Yosemite Falls Framed By Ponderosa Pines

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Yosemite Falls Framed By Ponderosa Pines

Artist

Roger Passman

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Photograph - Photographic Prints/limited Edition Prints/licensing

Description

I photographed Yosemite Falls framed by Ponderosa Pines in mid-morning. The Yosemite Valley, while beautiful, was disappointing. Likely because all of my prior knowledge of Yosemite came from Ansel Adams photographs, I thought I knew the place. In fact, everything i saw in the valley was not able to hold my visual attention, perhaps because of the familiarity or perhaps because I arrived in the valley after having driven the Tioga Pass which made everything I saw in Yosemite Valley pale in comparison. The freshness of Tioga Pass set against the mundane familiarity of Yosemite Valley didn’t give the Valley or the Merced River a fighting chance. That being said, this image of Yosemite Falls is a particular favorite perhaps because driving through Tioga Pass one encounters Yosemite Creek Falls otherwise called Quaking Aspen Falls, a magnificent cascading waterfall before it becomes the famous upper falls rushing under the road and on to the valley.

Next time I am in the Eastern Sierras I will skip Yosemite Valley in favor of Tioga Pass exploration.
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A limited edition of 25 prints signed and numbered by the photographer are available directly from our studio. Sizes equivalent to any of the sizes offered as a print by demand through this online gallery are offered in this limited edition. These prints are only available directly from our studio gallery. Prints are delivered by US Mail rolled in a tube. For more information please contact me using the SEND PRIVATE MESSAGE option in the left sidebar of most of our online gallery pages.
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I processed the raw image, shot with a Canon 60D with an 18-55 Canon lens, file using Photomatix Pro 5, filters from Topaz Labs including Detail 3 and DeJPEG 4 as well as some minor tweaking in Photoshop including sCurve adjustments, brightness, saturation and the camera raw filter to produce this HDR image.
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I donate 25% of the profits from the sale of this image to PROJECT

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June 29th, 2016

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