OT: California

Work took me to Sacramento for two separate trips in the last month, and I managed to get in a day at Yosemite and a couple of hours at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. Both places are extraordinarily beautiful, and it's a shame I couldn't spend more time there. Here are a few from the trip, and thanks for looking.

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Well, I guess that's it - I can't seem to post more pictures.

Well if that's all you got...

Pretty nice so far though Chad. Check your file size. Its strict about the 200K limit.

That first one is unbelievably good!
The frozen in time action in the rushing water, along with the golden reflections, Lake Tahoe in the background, a beautiful sky and even a nice 'sun star', all combine to make this a truly excellent image. A real joy to view!

The b&w one doesn't grab me quite as much (..admittedly, that first shot is a hard act for any image to follow!). How did you go about the conversion?

adubbah adubbah duuuuhhhhh wibbly wob wowe that first one is some amazing shot, holy moses heavens to betsy

I like 'em both, but that first one is really quite a catch.

I too like both of them, but the first one is a killer!. Amazing colours and light!.

That first one is super sweeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt!!! The foreground is killer!

I like both for different reasons but the color and motion in the first are great!

The first shot is beautiful. I really like the colors of the water with the golden light from the sun dancing on the surface. Excellent!

Harold

Thanks for all of the comments!

John, I was doing some channel curves and blending for a color version and decided to just go with a b/w. This is a combination of probably the red and blue channels. I did a Dan Margulis overlay blend in an attempt to keep some detail in the water prior to working with the curves and blending.

Wow, nice stuff! Thanks for sharing!!