Boulder, Merced River. Yosemite Valley, California. October 22, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: This boulders sits in the Merced River in lower Yosemite Valley, right alongside the road into the park. I have no doubt it has been photographed thousands (and thousands and thousands… ) of times. I had originally done a color version since the bright yellow of the autumn leaves on the far bank was part of what attracted me to the scene. The original also was cropped differently – it was also in the vertical format but included more of the river in the foreground.

After seeing someone else’s photograph of this same rock last week it occurred to me to go back and work with the image some more. The end result is this monochrome version in which I cropped out a good portion of the foreground to get what I think is a more effective composition.
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Autumn Leaves and Granite. Yosemite Valley, California. October 22, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (Sales)

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Dusk, Fletcher Meadow. Yosemite National Park. September 11, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: Fletcher Meadow borders Fletcher Lake, in the Yosemite National Park backcountry near the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. On this late summer pack trip I had set up my camera near the west side of the meadow and as the sun quickly set, I tracked its shadow as it moved across the meadow. Mount Conness is in the distance.
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Rocks and Autumn Reflections, Merced River. Yosemite National Park, California. October 22, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

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