In a message dated 12/3/2006 6:51:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't mean to sound surprised, (hehe) but that's nice! I've been there in the fall and have been somewhat frustrated by the limited pockets color. It certainly adds to this well caught scene. I realize that the Bridalveil falls location is in shadow, but see no hint of it.(?)
Jack ======== Thanks, Jack! Hehehehe. A tiny bit of it is visible. A little thread. And a tiny bit of Half Dome too, sticking out. But you have to be up pretty close to see it. I was, let's say, at least five feet lower than the official view (probably more like six) and I think up higher both would show a tad more. However, Lower Yosemite Falls was completely dry. It's been a dry year and when you go in Oct. there often is no water on a lot of the falls, although the fall colors were gorgeous and that really makes it worth it. So there was only a small stream on Bridalveil anyway. Because of that I did not go on the side trip there. Marnie --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At the beginning of my SW I allotted two day for fun and photography > at > Yosemite. > > This is not my best shot, I think, but the most encompassing one, > i.e., > showing the biggest area. Valley View, except I had to scoot down > nearer the river, > because they have allowed two bushes to grow as big as trees in front > of the > designated Valley View. > > I was going to print this for the show I entered, but the top was > light and > the bottom dark, so I played with it and played with it: lighten > shadows, > brightness, contrast, selected areas, etc. I got about four > variations I sort of > liked, but not quite. > > Yosemite is metering/exposure challenge, at least at any time other > than > sunrise and sunset, white rock, blue sky, heavily shadowed areas > below. > > Note that even when I had only done a little to this, like lightening > shadows > a bit, it still looked unreal. > > I gave up in frustration on all my versions and finally came up with > this. > Printed big it looks pretty good. Could use more work here and there, > but going > with it for now. > > Here is a Yosemite postcard for you... > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/postcard.htm > > Hehehe, comments welcome. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) Usually I like to comment on others' PESOs before > dumping > another of mine out, but don't have time right now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
