Yosemite, June 2011

JTSkippy

Since I'm just getting started here at DGrin, I thought I'd let everyone see some of the stuff I got earlier in the year. Please let me know what you think and how I could improve my technique. Always looking to learn.


Valley View by jtmason99, on Flickr


Vernal Fall Rainbow by jtmason99, on Flickr


Half Dome at Sunset by jtmason99, on Flickr


_DSC2907.jpg by jtmason99, on Flickr


Half Dome, Merced River by jtmason99, on Flickr


El Capitan and Half Dome by jtmason99, on Flickr

Sexy6Chick

Loving the church shot with the falls in the background - it's a great angle/perspective.

macgart

+1 on the church shot. really great perspective and comp.

xelanil

Gotta love that place, I worked there that summer. Upvote for the church shot, the other ones sorta meh but that's not your fault. Much of Yosemite "dramaticness" comes from the weather (bad weather or dramatic clouds is always the best), and the time of day (golden hours at sunrise and sunset). The seasons also contribute a lot, in the Spring everything comes alive, in the Fall everything gives that nice Autumny color which I really can't describe, in the Winter everything is covered with a quiet, peaceful, pristine blanket of snow, and in the Summer millions of visitors decide to visit and we all know what that looks like.

JTSkippy

The weather really did play havoc with me all week. If it wasn't completely blue cloudless skies, the it was low, flat and uniform gray. The most interesting the skies ever for was when I took the shot from Valley View, just as a storm was rolling over the top. Within five minutes we had sleet and rain and you couldn't see across the valley floor.

Sher

nice set of images. sky was very plain there during my 3-day trip last autumn. it is definitely not easy to see clouds there. crowds, yes.