Ominous skies over Washburn Point
A bit of a different take on the standard family vacation portrait. Seven-shot, hand-held HDR image of my wife and her dad's family smiling in the teeth of a summer storm looming over one of Yosemite's most spectacular views.
Washburn Point is at 7,500 feet of elevation, about 3,500 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, and 1,300 feet below the summit of Half Dome, in the background. It is just south of the much more famous Glacier Point, alongside the road on the way there. I think I might actually prefer the views from here, as you can see a ways back into Yosemite's high country, both up the Giant Staircase towards Mt. Lyell, and east/southeast towards the Clark Range. I've seen it in every kind of weather, and I think I actually prefer it cloudy, for all of the drama that it provides.
As for the "how" with regard to the hand-held HDR: captured at 9 frames per second, with the camera's in-body image stabilization on, which keeps the sensor locked in exactly the same spot from when you press the shutter halfway. You just have to ask your subjects to sit still. Then merged together and tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 4.2.
Thanks very much for all of your views, comments, and favorites, everyone. I really appreciate you stopping by.
Ominous skies over Washburn Point
A bit of a different take on the standard family vacation portrait. Seven-shot, hand-held HDR image of my wife and her dad's family smiling in the teeth of a summer storm looming over one of Yosemite's most spectacular views.
Washburn Point is at 7,500 feet of elevation, about 3,500 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, and 1,300 feet below the summit of Half Dome, in the background. It is just south of the much more famous Glacier Point, alongside the road on the way there. I think I might actually prefer the views from here, as you can see a ways back into Yosemite's high country, both up the Giant Staircase towards Mt. Lyell, and east/southeast towards the Clark Range. I've seen it in every kind of weather, and I think I actually prefer it cloudy, for all of the drama that it provides.
As for the "how" with regard to the hand-held HDR: captured at 9 frames per second, with the camera's in-body image stabilization on, which keeps the sensor locked in exactly the same spot from when you press the shutter halfway. You just have to ask your subjects to sit still. Then merged together and tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 4.2.
Thanks very much for all of your views, comments, and favorites, everyone. I really appreciate you stopping by.