Half Dome. Yosemite National Park

There was no filtration used for this.

Nice image. If I may, I would like it even better cropped like this. This way, Half Dome would not be so static dead in the center and the attention would be focused on the valley on the left. It would also remove some of the dark parts on the bottom right that I find too prominent and distracting.

Half Dome in Monsoon season.

You'll have to tell me when the next monsoon comes to California :).

Nice cloud and colours in this shot

This shot was taken about 3 minutes after sunset. The western

horizon was crystal clear, but a huge thunderstorm was rolling in

from the east. The setting sun lit the thunderhead into a purplish

orange, casting the landscape underneath in beautiful purple. Nikon

F100, 17-35 AF-S lens, handheld, no filtration.

I like it but I think a little more contrast would help bring out the highlights better.

Philippe's proposed cropping is very appealing to my eyes. Nice shot anyway, it's hard to believe no filtration was involved. Tom is right about the contrast, too.

Although I prefer to crop in the camera, I have to agree with the comments on cropping above. Still, a beautiful scene. Good job sticking it out for the right light.

Definitely the best image in your portfolio.

Best Yosemitee views, this one looks like painting, congratulations!

Nice image, but... I will try to be constructive in my comments, and I hope you won't mind what's ahead, which is anyway just another photographer's opinion. I saw somebody proposing another cropping for this image. I agree with this comment, but I would even go further in this cropping as for this particular image. My comment here is more general, for the entire folder almost... I find that your sense of light and colors is really great, but I feel your compositions are far weaker overall...

I observed an obvious tendency you have to leave main subjects of each picture in the center... You also use conservative angles and standard lenses set straight on to the subject... Finally, a lot of images you present here are highly symetrical... As a result, I find your portfolio lacks drama, lacks originality in the way to deal with each subject... This weakness is a weakness which I know well, since I've been fighting it for more than a decade as professional photographer... Even today, most of my shots are still " straight on " with boring angles. Now how can you maybe improve on that - if you believe an improvement is needed...? My suggestion is this: try to force yourself to go out shooting what ever - landscapes for example - with just a 28 mm, or even a 24mm in your bag... then force yourself to have a near foreground in most shots, and decide that, no matter what, you won't put the main subject in the middle... That's what I did, and it really changed my eye... I still would miss great angles on many occasions, but as a remedy, some wild angle of a certain kind would also occur to me once in a while... I haven't lost, and you wouldn't lose your sense of color and light: you would just enrich your vision... The world is 3D and a photo is 2D... The third dimension people like us tend to neglect is the depth. And depth can't be felt if we go for easy - symmetrical / central - compositions...

That was it. Just an opinion again, which I tried to defend the best I can, because I feel your sense of light and colors would deserve more rewarding results. feel free to send me an e-mail or such if you wish to discuss this further. Regards...

Nice image- could use some highlights.

Spectacular image. You are either very patient or blessed with perfect timing. By far my favorite of your folder. The soft white cloud just above Half Dome really adds to the overall asthetic value.

 

Barry Gilliand

Hey Chuck, this has got to be one of the prettiest shots of Half Dome I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few. The lighting and the drama of the clouds is awesome! Great capture!

The only reason I'm not rating the originality higher is that... well, they're landscapes and the main subject, including the horizon, are nearly always dead center. However, there are some magnificent images in this folder... Truely beautiful.

Amazing shot, so beautiful!