Yosemite NP - Chapel

DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
edited March 7, 2005 in Wildlife
I didn't see much blue sky while I was visiting at Yosemite so I had to do what I could with a moody, gray sky. This is the chapel in Yosemite Valley and for those of you who have been there and seen it - yes, there is an asphalt path leading up to the front doorstep. It looked terrible and out of place so I photoshopped it out.
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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    Dixie,

    Simply smashing!! The beautiful colors at the bottom changing to 'no color' at the top ... really great!
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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    beautiful Dixie! clap.gif
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    Nir wrote:
    Dixie,

    Simply smashing!! The beautiful colors at the bottom changing to 'no color' at the top ... really great!
    I agree this shot is amazing..
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    Looks great Dixie. Is the fog/low cloud a later addition?
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Looks great Dixie. Is the fog/low cloud a later addition?
    No, Sid, the fog and clouds were there naturally. I photoshopped two things in the photo. The first, which I already mentioned, is the removal of the asphalt pathway leading up to the doorsteps.

    The second change I made was to correct the perspective causing the outside walls to converge as they moved up towards the roof. I did this by selecting the entire photo and then using transform to skew the top right and left corners until the walls were parallel.

    I plan on fixing the perspective problem in the near future with the acquisition of one or two of the Canon Tilt-Shift lens.

    Below is the Before & After photos showing the asphalt path and the rocketship look to the chapel prior to removing the pathway and correcting perspective.
    Dixie
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  • TristanPTristanP Registered Users Posts: 1,107 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    Awesome. Great work.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    Dixie, that's great info, thanks for sharing. thumb.gif
    Sid.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2005
    You're welcome.
    Dixie
    Photographs by Dixie
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    ...and bunches of Canon lenses - I'm equipment rich and dollar poor!
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