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North Dome and Merced River Trees, Winter

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North Dome and Merced River Trees, Winter
North Dome and Merced River Trees, Winter

North Dome and Merced River Trees, Winter. Yosemite Valley, California. February 15, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of North Dome and bare winter trees reflected in the Merced River near the swinging bridge, Yosemite Valley, California.

After first getting distracted by dawn light on Yosemite Falls – and joining a small throng of other photographers shooting this exact same subject (he writes, somewhat embarrassed… ;-) – I pulled myself together and wandered off along the Merced on this frosty morning looking for scenes that were a bit less obvious. I’m not going to claim that this one is completely non-iconic – I can’t since North Dome, in the upper center of the frame, is a fairly well known feature of the Valley. However, the thing that mostly caught my attention here was the skeletal shapes of the dormant trees along the Merced River and the way they lined up across the scene creating some interesting symmetries and forms against the background of the upper end of The Valley.

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 35mm f/2
two blended images: ISO 100, f/11, 1/40 second and ISO 10, f/11, 1/10 second

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Cottonwood Grove, Shadow’s Edge

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Cottonwood Grove, Shadow's Edge


Cottonwood Grove, Shadow’s Edge. Yosemite Valley, California. October 31, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A grove of autumn cottonwood trees in the last sun as late afternoon shadows fall across the floor of Yosemite Valley near Yosemite Falls.

Late in the afternoon on Halloween this year I was in Leidig Meadow in Yosemite Valley watching the light dim along the cliff faces near Yosemite Falls. As the shadow moved across the Valley toward the meadow it lit this row of cottonwood trees growing between the meadow and the banks of the Merced River.

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Cottonwood Grove, Yosemite Valley

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Cottonwood Grove, Yosemite Valley

Cottonwood Grove, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. October 31, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell– all rights reserved.

A dense cottonwood grove near the Merced River illuminated by afternoon light, Yosemite Valley, California.

Near Leidig Meadow in Yosemite Valley but closer to the banks for the Merced River there are many stands of cottonwood trees. This is one of the denser stands, and as the leaves turn fall colors it beautifully catches the warm afternoon light coming up the Valley from the west and is set of by the much darker and less colorful shaded face of the tall cliffs beyond.

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Leidig Meadow, Afternoon Light

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Leidig Meadow, Afternoon Light

Leidig Meadow, Afternoon Light. Yosemite Valley, California. October 31, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Late afternoon autumn light in Leidig Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California.

I’m going for a black and white rendition of this one since I like the layered tones receding in the afternoon light and haze – and because I’ve already worked up a few other color versions of more or less this scene. This photograph was made shooting almost directly into the relatively low autumn afternoon sun, creating some interesting exposure problems – to say the least!

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