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Yosemite Valley in the Late Afternoon
Yosemite Valley in the Late Afternoon
Zeus


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2023-09 (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED
Location: From the Yosemite Valley View parking lot.
Date: Sep 16, 2023
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Sep 21, 2023

 Yet another Yosemite Valley photo.

In RAW -> HSL / Grayscale, reduced BLUE while in the Luminance tab to enrich the blue sky. Levels a few times over. High Pass Filter sharpening. Reduced full frame, no crop. Added my not-so-popular border. Saved.

I got lucky. At 5:15 pm the setting sun was an enhancement I wasn't expecting. In my photos, I like the dark section more visible, but I didn't try to bring it out much as I think the extreme contrast between shadow and sunlit cliffs made the shot.

With that said, I predict 6.25.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 40
Avg (all users): 6.2069
Avg (participants): 6.0556
Avg (non-participants): 6.4545
Views since voting: 422
Views during voting: 56
Votes: 29
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/11/2023 11:01:45 PM
The red type was my added HTML code to the title.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2023 05:52:24 PM
Red type? Is time of day important to the viewer?
Very good editing of excellent composition with drawing the eye down the valley but a bit more shadow detail would not take that away. Sky a bit oversat for me. Very nice job. GL.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2023 12:18:28 AM
it's a gorgeous photo ..
a photographer's heaven .
wondering how you've been able to do the title like that ..?
I'm not voting yet .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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