I Got Lost One Time (Yosemite National Park)

I Got Lost One Time

And thought all had vanished

Nothing seemingly was recognizable

Almost all was different

So while things weren't the same

I began to realize

I only needed to find out what I had.

 

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured around noon one day in Yosemite National Park at a bend in the Merced River with a view beyond to Half Dome. My thinking in composing this setting was to capture a look to the east across those river waters to the mountains and peaks of the Central Yosemite Sierras. A balanced, leveled-on type view. Blues of the skies above would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

 

I chose to initially work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image, given the bright afternoon sunlight and darker portions in the trees caught in shadow. 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.

Done