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Yosemite National Park

Started Jan 19, 2016 | Discussions
Geesix
Geesix Senior Member • Posts: 2,801
Yosemite National Park
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After spending 6 days in Yosemite in the snowstorm and afterward I can see now why many people like to take picture of Yosemite in black and white. These were taken between Jan 3 and 7 2016.

Half Dome

The Valley from the Tunnel View

Mirror Lake

Another Mirror Lake

One of the many bridge over Merced river.

North Dome

The Valley covered with snow

Half Dome

El Capitan

El Capitan and its reflection

Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Chapel

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Garry Schaefer Veteran Member • Posts: 3,349
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Yes! Strong and beautifully rendered B&Ws.

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pede59 Senior Member • Posts: 1,737
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Great scenery nicely captured! I like the b&w rendering.

JIngrouille
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You have some nice pictures there well done.

Thanks for sharing

John

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daddyo Forum Pro • Posts: 12,670
Excellent series.

Yosemite simply begs for B&W treatment -- I think as photographers, we just can't get past the Ansel Adams influence.

This is a very strong B&W series, and would make for a very nice large wall print collage.

Here is a pano I did about 8 years ago -- wish I had the time and where with all to get back there with my E-M1.

Excellent job on these -- I love the two 'Tunnel' shots, with and without snow cover, and the El Capitan reflection shot, and....

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C Sean Veteran Member • Posts: 3,423
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Wonderful shots!

Geesix
OP Geesix Senior Member • Posts: 2,801
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Thank you Garry.

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Thank you Pede59

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Thank you Sean

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Thank you John

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Brent Lossing Forum Pro • Posts: 10,566
I am so jealous

to have been there in the winter.  What a treat!  Just a wonderful eyeful.  Thanks so much for sharing!

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Thank you Greg.

Usually I go there just as a day trip, but this time I was on a field trip with my son school and was lucky to have snow.

My E-M1's curtain got stuck a few time...I think it's the cold because when I put the E-M1 inside my jacket it didn't happened. I sent it to Olympus to check and will see what they say.

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Great series of shots in the Adams tradition. Love the skies in the El Capitan shots. Bravo.

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Wow! I really like these. Great framing.

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Clayton Jones Contributing Member • Posts: 866
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Very nice.  I like the way the B&W treatment is done.  Can you elaborate a bit on that?  For example, are these out-of-camera as B&W or were they converted and worked up in Photoshop/Lightroom?  Just curious how much PP was done.

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Geesix
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Thank you Brent. Now that I've been there a few time in Winter, it's so much better than in Summer. There is almost no one there. However, you have to be more prepare for bad weather.

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Thank you NCV

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Thank you Jonnieb

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Thank you Clayton.

I shoot in raw and used Google Nik  Silver Efex Pro to convert them in Black and While and just play with Contrast and Structure to my liking.

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RoelHendrickx
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Very cool work.

I recognize a few spots from having spent a single day there (very crowded) in summer 2012.

Winter brings magic.

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