(No) Moon and Half Dome
Or Comp-stomping Ansel Adams...
We figured we might have to be a bit flexible in our plans when we went to Yosemite, and this turned out to be the case. On Saturday (Nov. 28th), we planned to hike to Vernal Falls, only it was very very windy and cold. Instead, we wandered over to the Visitor Center to check out the interpretive displays and the weather report. My husband noticed a flier for a Digital Photography workshop given through the Ansel Adams Gallery that day. We hoofed it over, found out there were still spots and signed up.
We didn't realize until we signed up that this particular day would reproduce the sun and moon conditions when Ansel Adams took his iconic "Moon and Half Dome" shot. Part of the workshop would be to go out and attempt to capture this event...a comp-stomp for sure! I hadn't set out to attempt to comp-stomp Mr. Adams, but I was game to try anyway, and there were plenty of others hoping to capture the moment.
Of course, Mother Nature had the last laugh on all of us. There was a nice diffuse cloud hanging over THAT PART of the valley, so the moon was obscured at 4:04pm (the time it should've been in the perfect position to look like the Ansel Adams shot, although his was taken at 4:14pm...)
I took this shot about 20 minutes later, as the color was better. I told our instructor that we wouldn't ask for a refund if there was some color in the sky. :D
If you'd like to see the inspiration, check it out here
(No) Moon and Half Dome
Or Comp-stomping Ansel Adams...
We figured we might have to be a bit flexible in our plans when we went to Yosemite, and this turned out to be the case. On Saturday (Nov. 28th), we planned to hike to Vernal Falls, only it was very very windy and cold. Instead, we wandered over to the Visitor Center to check out the interpretive displays and the weather report. My husband noticed a flier for a Digital Photography workshop given through the Ansel Adams Gallery that day. We hoofed it over, found out there were still spots and signed up.
We didn't realize until we signed up that this particular day would reproduce the sun and moon conditions when Ansel Adams took his iconic "Moon and Half Dome" shot. Part of the workshop would be to go out and attempt to capture this event...a comp-stomp for sure! I hadn't set out to attempt to comp-stomp Mr. Adams, but I was game to try anyway, and there were plenty of others hoping to capture the moment.
Of course, Mother Nature had the last laugh on all of us. There was a nice diffuse cloud hanging over THAT PART of the valley, so the moon was obscured at 4:04pm (the time it should've been in the perfect position to look like the Ansel Adams shot, although his was taken at 4:14pm...)
I took this shot about 20 minutes later, as the color was better. I told our instructor that we wouldn't ask for a refund if there was some color in the sky. :D
If you'd like to see the inspiration, check it out here