viewed at that size. It's a very effective vertical pano. They sometime seem contrived, but this works perfectly well.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 13, 2012 at 1:09 PM

Chris,

I'm a little late to the party, but had to make a comment letting you know that I think this is a beautiful reflection landscape from Yosemite. The processing is excellent; colors, etc., although I would like to make a couple minor observations. The bottom half seems slightly brighter than it should be (or the top darker depending how you look at it.) Also, and ONLY a photographer or nitpickin' sob like me would pick this up, but due to multi-image stitching, the reflection waterfall/light is not the same as the upper or real falls. Just comparing the falls and I can see they are different. Not a big deal in the end, but just an observation.

A great image no matter how you slice it. Also, I think I like this one better than the previous version.

Lon

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 13, 2012 at 11:48 PM

Awesome reflection, Chris. The light on the falls was definitely worth waiting for. An image that just shouts Yosemite and its grandeur. Great job with the stitching.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on May 14, 2012 at 11:26 PM

This is a very clean and crisp Yosemite spring time photo Chris. Well done.

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Comment posted by Rodney Ninow on May 22, 2012 at 5:03 PM

Great shot. The second offering appears washed out to me. The light in the first is not unappealing to my eye. Nice job.

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