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Yosemite Valley My Take
Image Title:  Yosemite Valley My Take
 
 By: Ann Nida  
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Photographer Ann Nida {K:45230}
Project N/A Camera Model Canon Digital Rebel
Categories Landscape
Nature
Film Format
Portfolio Lens Canon  18-55mm EFS f/3.5-5.6
Uploaded 11/5/2005 Film / Memory Type Lexar  1GB
    ISO / Film Speed 16
Views 361 Shutter
Favorites Aperture f/
Critiques 44 Rating
5.58
/ 6 Ratings
Location City -  Yosemite National Park
State -  CALIFORNIA
Country - United States   United States
About This is my take on another famous location which many people photograph. Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. I have posted this in B&W but will make a post in colour as many people like to see both versions. I feel very lucky to have gone there to see this wonderful sight. Thank you to all who take the time to view and comment on my images. Enjoy. Cheers - Ann :)

AMENDMENT - I neglected to put in the camera settings so I've just fixed all that. This was shot using a digital camera - not an SLR.
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There are 44 Comments in 1 Pages
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Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Some people mention that they'd like to see a B&W image in colour or visa versa after one or the other has been posted so I'm posting a smaller image of the colour version here. Which do you prefer? Thank you for taking the time to view and comment on my images.

Cheers - Ann :)



Robert Kocs   {K:89061} 11/5/2005
What a wonderful wide vista! A lovely b&w landscape shot with very nice mountains. Beautiful presentation both, but I prefer the b&w version! This is more fine tones and more soft contrast incliding! Well captured! Very nice National Park portrait shot! :) I do love it! Well done dear Ann! 7+++
Congrats!

My best regards!
Robert


Justina  Yong   {K:265} 11/5/2005
A lovely landscape shot. I like the B&W one and the colour version as well.


Rashed Abdulla   {K:153374} 11/5/2005
wonderful place ,great capture with amazing details and very beautiful tone,great job,very best regards my friend


AlZahraa Sulie   {K:7255} 11/5/2005
nice panoramic view
and really beautiful scene.
Well captured and presented!
and i like it in colors as well!

Z.S


Ina Nicolae   {K:44481} 11/5/2005
Hi Ann, Thanks for posting both versions. Definitely the B & W - for all kinds of reasons, mostly because I like it better :) Great panoramic view, one of the world's most beautiful vistas. Something to watch in awe! Great job!


Sunset Man   {K:11187} 11/5/2005
My advice per the attached and you knew I was going to do this right ... ? Anyway ... If you are going to go this wide then the dof should be at least f22 since you are probably not a member of the F64 CLUB!



Gary Dyck   {K:11858} 11/5/2005
hi Ann, well I am almost always partial to colour, but in this case it's a close call. i think the b&w is more dramatic though, so i'll go with this one!! Cheers, Gary


Shady Adly   {K:7814} 11/5/2005
excellent work dear Ann!!!! what a breathtaking view!!!!!!
best regards and thank you very much for your so kind comments


Danny Brannigan   {K:16234} 11/5/2005
A stunning image best suited to black and white.You have a good eye for photography and you have captured this one extremely well.


Don Price   {K:1376} 11/5/2005
Ann I love this shot, Ansel Adams made this famous years ago and the little parking lot was placed there for everyone to have the chance to see this vista. I remember it well, as I chanced 4x5 film in the back seat of the rental car and the family was not very happy with the time I took at this place (;-)....
Don


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Robert for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Justina for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Rashed for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Al Zahara for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Ina for taking the time to view and comment on my images. I don't often to get time to reply individually but when I ask a question such as in this - case which one you prefer - I try to reply. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Douglas I'm not trying to mimic your images or compete with you in any way. That would be pointless. I have no idea what you mean by the 64 CLUB but it comes across as a sarcastic remark. Thanks for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Cheers - Ann :)


Baha Sadri   {K:14359} 11/5/2005
Setting aside Douglas's attempt ,i like the colored one better.
baha


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Gary for taking the time to view and comment on my images. I appreciate your opinion. I too usually prefer colour but sometimes a famous place gets type cast and people expect to see that particular image in B&W. Thanks for your input. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Shady for taking the time to view and comment on my images. I appreciate your views. Cheers - Ann :)


NN     {K:26787} 11/5/2005
Hi Ann! Usually I?m more of a colour person, and so in this case as well :) A breathtaking sight ~ thanks for sharing!


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Danny for taking the time to view my images and for your kind words. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Don there has been many an occasion where my husband has sat in the car waiting for me to finish my shots too. He thinks I'm married to my camera ;) Thank you for taking the time to view my images and for your kind words. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Baha...my main man and #1 fan. :) You always put a smile on my face. :) Thanks for all your encouragement and for the comments you always leave me. Cheers - Ann :)


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Elisa for taking the time to view and comment on my images. I don't always get time to reply to all comments individually but when I ask for sepcifics such as in this case - which you prefer - I try to reply individually. I appreciate your opinion and kind words. Cheers - Ann :)


Kathy Hillard   {K:25721} 11/5/2005
Hi Ann,
I like both of these versions! As a rule I am not a fan of b&w landscapes...at least I wasn't until lately. There are so many great ones here on Usefilm that I'm beginning to change my mind :) But, that being said, I think I am in the minority, but I lean toward the color version just a tad. Well done!
Kathy


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you for your take on this image Kathy, I too lean towards the colour. I think partly because my B&W images aren't as good quality as I'd like them to be but I'm no Ansel Adams either (and don't claim or try to be) That having been said I think maybe the colour distracts from the lack of quality that shows up in my B&W's. Just a thought.

