Yosemite

dreamless

Hello, I was at Yosemite a few weeks ago and decided to do some post-processing on one of the pictures and was hoping you all could help me out on the initial results. I am including the before (unedited, right from the camera) pic and the after (edited but not finalized with Photoshop).

Before:


After:


Thanks for your thoughts.

jeffmeyers

Not sure I can see all that much difference. What corrections did you make?

dreamless

Sorry, I should have added what was actually done.

I did only some color correction to the pic and was hoping to get some recommendations on what should be next and if the color corrections were enough or if more is needed. I agree by looking at it in the post it is hard to tell. It was easier when I was looking at it side by side.

Basically I'm using the tutorials I found here on dgrin. My experience with Photoshop does not include this type of manipulatoin so I have a fairly large learning curve in that respect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Awais Yaqub

Nice i can see difference in sky i like both versions

Harrymac

a vert nice fresh scene well caught, the sky tones on the second shot are nice and rich

Blackwood

The second shot definitely seems to pop more.

Nice shot. Love the angle.

The branch at top center is a shame. May suggest a removal attempt so long as you can do it cleanly.

dreamless

Thank you all.

The branch in the middle along with the side was done intentionally. I wanted a little foreground along with the wider background. I thought it would add a little more to the picture. I do however have several pictures of just the background along with other variations to this shot if anyone is interested. I need to do some post processing on some of these other pictures then I can post. I hope to have some time this weekend to work on some pictures before I go out-of-town again next week.

dreamless

Thought I would add a few more pics.


I'm not sure if this next has any real luster to it but thought I'd post it to see what others thought.












C&C's always welcome, thanks.

schmoo

dreamless wrote:

This one is fantastic!!!!

CWSkopec

schmoo wrote:

This one is fantastic!!!!

I was just at Yosemite about 2 weeks ago and you've got some awesome shots!! I'm especially jealous that you had some clouds. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky for my entire stay... made for a great vacation, but not such great photos.

Nice work on all of them!!

Hikin' Mike

dreamless wrote:

Thought I would add a few more pics.


I'm not sure if this next has any real luster to it but thought I'd post it to see what others thought.

C&C's always welcome, thanks.

Was this taken on the way to Sentinel Dome by chance (#2)? Either way, I personally don't care for it as the trees are in the way.

I like the El Capitan shot myself! Hoping to get back up there in the next few weeks....

erich6

Nice shots. I love Yosemite.

I particularly liked this one:

dreamless

schmoo wrote:

This one is fantastic!!!!

Thank you schmoo, I appreciate it.

dreamless

CWSkopec wrote:

I was just at Yosemite about 2 weeks ago and you've got some awesome shots!! I'm especially jealous that you had some clouds. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky for my entire stay... made for a great vacation, but not such great photos.

Nice work on all of them!!

Thank you cwskopec, I have been to Yosemite 5 times now...all one day trips (arrive and leave same day) while in Merced for business. My second trip there (September of last year) the weather was rainy and later in the day turned snowy so I ended up with a lot of pictures with some nice clouds. The weather made for some fantastic scenery and I'm hoping I can get some really nice shots.

dreamless

Hikin' Mike wrote:

Was this taken on the way to Sentinel Dome by chance (#2)? Either way, I personally don't care for it as the trees are in the way.

I like the El Capitan shot myself! Hoping to get back up there in the next few weeks....

I took this picture at Glacier Point. I agree, I'm not that thrilled with the picture myself but thought I'd get other opinions on it just to see.

dreamless

erich6 wrote:

Nice shots. I love Yosemite.

I particularly liked this one:

Thank you erich6, I really like that picture as well...I have it as my background on my PC.

Hikin' Mike

dreamless wrote:

I took this picture at Glacier Point. I agree, I'm not that thrilled with the picture myself but thought I'd get other opinions on it just to see.

Did you get a chance to drive up to the high country (Tioga Road)? IMO, THAT is Yosemite to me! I can't believe I haven't been to Yosemite since July. I need to go...

dreamless

Hikin' Mike wrote:

Did you get a chance to drive up to the high country (Tioga Road)? IMO, THAT is Yosemite to me! I can't believe I haven't been to Yosemite since July. I need to go...

Yes, I took a drive across Tioga and it was beautiful. I have a bunch of pics of that as well. I need to start going through all my Yosemite pics and start processing/posting them.

dreamless

Here are a few more for your viewing pleasure...

schmoo

Thwack wrote:

I just got back from spending three days at Yosemite hiking around with a buddy that knows 1,000 times more about photography than I ever will. Learned a ton and saw parts of Yosemite I'd never seen before. We hit Tioga Road, Tuolumne Meadows, Olmsted Point, Washburn, Glacier Point, Taft Point, three different bridges on the valley floor, Bridal Veil Falls, and several pullouts.

It'll take me forever to get through half the pics but a few are share-able without tons of post...and I'm tossing in some pics from past trips as long as we're talking about Yosemite...

First one I think was looking upstream from Sentinel Bridge in early March '08.

Also from that trip...Half Dome with clouds (your cloud-covered El Cap reminded me of this pic...but yours is much cooler):

From this past weekend...Bridal Veil Falls is almost dry:

The relative lack of water means the Merced River is almost glassy smooth so reflection shots are easy:

Looking east-ish (I think) from Olmstead Point:

Another shot from Olmstead Point area, that's Tenaya Lake faded in the background:

A weird peak that caught my eye as we were hiking in the meadow (compliments of Nikon's 70-300 VR lens):

shallow pool along the side of the Tuolumne River near Pothole Dome...taken without a polarizer (trees on the far side of the pool cast enough shadow on the shallow water to make this possible):

Hi Thwack,

We don't have any hard and fast rules about posting photos in other peoples threads, but you might get a wider response on your set if you started a new thread with your Yosemite shots. Just a suggestion!

jamesl

Beautiful work! I still have yet to visit Yosemite, but I hope to get there within the next few year.

James

Thwack

schmoo wrote:

Hi Thwack,

We don't have any hard and fast rules about posting photos in other peoples threads, but you might get a wider response on your set if you started a new thread with your Yosemite shots. Just a suggestion!

My apologies. I was speed-reading due to having way too much catching up to do and didn't notice only Dreamless was posting pics.

I'll go clean my post up (and was intending to start a new thread if I ever get through post on enough pics to make a new thread worthwhile).