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El Capitan – Yosemite National Park

 Black and White, California, Landscape, Landscape Photography, National Parks, Sony α900, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park  2 Responses »
Aug 262010
 

El Cap and Light, Yosemite National Park. Shot with a Sony α900 and a Sony 70-300 G lens. Image exposed at ISO 100 at f11 for 1 second.

Hi everyone and welcome to today’s post. I am a little behind these days and this will be my last post for the next tens days as I am heading off to Hawaii for work. I know what you are thinking. How nice. Well, yes it is but it is still work and it is a long, long flight. I will be quite busy but will try to get in some personal camera time. In any event today’s post is from the west coast and is a shot of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The shot is from Inspiration Point and was made as an incredible band of storms and clouds rolled over the valley. I watched for a while and began to notice some subtle breaks occur in the clouds. I shifted the camera over and put on my 70-300mm lens and framed El Cap just as a wave of light broke through the clouds and hit the side. Within minutes it was gone and the clouds thickened up. Just a bit of luck.

Thanks for stopping by today. We will see you in a few weeks.

Bob

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Yosemite National Park – Olmsted Point Glacial Erratics

 Black and White, California, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Photography Technique, Photography Trips, Sony α900, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, Zeiss Lenses  No Responses »
May 062010
 

Glacial Erratics, Olmsted Point. Shot with a Sony a900 and a Zeiss 24-70mm lens at 35mm. Image exposed at ISo 100 at f14 at 1 second.

Hi everyone. Todays post is from Yosemite National Park. This is a shot taken at Olmsted Point of glacial scaring and erratics deposited by receding glaciers. Olmsted Point is located on the Tioga Road and affords magnificent views west towards the backside of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley. This image was shot in the early afternoon when the light was a little more contrasty. But it is at times like this you can consider coverting the image to a black and white. The contrasty nature of the light affords some nice separations of tones once the image is converted. Use of the sliders in Photoshops Black and White Conversion layer allows you to darken skys and bring out other subtle tones such as reds and yellows to accentuate the texture or color separation.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Bob

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Yosemite-Olmsted Point

 Black and White, California, Heliopan Filters, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Singh-Ray Filters, Yosemite, Zeiss Lenses  No Responses »
Mar 032010
 

Glacial scars at Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park. Shot with a Sony α900 and a Zeiss 24-70mm lens at 24mm. Image exposed at ISO 200 at f16 for 1/250 of a second.

This post is an image shot at Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park. Olmsted Point is located along the Tioga Road and is one of the most inspiring viewpoints in the park. Looking east from this vantage point you can see the back of Half Dome. The view west is towards Tenaya Lake and Mt. Conness. The glacial erratic boulders and deep scars cut in the granite were left by receding glaciers. My first visit to this point was in the early 80′s and I always try to make a stop on my visits to the valley.

On this day the clouds were really rolling across the high country. I used a Heliopan Warming Circular Polarizer to bring out details in the clouds and a Singh-Ray, 3-stop soft, split-neutral density filter to handle the strong contrast in the sky. The RAW file was processed in Adobe Lightroom and the black and white conversion handled in Photoshop with the B+W Adjustment Layer.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Bob

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March Print of the Month – Coastal Rocks, Marin Headlands

 California, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Marin Headlands, National Parks, Photography Trips  2 Responses »
Feb 282010
 

Coastal Rocks, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Shot with a Nikon D300 and a Nikkor 12-24mm lens at 16mm. Image exposed at ISO 200 at f16 for 2 seconds.

The March Print of the Month is a shot taken along the rocky California coast. The image was shot in the Marin Headlands, a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service. The view is looking north-west towards Bolinas Point, part of the Point Reyes National Seashore. Shot early in the morning just before sunrise, I took more than 30 shots to capture the tide rolling across the rocks.  The tide was coming in so I ended very wet that morning.

The March Print of the Month can be purchased through my website at http://roberthclarkphotography.com. Click  to Gallery, then select the Print of the Month Gallery.

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