Mathieu Soete
USA - Yosemite National Park - View on Yosemite Valley
"A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy."
-- Galen Rowell
An über-classic shot this time, I admit... But one that will never fade in beauty or fail to impress!
Having spent 6 weeks plodding around in the big cities of the East, North (Chicago by Lake Michigan) and West Coasts of the US, Yosemite was our first jump right back into nature.
The contrast could not have been bigger...
No tall skyscrapers rising from street level, but real rocks towering above the valley floor. No woods of people and cars in all corners, but real forests of pines covering the space between the protagonists of this scene.
And all of this snugly hidden in a valley, unwrapped in the blink of an eye as you break away from the dark confines of the Wawona Tunnel.
In this view from the Wawona Tunnel Overlook, you can see (left to right): the bulky granite mass of 3,000ft high El Capitan, the glacier-sliced Half Dome all the way in the back and the delicate waters of the Bridal Veil Falls.
Single RAW file. No textures, no nothing.
A chronological overview of our road trip:
USA - Yosemite National Park - View on Yosemite Valley
"A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy."
-- Galen Rowell
An über-classic shot this time, I admit... But one that will never fade in beauty or fail to impress!
Having spent 6 weeks plodding around in the big cities of the East, North (Chicago by Lake Michigan) and West Coasts of the US, Yosemite was our first jump right back into nature.
The contrast could not have been bigger...
No tall skyscrapers rising from street level, but real rocks towering above the valley floor. No woods of people and cars in all corners, but real forests of pines covering the space between the protagonists of this scene.
And all of this snugly hidden in a valley, unwrapped in the blink of an eye as you break away from the dark confines of the Wawona Tunnel.
In this view from the Wawona Tunnel Overlook, you can see (left to right): the bulky granite mass of 3,000ft high El Capitan, the glacier-sliced Half Dome all the way in the back and the delicate waters of the Bridal Veil Falls.
Single RAW file. No textures, no nothing.
A chronological overview of our road trip: