The haloing was caused by the shadow/highlights tool in Photoshop.
The gradient effect was caused by using graduated neutral density filters to darken the upper portion of the photo.
The red on the rocks was caused by stacking two Cokin graduated filters on top of each other. I'm hoping to get a couple of Tiffen 4X4 glass graduated neutral density filters to solve this problem. And solve the problem with scratches on the resin filters.
There's a better version of this photo (I think) on my website:
El Capitan
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This is not only a beautiful photograph, I think it is a very important one. I'll be graduating from college soon and want to go into some type of wildlife preservation career. Great shot and idea.
What a gorgeous shot. Congratulations on the ribbon. I want to go there for our next vacation. I really want to see Yosemite in person. Now to convince the wife. :)
Congrats on the blue. Beautiful landscape. It has haloing around the right side mountains but otherwise a gorgeous composition. The western drought must be a lot worse than I thought. That looks more like late summer than winter. I always thought Yosemite was snowbound in winter. Global warming is taking it's toll. :)
A beautiful Photograph of a lovely place, well worth an award. I wish I had taken it. I think a graduated filter at the top of the picture (I am assuming you used one), prevents the top being too bright, and concentrates attention on the main part of the whole. Someone said that the right hand could maybe have done with a bit brighter, which could be right. I would still like to buy a print of this picture though, and wish you the very best in your future scenic pictures
A very good photograph, i knew it would be up at the top by the end. Im not really sure how you achieved this picture legally though because the dynamic range seems very high.
Spectacular! The land line is virtually centred...but the river leads the eys through to the left and then again off to an invisible right, which breaks that midline cut. Very very blue sky and water, but somehow this time I like the saturation.
You know, this shot, this exact shot, has been done 1000's of times but it's still beautiful and your use of a polarizer really helped with color saturation. If this were a more original shot I'd certainly give you a much higher score but it's still a good shot.
A bit oversaturated. Taking it back a bit would make this more effective and reduce some of the haloing that came out of the sharpening process. Nevertheless, I do like this image for the composition and subject matter presented. It also ties creatively with the challenge which is a bonus. 6
I like everything but the sky. The heavy blue gradient that appears to have been added doesn't look real, and there are halos around the mountains from it. There is also blue gradient on the middle mountain top - should have been corrected in editing.
Preserving parks for future generations (Yosemite)
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