Yosemite Moments #11

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 6, 2012297 views22 comments

Thanks for your comments on the previous post. This image here was captured from nearly the identical spot. I'm not even sure I moved the tripod. This would have been the immediate foreground to the previous image had I used a wider lens.

This is the first of a few images I captured from this gorgeous little rock and grass garden along the Merced river. That is the river at the top of the image btw. And in full disclosure, I cloned out a number of rocks where the tops were exposed in the water. I just pretended the water level rose....

So, a little departure from the trees. As always, I would love to hear your honest and insightful comments, very much appreciated.

Chamonix 4x5, NIkkor 210mm, V100f, f/32@5s

Thanks!
Lon

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on December 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM

You can feel this photograph

Nice work Lon

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on December 6, 2012 at 3:19 PM

Looks like some perfect lighting for this scene, Lon. The composition works absolutely perfectly too. Details in the larger version as well as the wonderful colors are amazing in that version too. Scenes like this always come across so nicely with the fact that they are not site or regional dependent. It could have been captured outside the park and it's still a super image without any iconic connection.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on December 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM

The color and lighting couldn't be any better, along with the detail and composition, one more added to my favorites. Fantastic Lon, love it.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM

Another beauty, Lon. Wonderful intimate composition, color and detail.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Julian Barkway on December 6, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Aren't there some trees in the background? :)

Love the textures here - especially that wet rock in the FG.

Registered on January 18, 2007, 344 Posts, 1961 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Fine work, Lon! Almost makes me miss film.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM

This may be a new favorite for me. The intimate detail and the soft inviting light makes me want to sit on the banks of the river for hours. Beautiful little garden you have brought us to. Thanks!

Registered on October 31, 2009, 114 Posts, 1008 Comments

Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM

Wow Lon, I really like this image. The defused light and colors in the grass are gorgeous. Your composition flows nicely.
I wish I would of walked down the road that day and found you. Well done.

Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 6, 2012 at 8:29 PM

Sweet comp, textures, and colors. The triad in the front works really well. The only nit would be to maybe not have cut off the blades of the grass tuft in front, but that really doesn't take away from this at all. Excellent image, Lon.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM

Wonderful intimate image, Lon. I really like the contrast here. The darker water and rocks frame the lighter and more colorful plants. Polarizer used?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 6, 2012 at 9:29 PM

I really like this. The muted colors are great as well as the composition is great. I like the one clump of grass in foreground, then two clumps and then the grass in the back. I leads my eye right into the image.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on December 6, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Very pleasing composition, Lon, and it shows the transition to autumn color quite nicely. I am going back and forth as I scroll down about a crop that leaves the river out all together. Although the river provides context for the scene I find that I either want to see more of it or none of it. Of course I am being awfully picky with what is an excellent image.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 6, 2012 at 10:07 PM

Great clarity, comp and detail Lon. Beautiful...

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Roper on December 6, 2012 at 10:36 PM

Nice detail and wonderful color. It's a great little scene, best viewed large. As someone else mentioned you can feel the scene.

Registered on January 19, 2012, 5 Posts, 46 Comments

Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on December 6, 2012 at 10:51 PM

Beautiful Lon. And you do this looking upside down and backwards?

Registered on October 28, 2008, 179 Posts, 1875 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 7, 2012 at 2:11 AM

If I could have, this is what I would have framed up too! I didn't want to stand right in your spot, but should have anyway!

Not sure exactly how you got this framing(tilt) I couldn't get this from where I stood.

Anyway, the comp is awesome, and the light too! This looks very clean to me, with no distacting or unwanted stuff at all. Beautiful!

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM

Lon, This is really a wonderful image! Excellent comp. The dark rocks at the bottom and then the dark water across the top works great showing off the nice colors and detail of the grasses. This is really well done. The thumbnail sure doesn't do it justice, but when you click on it it jumps out at you...then the large version just comes alive! Beautiful!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on December 7, 2012 at 9:32 AM

Looks even like you *first* looked for a proper fg, then you figured your lens is too long. Because this is a perfect image on its own, no need for a bg here. Really well designed, this works so smoothly on the eye. Good to have something a little bit different from the trees to mix things up.

Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 7, 2012 at 11:11 AM

Looks like a garden with the nice mix of plants and rocks. Beautiful balance between all the elements in this image. (wish it were that simple to raise the water level in a river) Nice job.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 7, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Nice little scene, Lon--really like the mix of greens and yellows here. Id be tempted to crop the top bg and use the colorful top as a frame.

EDIT: ok i just realized that's the stream! Well, all the more reason to crop it because its too insubstantial to work as a bg subject, and no cloning needed either

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 7, 2012 at 3:01 PM

I like this a lot. very balanced, nice colors, and the rocks add a nice counterpoint. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on December 7, 2012 at 11:52 PM

Love everything about this, Lon. Elegance and grace were the first thoughts that came to mind when I saw this, and maybe a little envy as this is simply fantastic. Love those grasses of course and the mix of warm and green tones set against the rocks. Wouldn't change a thing.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments