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Catching the Sun


 
  Catching the Sun
Catching the Sun
Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, CA

Stephen Shoff

 
 
 

Debbie E. Payne
 

Stephen, Love the reflections in this and it is quite unique in that you are giving us a picture of what the sun is doing but doing it in black and white. Makes the viewer think about tonalities and makes a much bigger impact than if it were in color. I am loving the reflections in the water. Wouldn't change a thing.


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February 03, 2013

 

Jeff E Jensen
  Yea, this is really nice. your B&W conversion is spot on. The only distraction to me is the really strong shadow in the bottom, right. With it being completely black, I find myself trying to see what's there.


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February 04, 2013

 
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  this a great shot Stephen but I am with Jeff on the only distraction of being the really strong shadow in the bottom right, everything else shows a great reflection but that rock does not.


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February 04, 2013

 

Elaine Hessler
  Very pretty Stephen. I like the B/W too. It works well with the image.


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February 04, 2013

 

Beth Spencer
  I really like this one, and especially the way it looks foggy under the trees. What a beautiful shot!


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February 04, 2013

 

Brandi K. Mills
  Love the reflection. It's gorgeous! Looks like there may have been a little fog across the way. The only distraction I find is the bright grayish tree across the way. It's not what I want to look at but feel like I have to.


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February 04, 2013

 

Stephen Shoff
 
 

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Catching the Sun
Catching the Sun
f13, 1/60 sec, ISO 800; EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, CA

Stephen Shoff

 
 
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. I very much like B&W renditions like this that have bright white subjects standing out from black backgrounds, so I'm glad you liked this interpretation Debbie. Conditions were such in the Valley, with old snow and such, and a lot of bluish cast, that nothing seemed to be working for me in color.

I have tried to address the suggestions. Brandi -- I agree and wasn't satisfied with the background trees in the upper left. Part of that is oversharpening bringing out bright white specks. Hopefully I've been able to reduce that more.

Yes there was sparse ground fog in the trees. I'm happy I was able to retain a suggestion of that.


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February 04, 2013

 
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