Moonlit Yosemite Falls, No. 2

A slightly different treatment under a full moon. Comments greatly

appreciated.

Quite striking! 6/6

Quite striking! 6/6

Hi Kurt,

 

May I know the f-value and time exposure please? And may I know exactly where you manually focussed when you took the shot please? Was it at the top or the middle of the mountain?

 

Sorry for asking too much. I'm still learning. Thank you very much.

Really nice image. I like this a lot, but I would crop out the ground, I don't think it's buying you anything in this otherwise very nice image.

Great shot! Definitely prefer this one over the one you posted earlier today. I agree with the above comment, the foreground snow does not add much to the image. But great job!

Thank you all for your comments. It is for this reason that I posted the image. The foreground connects the distance with the viewer, but I agree that it is not particularly relevant in this case. I wanted to sky to take a more dominant role at least as important as the Upper and Lower falls. I have also updated the image information: f4.0, ISO 400, 42 second exposure. For me some of the fun of night photography is trial and error, experimenting with different combinations of settings. In this case, however, the cold was painful and I did not wish to experiment more than necessary. Thank you again.

Wow, taken during the night? I can imagine the freezing cold numbing one's fingers. Perfect exposure & the sky with those specks of light (or star) are real beautiful. Do agree that the foreground snow doesn't contribute to the composition.

Very interesting, very different image. The part of these images that is most striking to me is where the upper part of the mountain meets the sky -- the detail and colors are just great. The stars and the streaking clouds are an added bonus. Regarding the foreground, if it were to be taken away, we'd be left with a mountain that doesn't seem to connect to the ground, especially since we can't see the base of the trees. This would leave me with a feeling of incompletenesss. If folks don't care for the foreground, I think the best solution is to find a different foreground, but I just don't think it can be eliminated in this particular perspective. Maybe the shot would be better in a different part of the season without snow on the ground (and the white ground would therefore not be drawing the eye away from the main part of the image).

Stephen, thank you for your input. In general, as you know, I lean toward too much FG, if anything. When I composed this one, I did not feel comfortable reducing it from here. For me, the sky and falls really share the attention, but as you say, it feels incomplete to elimnate the snow. In some ways, it could be cleaned up...or try this shot again when the snow is not there. If I were independently wealthy, that would be easy :(

Kurt this is very nice. I would also suggest a crop, eliminating the foreground. The action and remarkable part of this image are in the upper half. Very Good - Sean

Very very cool; I agree about the foreground!