A Dried Up Yosemite Creek with Forest and Mountains All Around (HDR, Yosemite National Park)
While at the main overlook to Yosemite Falls with a view looking south and downstream of dried up Yosemite Creek. My thinking in composing the image was to have a more or less leveled up view with the forest of trees leading up to the more distant ridges and peaks on the other side of Yosemite Valley. The problem, in my mind at least, was how to meter the setting given the smoke haze present added to the brightness with the highlights and minimize losing any of them. I wanted to also ensure that I captured the more shadowed areas in the nearby forest. I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
A Dried Up Yosemite Creek with Forest and Mountains All Around (HDR, Yosemite National Park)
While at the main overlook to Yosemite Falls with a view looking south and downstream of dried up Yosemite Creek. My thinking in composing the image was to have a more or less leveled up view with the forest of trees leading up to the more distant ridges and peaks on the other side of Yosemite Valley. The problem, in my mind at least, was how to meter the setting given the smoke haze present added to the brightness with the highlights and minimize losing any of them. I wanted to also ensure that I captured the more shadowed areas in the nearby forest. I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.