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My Best Photo of the Fortnight

Challenge #38 in the My Best Photo of the Fortnight series. Hosted by wam7.

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Announced:

Tuesday, 8th November, 2022 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 15th November, 2022 – Monday, 21st November, 2022 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 22nd November, 2022 – Monday, 28th November, 2022 (GMT)

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Yosemite Valley View

by ed rader

1^st place

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Valley View the morning after the first major winter storm dumped a foot of snow in the valley.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM
Submitted:	Thursday, 17th November, 2022 04:37 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 9th November, 2022
Focal length:	25 mm
Shutter speed:	1/320 sec
Aperture:	F8
ISO:	100
Notes:	Captured in Raw and processed in LR and PS
Views:	264
Galleries:	View this photo in ed rader's gallery

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ed rader

quite true. just when i thought i was sick of the composition.....

2 months agopermalink

Albert Valentino

This familiar composition really never gets old, especially when the light or snow conditions add that special magic 👍

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

thank you!

2 months agopermalink

JT26

Oh my word, What a fantastic image, this is absolutely first class.

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

thank you!

2 months agopermalink

Strobist

Nah, Yosemite is fake - it never happened.

Greetings from the flat earth society, headed by a very stable genius. :-)

Jokes aside, great capture - winter adds to the beauty.

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

hah! thank you!

3 months agopermalink

jhorse

Superb...

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

thank you!

3 months agopermalink

a_c_skinner

That is a very, very pleasing image.

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

thank you!

3 months agopermalink

wam7

Two back to back Fortnight winners from pretty much the same location but looking very different is some feat, well done! I only wish I had time to visit this location when I visited there, Where is it exactly?

3 months agopermalink

avidly lucid

That's El Capitán on the left and the Three Sisters on the right, looking over the Merced River more or less toward the East as you come into the valley. A beautiful photo indeed. As you continue up the river and go past El Capitán, Half Dome will appear on the right-hand side and Yosemite Falls on the left. That may orient you.

3 months agopermalink

ed rader

thank you! i had to come back for this one. The two iconic views of yosemite valley are tunnel view and valley view. this is the latter and it's the last turn-out as you complete the loop of yosemite valley

3 months agopermalink


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