Hmmm....naaaah....I just think landscapes are nice shown in their colour form. :)

Thanks for taking the time to view and comment on my images. Always appreciated.

Cheers - Ann :)


Ahmed Ismail   {K:19853} 11/5/2005
Beautiful capture Ann! Though I like the B&W one too, I would say my favorite here is the color one. I feel the color is a major part of such a beautiful scene. Its a lovely shot with a nice composition.


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you for taking the time to view and comment on my images Ahmed. I appreciate your opinion on this one. heers - Ann :)


Kelly Duntley   {K:13055} 11/5/2005
I love color!!!! I am an x-ray technologist and look at black and white images of anatomy all day long. Yes, this is a famous spot that all people have taken pictures of. I never tire of this view though because it is so grand. Great picture even in black and white.
Kelly


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/5/2005
Thank you Kelly for taking the time to view and comment on my iamges. I like colour for landscapes too. That's comical what you say about looking at B&W images all day so you enjoy the colour. Makes perfect sense to me. Cheers - Ann :)


Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 11/6/2005
Hi Ann,
Color for me! Your b/w version is lovely, but the color just adds a punch. I think this particular photo profits from it.
A great post again from you Ann.


Ann Nida   {K:45230} 11/6/2005
Hi Susie, Thanks for your input here. I too prefer the colour as I've mentioned above. Interesting to get the different views though. Cheers - Ann :)


G P   {K:9768} 11/6/2005
Hi Ann! I look at both versions and angle more to BW I like the panoramic and DOF of your shot It is a beautiful work specially the mountain on the left compose a great ending and beginning with the rest.
It is a honest 6+
friend
Harry :)


stingRay .   {K:136763} 11/6/2005
Both have great merit Ann, no favourite from me, they both work well and make great viewing.The mono is the more dramatic but the colour is more pictorial. Lovely work Ann, keep on posting.. Best wishes..Ray


Janet B   {K:16139} 11/7/2005
I think both versions are fantastic!
More texture and detail is in the b&w version and I really like that one. I think it makes one study the formation of the landscape and appreciate it more than the color....just my opinion!
Well done, Ann!! Good choice on the b&w!


Manu     {K:13063} 11/8/2005
Great location, great in BW and well done, worth freezing for...!

Cheers

Manu


ade mcfade   {K:12388} 11/8/2005
the classic view Ann

When I went there in 2000 I'd never seen a photo of the place so did not know what to expect..

Suffice to say I was blown away when nwe came into the valley. An experience I'll never forget.

I like the tones - it's a nice high key feel, the mono worksn cause the cliffs are actually that colour - and the trees have taken on a nice mid tone.

not a lot to improve with grads here cause though you'd get darker and more detailed sky, the toip of El Capitain and Brideangel falls woul dalso be darker and look artificial. you can get round this by taking 2 shots - one light for the foreground (trees) and one faster exposure for the sky. Then put them in photoshop and blend


Graham .   {K:1994} 11/8/2005
Possibly the best view on Earth - and simply not possible to catch on film. You have to *be* there to experience and appreciate it. Ansel Admas did the definitive work on Yosemite. Yosemite is just so magical. I have seen several folks now indicate that a digital camera is somehow different from an SLR. An SLR is a single lens reflex camera - which is exactly what a digital camera with interchangeable lenses is. The only difference between film cameras and digital cameras is the media, i.e. digital or film. All other aspects remain the same, including lenses and metering. If you lok at Ansel Adams' original Vallet Shot - you'll see the only difference is the height of the trees in the foreground!


Jeroen Wenting   {K:24836} 11/8/2005
Great vista, but not the best on earth (that must be the Tetons as seen from the shores of Jackson Lake or possibly Mormon row) :)
Sadly the one time I was in Yosemite the family didn't give me the time I'd have wanted (several days instead of a few hours) to explore the park and photograph the scenery. I've since trained them otherwise ;)

Looks like you lost quite a bit of details in the shadow and highlight areas when reducing it to black and white.
Could be your process, could be your camera (y'all know I'm partial to more traditional ways of capturing the world...).

And indeed, as already said, you really need maximum attainable DOF for a scene like this, and as you're high in the mountains a polariser and/or a strong skylight (1B at least, 1C or 1D preferred if you don't use a polariser).


Tim  Schumm   {K:26927} 11/12/2005
in my younger years i climbed all the cliffs in this photo. It is great to see this view once more.


George Tam   {K:416} 11/14/2005
I actually prefer the color image more, Ann. After looking at some many b&w interpretations of Yosemite, it's good to be reminded of how splendid it is in its natural colors.

As for Douglas, I think his unsolicited post of his own image is in bad taste. It's obvious that he was just looking for another opportunity to promote his own work with no real intention to be helpful. I am a new member here. Even though I've been here for only a few days, I've already noticed a pattern of condescending comments from him to various photographers. What a shame to see a person with so much potential in photography but possesses so little in self-esteem.


Robert Gaither   {K:29248} 11/22/2005
I know I like to tell my camera settings but when I save for the web in PS where I can control the size of the image I loose it. Looks fine in this image. Good flow from the falls and not much haze this time of year in this photo.


Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia   {K:91601} 4/1/2006
wonderful landscape. marvelous composition. a delight.


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