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Cathedral Rock

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p.1 #1 · Cathedral Rock

One of the Cathedral Rocks as seen from El Capitan Meadow in Yosemite Valley.

Jim

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Oct 23, 2009 at 04:28 AM

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p.1 #2 · Cathedral Rock

When I saw the title, "Cathedral Rock", I wondered how that particular monolith could be made beautiful. Wow! Now I know.

Oct 23, 2009 at 04:32 AM

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p.1 #3 · Cathedral Rock

very nice

Oct 23, 2009 at 05:48 AM

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p.1 #4 · Cathedral Rock

Beautiful scene. The warm foreground colours work incredibly well.
Ute

Oct 23, 2009 at 06:59 AM

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p.1 #5 · Cathedral Rock

very nice to see the valley in fall colors, those yellows are very inviting!

Oct 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM

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p.1 #6 · Cathedral Rock

Really excellent. Fine work with the lighting and, yes, the colors are a delight.

Barry

Oct 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM

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p.1 #7 · Cathedral Rock

Thanks all for the comments. The pano made for a large file which lost a little in the conversion to the web jpeg. Pretty morning it was.

Jim

Oct 23, 2009 at 01:37 PM

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p.1 #8 · Cathedral Rock

Hello Jim, a beautifully simple image. Love the contrasts and colors. Good work

hugh

Oct 23, 2009 at 01:58 PM

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p.1 #9 · Cathedral Rock

Lovely shot, Jim. Wonderful color and light, as well as terrific detail. Very nice.

Cheers,
Ed

Oct 23, 2009 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #10 · Cathedral Rock

Very beautiful scene Jim. Nice work handling the light conditions. Lovely contrasting color also. Good work!

Rich

Oct 23, 2009 at 02:34 PM

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p.1 #11 · Cathedral Rock

Beautiful fall scene. Nice lighting.

Y

Oct 23, 2009 at 02:38 PM

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p.1 #12 · Cathedral Rock

Wow ! Really, .. WOW !

THis is a wonderful image.

Bart

Oct 23, 2009 at 02:44 PM

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p.1 #13 · Cathedral Rock

Superb! I love everything about this one.

Peace,

Todd

Oct 23, 2009 at 03:40 PM

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p.1 #14 · Cathedral Rock

I really like the comp and the colors. I'm not sure about the sunburst

Tim

Oct 23, 2009 at 03:51 PM

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p.1 #15 · Cathedral Rock

One of the finest...composites.

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Oct 23, 2009 at 04:02 PM

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p.1 #16 · Cathedral Rock

Super shot, I love the foreground autumn (fall) colours
Niall

Oct 23, 2009 at 04:08 PM

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Oct 23, 2009 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #18 · Cathedral Rock

Beautiful, but confusing. Where are the shadows on the trees that would coincide with the sun being at that angle? According to the shadows on the rock, the sun is actually somewhere left of frame I guess?

Oct 23, 2009 at 06:09 PM

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p.1 #19 · Cathedral Rock

God Damn....!

Oct 23, 2009 at 06:32 PM

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p.1 #20 · Cathedral Rock

Beautiful shot.

Oct 23, 2009 at 07:21 PM

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p.1 #21 · Cathedral Rock

SteeleScorpion wrote:
Beautiful, but confusing. Where are the shadows on the trees that would coincide with the sun being at that angle? According to the shadows on the rock, the sun is actually somewhere left of frame I guess?

Thanks very much for your comment, but no, the sun was part of the original two frames that were stitched in PS photomerge, it wasn't added in. The shadows of the rock and of the trees are as they appeared that morning. I did replace the sky from another shot taken that morning as the original two frames were exposed for the shadows and the sky was completely blown. I also added a darker exposure of the bottom frame as a smart object using darken mode through a mask using lens align in the area of the tree on the left. A lot of the detail of the tree against the sky was lost because of the lighter exposure of the original frame.....does that make sense? This was taken with my new 17mm TS-E, which I think I'll keep

, with about 1 degree of tilt and using the shift function for the pano. Nice lens, fun to play with. Anyway, thanks again.

Jim

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Oct 23, 2009 at 08:11 PM

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p.1 #22 · Cathedral Rock

Thanks everyone for your comments on this one. Ain't PS fun?

Jim

Oct 23, 2009 at 08:12 PM

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p.1 #23 · Cathedral Rock

I took it to be HDR because of the sun location, exposure of the sky and lack of shadows in the trees and rocks. So, yes, I also found it to be a little confusing. Beautiful shot nonetheless. Thanks for the explanation, dave

Oct 23, 2009 at 09:09 PM

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p.1 #24 · Cathedral Rock

Wonderful...love the starburst...really makes it dynamic.

Oh...just read it is a composit. Thanks very much for the disclosure (honesty) on that.

Still an awesome picture....just no brownie points for being in the right place at the right time...lol.

Roman

Oct 24, 2009 at 12:13 AM

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p.1 #25 · Cathedral Rock

I looked at that awesome DoF and was going to ask if you were using the new lens. I have to watch this in action. Bring it North with you. Live View anyone? Incredible image Jim.

Oct 24, 2009 at 05:46 AM


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