yosimite np

[webejamn]

on my trip i went to yosimite np as well.. it was a very great place. i would like to go back and spend more time there. i took alot of shots, some turned out good, at least i think so... lol
anyway here are 2 of my shots i would like some of your opponions and advice. thanks.

[inthedeck]

Very nice, the both of them. Though, the second one seems a little tilted to the right, which is easily fixed.

Colors are nice, and the dramatic sky in the first one adds to the overall mood.

Hope you had a grand ole trip. Thanks for sharing.

[johnthebaptist]

Second is a little dark - but stunning! Great job!

[jacobsen1]

I see you're from MT, I went to MSU.
I see you have editing OKed so here's my attempt (crap work monitor):
http://www.pbase.com/benjacobsen/image/77374215

I upped the saturation, tweaked the levels, and sharpened it a bit. It's a great shot, just needs a bit more PP.

Ben

[njnightsky]

Have to agree about the 2nd one a little lighter but excellent.

[webejamn]

i have one of the second one that is lighter my 1/2 stop i think its just about right. this is the one i posted though.

[inthedeck]

What equip. did ya use to take em? if you don't mind telling a bit about the experience? Whatever you would like to tell is all good.

[webejamn]

i used a 5d, and either a 16-35L, or the tamron 28-70, i also had a gd filter to help reduce the brightness of the sky and bring out the foreground some

[inthedeck]

I didn't check the exif...so excuse me for that, but what are some other settings? Time of day, f-stop, ss, wb? Do you incorporate all that in the shot as well?

[joayne]

Nice shots, and yup #2 is leaning a bit right.. and please don't take this wrong, but it is Yosemite. Being from CA, I've spent a lot of time there and we want to honor it with the proper name. Thanks for sharing

[rlrouse]

It's hard to take a bad picture at Yosemite, and you didn't. These are great.

[Hikin Mike]

Yosemite is almost like my second home! Both are nice. El Capitan (first one) looks like you shot it around Cathedral Beach?

I really like Mirror Lake (Mirror Meadow) and Mount Watkins, on the center/left. I agree, the horizon is a bit tilted and it looks a bit dark, but it is a great shot!

[webejamn]

I didn't check the exif...so excuse me for that, but what are some other settings? Time of day, f-stop, ss, wb? Do you incorporate all that in the shot as well?

for this picture with the crooked horizon i had the shutter speed at 1/125 and f8, iso 100 and 16mm
i also used a gd filter to darken up the sky bring out the foreground. it worked well.... i agee that this one is too dark and i should streighten the horizon btw

[jevidon]

for this picture with the crooked horizon i had the shutter speed at 1/125 and f8, iso 100 and 16mm
i also used a gd filter to darken up the sky bring out the foreground. it worked well.... i agee that this one is too dark and i should streighten the horizon btwi obviously really need to get a set of GND filters. wonderful shots!

[Hikin Mike]

i obviously really need to get a set of GND filters. wonderful shots!

IMO, 99% of the time you don't need a GND. If you blend two exposures, one for the highlights and one for the shadows, you get the same effect.

[YosemiteJunkie]

Other than a bit dark the one of Mirror Lake is gorgeous. after looking again. El Capitan IMHO, could be a bit lighter also. Both are beautiful shots but #2 does it for me. Hope you had fun visiting my home :)

[webejamn]

Other than a bit dark the one of Mirror Lake is gorgeous. after looking again. El Capitan IMHO, could be a bit lighter also. Both are beautiful shots but #2 does it for me. Hope you had fun visiting my home :)

i drove through your area, to the east of you is a highway that goes through the mountains kind of a short cut from the freeway, i dont remember what it is called. but its a nice 2 lane highway that weves down the mountain and has turn outs every 200 feet or so. it was the best road i have ever driven on. every one turned out if you came up behind them fast. it was a fun fun road. i wish other areas were that curdious when driving. (highway 101 orgeon coast in specific)

[YosemiteJunkie]

i drove through your area, to the east of you is a highway that goes through the mountains kind of a short cut from the freeway, i dont remember what it is called. but its a nice 2 lane highway that weves down the mountain and has turn outs every 200 feet or so. it was the best road i have ever driven on. every one turned out if you came up behind them fast. it was a fun fun road. i wish other areas were that curdious when driving. (highway 101 orgeon coast in specific)
Sounds like you went through the Kern River Canyon. That road is a blast on a motorcycle :D. There are some beautiful spots through there. But Fri. & Sat. night is a bad time to drive it. Too many people that haven't learned how to cover up one eye after a night of drinking not to mention trying to straighten out the road. Got to get through it before the amature drunks come out.

[webejamn]

yes that sounds right, and i can only immagine that the drunks are bad on that road.

[YosemiteJunkie]

I remember one night I was coming back to town through the canyon and it was so bad with them I pulled off the road and stayed put till well after midnight. Them fools actually had me afraid to drive through there. I later found out that the stock car races at the at the track about half way between the canyon and Bakersfield had let out. I guess beer and racing go hand in hand like any other sport and beer do :)