Lesson 1: I kept looking for a long exposure function, as I had to do in my old FS7, and then, after driving out of the park, it occurred to me, "Hey, Jackass, just leave the shutter open for a long time. It's full manual, you can do that." Oi! I wish I'd thought of that for the moonrise over Valley View, but I'm so used to the camera having computer-driven options that something so simple just didn't occur to me.
Lesson 2: I could have just converted all my RW2 files over to .tiffs and THEN worked on them in Photoscape, or something else I'm familiar with, but that, too, didn't occur to me until I'd already spent time working on .jpgs.
The famous elm in Cook's Meadow, w/Halfdome juuuust coming through the mist
The classic Valley View shot, that I usually avoid like the plague, but this one caught my eye because of the one, single yellow leaf at the bottom. I'm also happy that I could get El Cap Gully in at the left side of the shot.
Fallen tree, Merced River, Cathedral Beach
Same thing, different reflective view
Another warhorse: the famous copse of trees in Awahnee Meadow. Just enough color on top to keep it interesting.
Snow on fallen tree, Merced River, looking west from the bridge if one turns left on South Side Drive i/o going right to Curry. I can never remember the name.
Looking NE from other side of bridge.
Royal Arches B&W
Finally, the shot I wish I'd had a much longer shutter open for. The moon was out for literally 1 minute. I'm converting it to a .tiff from RAW and letting my pro g/f work on it in Lightroom.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2010 07:57AM by tanngrisnir3.
It's hanging in our house but it means nothing to me. Some goofy
