So I just came back from my over the weekend trip to High Sierra Nevada. This time I took 120 that connects 395 to Yosemite Valley, and drove the road around looking for some good looking Juniper trees. I found quite few (and good looking) that don't even require any hike, well, maybe 0.25 mile round trip. This was my first drive there so I didn't know what to expect. If you do go, I strongly suggest the Olmsted Point (where I took all these trees shots at).
On the way back home, very early in the morning, I stopped over at Alabama Hills and captured this shot of Mt. Whitney. Again, I didn't have any clouds around it. I must've shoot the peak a 1000 times by now, and I gotta say, I have never (except in the winter time) seen the mountain with colds around/above it. So I just darken the sky and emphasized the color of alpine glow.
The pano of triple Juniper (second image) was taken way after the sunset. The exposure time was around a minute for each segment of the pano.
Gregg, I am a huge fan of your work! I agree with others on #1 & 4. I really love the way you composed #4. The image is beautifully anchored in the foreground. So much of interest in that image. Excellent work 👍🏻YGMV
Amazing shots, Greg. Would be curious what your workflow looks like to get the sky looking so deep in the first one - I often end up with an ugly gray sky when I shoot alpenglow with no clouds present.
agvogel wrote:
Amazing shots, Greg. Would be curious what your workflow looks like to get the sky looking so deep in the first one - I often end up with an ugly gray sky when I shoot alpenglow with no clouds present.
Nothing really special. I’ve done it all in Lightroom with one click, “select sky”. Then I pull the exposure down, that’s it. OK, maybe also I’ve moved the blue slider a little but really that was it. The sky came out great because it’s all in raw, no bending or some other artificial stuff in the smooth blue sky. I get that crap when I go to PS, unless I use smart objects. But why bother going over to PS if I can do it all in Lightroom. The sky was perfectly selectable since there is nothing there, just blue color and no other details. So the tool in Lightroom did a great job.
Gregg B. wrote:
Nothing really special. I’ve done it all in Lightroom with one click, “select sky”. Then I pull the exposure down, that’s it. OK, maybe also I’ve moved the blue slider a little but really that was it. The sky came out great because it’s all in raw, no bending or some other artificial stuff in the smooth blue sky. I get that crap when I go to PS, unless I use smart objects. But why bother going over to PS if I can do it all in Lightroom. The sky was perfectly selectable since there is nothing there, just blue color and no other details. So the tool in Lightroom did a great job. ...Show more →
