Cloudscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 25, 2017262 views11 comments

I was in Yosemite for a few days last week. I got a couple nights of rain, one night of heavy wet snow (18 inches or so) and lots of clouds and fog. And plenty of falling branches and trees. I got kicked out of the campground on Sat. when they evacuated it.

D810, 70-200mm

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11 comments

Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on January 25, 2017 at 6:34 PM

Nice imaging, Harley. Yeah, it's been a wet sloshy place for most of this year. I left before the evacuation.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 25, 2017 at 8:13 PM

WOW, must be nice to get out to places like this whenever you please.... sad

Glad to see you're taking immediate advantage of your new retirement status.
Congratulations on the well deserved promotion....... devil

A really wonderful or I would say a more unique or different look from the valley then I'd ever seen before. With all the cloud and or low laying fog this was a natural for the B&W version or look too.
Very nice...... laugh

btw: with another look here part of that different look is the diagonal flow from the URHC..... cool

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on January 25, 2017 at 9:16 PM

Really awesome, Harley. Very moody and mysterious. The hanging fog cooperated nicely framing the falls and beautifully simplifying the comp. Retirement is looking up...

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Comment posted by gary phillips on January 25, 2017 at 9:40 PM

I was hoping you'd get some good storm conditions. And by the looks of it, you did. Nice look at the falls cutting thru the storm. You probably got kicked out for being too rowdy, newly retired and all. Evacuation sounds like a good excuse wink

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on January 25, 2017 at 10:25 PM

Beautifully unique take on a grand icon. I like the way that the v-shape in the fog converges at the base of the waterfall. Great mood and atmosphere!

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on January 26, 2017 at 8:33 AM

This really comes out in the large version. Do you like the cloud in the lower left corner? Would the image look better with a left crop that remove the cloud?

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 26, 2017 at 3:38 PM

The combination of misty clouds and falling water works well here, Harley. I like the strong down hill from right to left and how it stops at the cleft. I think that a bit of burning of the snowy rocks at the very left edge would add to the visual stop there.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on January 26, 2017 at 9:46 PM

Hi Harley,

I love the atmosphere you capturef in this image. I really enjoy how the fog is surrounding the lone waterfall. I feel a very nice sense of solitude in this image. I can't think of anything I would like to suggest to improve this one.

Congrats on the retirement, so is th plan to ude photography full time now?

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 27, 2017 at 7:53 AM

Great conditions you encounter and glad to avoided the falling branches. I might not have placed the falls dead center, but no knowing what was available to the left, this may have been your best option. Love the trees poking through the fog. Beauty!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on January 27, 2017 at 7:37 PM

I love the clouds and the dynamics of the water and snow. The trees peeking out from the clouds are a nice touch.
I agree with Igor about cropping all, or some of the cloud in the lower left corner. Doing so would also pull the falls off center a bit.
One thing I really like is the viewpoint of this. This is not the typical vantage point for Yosemite Falls.
Nicely done, sir. Definitely check the large version, everyone.
--P

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 29, 2017 at 1:15 PM

Great take on the falls Harley. The low-lying clouds/fog are scattered perfectly, revealing the falls and the cliff details and trees. B&W also a great choice here. Can't say there is anything to improve upon!

Lon

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