El Cap IV

Taken with my Zeiss 35-70mm lens mounted to a 5D mkII.

This is great! I would report that 3/3 rating to PhotoNet's Abuse department. Regards.

The forefront of this photo is AMAZING! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! so smooth, so saturated with color and contrast! It looks wonderful! the puff ball like snow capped rocks - spiky against the smooth glassen water- lovely texture-

BUT! EL Cap is blown out on the right and the left, and it's color is quite dull, and pales in comparrison technically to the rest of your photo. The shear size is astounding in comparrison to the forefront, but Cap itself lacks in comparrison to color texture contrast. The forefront is great, by itself.

an awesome shot, incredible details and light.

I'll second Mary's comment. The foreground light and composition are amazing, the colors are well saturated and I especially like the reflections of the snow covered rocks. Unfortunately El Cap itself is washed out a little. I like the shot but it could use a little work.

6/6 anon! amazing image! regards!!

I'll third that!! I would love this to just be a study of the foreground water (which is beautiful) and, in the background, the frozen trees. If only there had been no direct sun on El Capitan!

Thanks for the comments. I bracketed this shot, so I have plenty of expsoures to choose from. Unfortunately, I don't have the PS chops to use the merge to HDR properly. I simply used a shot that was exposed properly for the water, and used the grad tool in CS4 to darken the upper portion of the shot. If I ever print this, I'll do the exposure merge properly.

wonderful use of light and the composition itself perfect...congrats,

 

it's a very nice capture.

 

Regards

Hugo