Merced River

[ehughes]

Took this on Saturday in the Valley
http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/14272269-L.jpg

New Edit
http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/14440926-L.jpg

[Harryb]

Hey Ed,

Wow that is some beautiful country. I really love 2/3rds of the pic but the dark left and side bugs me. I would either crop out the left side or try a layer mask in PS. With the layer mask I would try to bring out the shadow details on the left side.

Harry

[ehughes]

Hey Ed,

Wow that is some beautiful country. I really love 2/3rds of the pic but the dark left and side bugs me. I would either crop out the left side or try a layer mask in PS. With the layer mask I would try to bring out the shadow details on the left side.

Harry
Thanks Harry, I hadn't spent any time with this picture at all yet, this is pretty much what you deal with in Yosemite shooting in the afternoon, being at the bottom of a fairly narrow valley, the shadows come into play a lot.

I'll see what I can pull out of it with a a little photoshop work. I did bracket the shot so I have two others to work with.

[pathfinder]

Thanks Harry, I hadn't spent any time with this picture at all yet, this is pretty much what you deal with in Yosemite shooting in the afternoon, being at the bottom of a fairly narrow valley, the shadows come into play a lot.

I'll see what I can pull out of it with a a little photoshop work. I did bracket the shot so I have two others to work with.


Gotta be a mask too - A graduated ND filter won't work with that skyline either :wxwax

[ginger_55]

Why won't the CS shadow/highlight work? I always wonder that........

ginger

[Michiel de Brieder]

this is Yosemite? http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/14326032-Ti.gif I'm getting more and more excited about the trip :clap
Excellent shot Ed! I'm the opposite of Harry in this :D I'd darken the trees on the left more, so you'd get more of a silhouette of the trees, I would kick in the snow a tad by slightly brightening it.... all whining aside, I love it :D

[ehughes]

This is Yosemite.. This area is back by one of the campgrounds.


I can't wait for May, it should be a lot of fun. I'm anxious to see it through the eyes of someone who has never been there and see the pictures that everyone else brings back.





this is Yosemite? http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/14326032-Ti.gif I'm getting more and more excited about the trip :clap
Excellent shot Ed! I'm the opposite of Harry in this :D I'd darken the trees on the left more, so you'd get more of a silhouette of the trees, I would kick in the snow a tad by slightly brightening it.... al whinig aside, I love it :D

[Steve Cavigliano]

Why won't the CS shadow/highlight work? I always wonder that........

ginger
Ginger,
Shadow/Highlight works OK, on scenes like this, but it's essentially like using a multiply layer on the highlights and a screen layer on the shadows. Because of this, I find that I lose quite a bit of contrast if I use this tool, at all but the lowest settings.

Ed,
Wowzah!!! Like Harry points out, the dark left half is a little distracting, but oh boy what a view :thumb And you even captured a contrail in the shot :clap Like you, I'm really looking forward to May. We are going to have a ball and maybe even come back with a decent pic or two :lol

Thanks for sharing this one and for showing us what January in the park looks like (toooooooooo cold....lol)


Steve

[Harryb]

Hey Ed,

I like the second version better. The sky and the water look better too. What did you do?

The trade off is that the trees look a bit off, better but they don't look quite natural.

That was a very tough exposure and I can't see how I could have done better. I would still try a crop and see which looks better.

Harry

[jwear]

the trees look strange to me also i always wonder if it's just me and my monitor .what does that ?? glad we are going in may but snow does look good from here it was 80 today .Jeff