Reaching Out+repost

Thank you for the feedback on my last image. Having other critical photographic eyes look at my work is very helpful in fine tuning my photos before printing.

I am ready to move on to the work I did this year in Yosemite on the recent trip with Lon and Preston. I have been very impressed with the work Lon has shown us so far. I will also move through my photos chronologically. Lon and Preston were there two days ahead of me and I stayed on one day after they left. So they saw some more favorable light, but Yosemite is Yosemite and its beautiful in any light.

This was my first photo on my first morning in the Valley. It was in El Capitan meadow. The way the two main trees were just reaching out to each other and intertwining their branches was alluring to my eye.

In addition to that what I find very appealing about the photo is its apparent three dimensional feel.

It was made under open blue sky. I did not use a warming filter as I normally do under such light when I use Fuji Provia and color balancing the image was a trial. So I am interested in what you think about the color.

The detail in the full resolution file is also staggering. I had to save both the small and larger version at lower than desired quality levels to post.

4x5, Nikkor 500mm Telephoto, f32, 2 sec, Fuji Provia 100F, developed in CS5 using TK luminosity masks, Saturation masks, and Triple Play actions as well as some other masking techniques to deal with color.

Your comments appreciated.