Half Dome reflections

[dan swiger]

These are from two weeks ago. No clouds, no snow & a bit of haze.
But I am a sucker for nice reflections. Both are MF film, Ektar

Late morning from Sentinel Bridge.

At dusk, near the round-about.

I hope to get back up there when the snow & drama returns. Feb??

 

[Timmeh]

Hey Dan,

Flipping Half Dome in #1 is exploding my brain! I went to Death Valley because of the forecast for Yosemite. Here's hoping for the new resilient ridge off the coast to have a quick painful death.

Tim

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the reflections. Not sure why but I prefer the darker first image although the reflections in the second one keep me coming back for another look.

 

[dan swiger]

I like the reflections. Not sure why but I prefer the darker first image although the reflections in the second one keep me coming back for another look.

Alan & Tim. At the 2nd location, the prior day, there was still a snow covering the spit of land.
I have some B&W & color of that TBDev.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Dan,

Sorry I had seen these but hadn't gotten back to commenting on them.

First, nice views in both of these. I like your compositions.

But, both of them you seem to have exposed for the reflection. Since reflections are usually 2 stops darker then the sky, it can be an issue when shooting with film. An ND grad sometimes can help, but can be tricky in compositions like these. But I think the loss of detail in the sky and rocks hurts these.

And you had been good with your color blindness correction, but both of these seem to have off color balance. Well, probably more so in #2 which has a distinct cyan cast.

When I switched from film to digital, one of the biggest bonuses I felt I gained in digital was scenes like these with reflections because of the difference in exposure between a reflection and the sky. It's so much easier to bracket and blend in digital. Though... I guess you could do the same with film now. Bracket two shots, one for the sky and one for the reflection, and then in Photoshop just blend them? You are processing them in Photoshop at the end anyway. At least that's a thought.

 

[Aaron Macomber]

The first one is really nice. I wonder if bringing down the blacks would help it. Pull the level down to the left on the histo and see what that does for it. Might just bring some more depth to the image and the shadows.