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Half Dome


Half Dome
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Copyright: steve Warnstaff (wahclellaspirit) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 232 W: 7 N: 310] (1879)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2001-08
Categories: Nature
Camera: Pentax SF1N, 28-70 mm 2.8 Tokina
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-19 1:19
Viewed: 509
Points: 5
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I ws going through my files when I discovered several rolls of B/W film that I had not had proof sheets made from, so today I retrieved them from the shop and have picked about a dozen images that are worth showing here on the Trek sites. All three sites tonight have an image posted of Yosemite, all three different images.
I walked from Olmstead Point down the valley towards Half Dome for a couple of hours and took this image somewhere near the end of the hike, if I remember correctly by looking at the shot. I calculated the shot a little darker than what I would have liked so I adjusted several aspects of this and have decided to accept this image as the final attempt of my battle to show Half Dome. My use of a Red Filter may not have been the correct choice, wrong hour, wrong lighting, I'm not sure!
The clouds are man made......
Have a great weekend,
Steve
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Hi Steve,

To me the effect you have created by using a very high contrast on this image is like a Pen and Ink line drawing, It' a very interesting effect (if a little difficult to focus my eyes on), but I think the manmade sky isn't quite in keeping with the rest of the high contrast shot and competes a little with the picture (maybe a really moody black/white sky would also help)

Andrew

Amazing place, with a good POV. Personally I like the high contrast effect you've achieved here, and those clouds look quite natural (and ominous) to me.
Rew

Howdy Steve!
Wonderful landscape. Good lightness, very good sharpness. Inteersting take. Regards!

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