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Catching the Sun

© Stephen Shoff

Catching the Sun

Uploaded: February 03, 2013

Description

Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, CA

Exif: F Number: 13, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/50 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 250, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 46.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Debbie E. Payne February 03, 2013

Stephen, Love the reflections in this and it is quite unique in that you are giving us a picture of what the sun is doing but doing it in black and white. Makes the viewer think about tonalities and makes a much bigger impact than if it were in color. I am loving the reflections in the water. Wouldn't change a thing. #1512755

Jeff E Jensen February 04, 2013

Yea, this is really nice. your B&W conversion is spot on. The only distraction to me is the really strong shadow in the bottom, right. With it being completely black, I find myself trying to see what's there. #10553246

Rita K. Connell level-classic February 04, 2013

this a great shot Stephen but I am with Jeff on the only distraction of being the really strong shadow in the bottom right, everything else shows a great reflection but that rock does not. #10553379

Elaine Hessler February 04, 2013

Very pretty Stephen. I like the B/W too. It works well with the image. #10553995

Beth Spencer February 04, 2013

I really like this one, and especially the way it looks foggy under the trees. What a beautiful shot! #10554110

Brandi K. Mills February 04, 2013

Love the reflection. It's gorgeous! Looks like there may have been a little fog across the way. The only distraction I find is the bright grayish tree across the way. It's not what I want to look at but feel like I have to. #10554242

Stephen Shoff February 04, 2013

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. I very much like B&W renditions like this that have bright white subjects standing out from black backgrounds, so I'm glad you liked this interpretation Debbie. Conditions were such in the Valley, with old snow and such, and a lot of bluish cast, that nothing seemed to be working for me in color.

I have tried to address the suggestions. Brandi -- I agree and wasn't satisfied with the background trees in the upper left. Part of that is oversharpening bringing out bright white specks. Hopefully I've been able to reduce that more.

Yes there was sparse ground fog in the trees. I'm happy I was able to retain a suggestion of that.

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Elaine Hessler February 05, 2013

The edit looks great. I like the change you made to the rock's reflection. Looks beautiful! #10554498

Michael Kelly level-classic February 05, 2013

Very strong photograph Stephen. The B&W works great here for the reasons you mentioned. I like the edit as I was also having a bit of trouble under the rock on the lower right but this is a good fix. I like it a lot! #10555514

Jeff E Jensen February 06, 2013

Perfect! #10555899

Beth Spencer February 06, 2013

Looks great! #10556209

Stephen Shoff February 06, 2013

thank you. This one just went into the contest.

I've started a Yosemite album in my gallery with a few more images from this and prior visits. #10557072

Susan M. Reynolds level-addict February 06, 2013

A nice strong image. I also like the second version better for reasons mentioned above.
I think it would make a cool long narrow shot of just the trees too...would look nice if one had just a small space on a long skinny wall. #10557081

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