Upper Cathedral Lake, Cathedral Peak, Yosemite, California, USA

Simply gorgeous! The color, the scenery, the lighting...wow!

Ditto, everything everyone else has said. Beautiful.

Simply stunning image Matt. Wonderful to view.

 

Rich

 

Hey Matt, e-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t shot! This is so beautiful! Hands down a "7" all the way! Being an avid backpacker myself, those who comment that the colors are too saturated here either have different settings on their monitor (which happens!) or have not experienced the AMAZING true colors of a High Sierra sunset! The colors during sunrise and sundown in the Sierra are simply stunning, and your pic brings it out wonderfully. In fact, looking at the red on Cathedral Peak, I bet you even toned it down a bit because I've seen those reflections turn coal red. It's ironic you posted this shot because Upper Cathedral Lake is on my backpacking itinerary this weekend! I'm hoping for some thunderclouds! If not, the fishing should be great anyway. Again, incredible shot, keep showin' off those Sierra Nevadas! Yaaaa!

Note to self, mark this person interesting

Don't you just hate people who slate a photo but never post a single shot to show us how it should be done?!! Great shot IMHO.

and really powerfull photograph, without doubt one of the best shots Ive seen of Cathedral Peak, top work! WOW

Great light and colors!

Just an amazing image. Well Done!!!

Brilliant!

A landscape to be remembered !!!

Beautiful image!! Love the light and color.

Stunning shot. I have also hiked in this area but stopped at Lower Cathedral Lake. Next time I will try the upper lake. It's about a 2-3 hour hike from Tuolumne Meadows. As a previous critique thought, this is not snow but granite rock, the trademark of the High Sierra and Yosemite. Although some may argue that the peak in right in the middle of the frame I think it works quite well here because of the nice diagonal going from the reflection to the big cloud. The composition and the exposure are both superb. Colors look very natural to me. SUPERB.

Excellent photo, wonderful scene. I can not find anything to fix. How could I? No ratings, a s l a

Great scene and amazing colours. Love the image. Cheers

I will be visiting there next week for the first time. I have the feeling that the real scenery will be nowhere as beautiful as this shot.

A breath of fresh air on PhotoNet!

Matt -

 

I love this shot. At first I though it was made with a 4x5 because of the remarkable detail. I still shoot slide film. This shot is three years old, so I wondered whether you still shoot film or have gone to digital?

 

Keeping slides ultra clean through the scanning process is a pain. I hesitate to point out that, unless there is a problem with my 30" Apple Cinema Display, I see a tiny black spot in the upper right corner of the blue part of the sky.

 

I've yet to learn Photoshop. However I suspect you could eliminate that pretty easily. Just a suggestion from a pretty mediocre amateur, so take it for what it is worth.

 

Otherwise I think the picture is great and the setting is marvelous. Congratulations!!!

 

George Lowrey

Well Done!

Great shot when viewing it full screen I have vertigo and start to feel like I am falling into the photo John

Hi Matt, This is an amazing capture...WOW! It pulls you right into the picture. Beautiful is everyway. C

Outstanding landscape! Very well done.

Taken at a good time producing a very nice picture. My only real criticism is the main cloud looks over-done and over-exposed. Overall good lighting and composition.

Immagine dai colori fenomenali!

 

Maravilloso lugar! y que colores has logrado conseguir! exelente trabajo, un saludo,jc