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Mashuto — At the End of the Day - Olmstead Point, Yosemite

Published: 2012-03-26 17:29:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 6779; Favourites: 255; Downloads: 53
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Description EOS 60D | EF-S 15-85 @53 | 1.6s, 0.5s, 1/8s | f/11 | ISO 100

This shot is a sort of like a bittersweet goodbye for me. It was the end of the day (obviously) and was the last evening of my trip out to Yosemite, although I had another morning there, it was back to town after this shot then back home to MD. This shot was taken from Olmstead Point, which was as far as we made it up towards Tioga Pass before the sun started setting. So we settled in and got shooting until the sun set. Managed to capture some great colors of the setting sun on the sides of the mountains. Half Dome is the mountain seen in the distance on the right hand side.

HDR created from 3 images in Oloneo PhotoEngine. I tried to keep the processing as natural as possible and not overdo the "HDR look", hope I succeeded.
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Comments: 30

Meema [2014-11-28 04:52:35 +0000 UTC]

Lovely.

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Warpfuz [2012-04-02 19:01:08 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine the colours painted by that sunset. Looks lovely.

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Mashuto In reply to Warpfuz [2012-04-12 19:44:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! It was a great place and a wonderful evening

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beforeyouknowit [2012-03-28 04:58:42 +0000 UTC]

great tones and exposures, but the blending (i.e. banding) along the mid-foreground granite is quite badly burnt!

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Mashuto In reply to beforeyouknowit [2012-03-28 16:39:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I had noticed it, but I wasnt sure how apparent it was going to be. That was just a side effect of the HDR conversion. I guess I could go back and darken the area a bit manually to bring it in line with the mountains behind.

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galactica1actual [2012-03-28 02:43:21 +0000 UTC]

The HDR is perfect. The tones are there without being over the top.

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Mashuto In reply to galactica1actual [2012-03-28 16:40:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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jimithg41 [2012-03-27 18:30:16 +0000 UTC]

Looks great!!!

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Mashuto In reply to jimithg41 [2012-03-28 16:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Myronavitch [2012-03-27 16:41:52 +0000 UTC]

I've experienced this alpine light up in the Sierras and had those feelings
of awe and also sadness of the end of the day. Great capture, thanks for sharing.

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Mashuto In reply to Myronavitch [2012-03-28 16:40:18 +0000 UTC]

Yea, its such a great place, wish I could visit more often... Thanks!

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Myronavitch In reply to Mashuto [2012-03-28 19:26:36 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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twelvemotion [2012-03-27 14:55:52 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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Mashuto In reply to twelvemotion [2012-03-28 16:40:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Ryuu-Izou [2012-03-27 12:18:20 +0000 UTC]

Great shot!

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Mashuto In reply to Ryuu-Izou [2012-03-28 16:40:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Ryuu-Izou In reply to Mashuto [2012-03-28 16:49:39 +0000 UTC]

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edelweiss26 [2012-03-27 06:34:58 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful picture!!

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Mashuto In reply to edelweiss26 [2012-03-28 16:40:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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edelweiss26 In reply to Mashuto [2012-03-29 06:24:36 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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cazcastalla [2012-03-27 06:03:26 +0000 UTC]

This is one of the most beautiful images of mountains I've seen recently. Not being a photographer myself, I wondered why mountains are so hard to photograph - so I looked it up to find, sure enough, they are one of the most difficult subjects to shoot well. Outstanding work, and the HDR is perfect

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Mashuto In reply to cazcastalla [2012-03-28 16:41:21 +0000 UTC]

Yea, its tough because usually you have a large range of brightnesses that camera sensors cant always capture in one image.

Thanks!

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Ranae490 [2012-03-26 22:09:21 +0000 UTC]

its very natural and pretty i love it!

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Mashuto In reply to Ranae490 [2012-03-28 16:41:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Ranae490 In reply to Mashuto [2012-03-28 17:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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Wyld-Art-Photography [2012-03-26 21:25:04 +0000 UTC]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!

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Mashuto In reply to Wyld-Art-Photography [2012-03-28 16:41:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Wyld-Art-Photography In reply to Mashuto [2012-03-29 12:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome

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MartinGollery [2012-03-26 20:19:05 +0000 UTC]

Not overdone at all- very natural!

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Mashuto In reply to MartinGollery [2012-03-28 16:41:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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