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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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Fall Foliage, Yosemite Valley

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Fall Foliage, Yosemite Valley

Fall Foliage, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. November 1, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Fall color in a meadow near Yosemite Falls – Yosemite Valley, California.

I decided to push the boundaries of “ideal shooting time” on this one – it was made less than an hour before noon in midday light that might often have me starting to take my midday break. I think two things made it possible to shoot this subject in this somewhat difficult light. First, the light coming through the leaves of these black oaks (and to some extent the cottonwoods in the distance) creates an effect that it not typical of midday shooting. Secondly, the deeply shaded cliff walls along the south side of The Valley gave me a background that was not harshly lit. (The bright grasses in the meadow were a bit tough, but I think they are under control here.)

It might surprise some to find out that this landscape image was made using a relatively long lens – a 70-200mm zoom at about 130mm. Here it helped me control the composition – making the trees seem a bit closer to one another and affecting the area of the cliff seen beyond.

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Fall Color, Leidig Meadow

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Fall Color, Leidig Meadow

Fall Color, Leidig Meadow. Yosemite National Park, California. October 31, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Fall colors of grasses, bushes, and trees along the edge of Liedig Meadow and the Merced River with cliff walls in the background, Yosemite Valley.

Yes, I’m still working Leidig Meadow… As I wrote earlier, I love the low autumn backlight and early November colors of trees and meadow at this location in Yosemite Valley. In fact I shot here on both afternoons during my visit on October 31 and November 1. Here the trees are roughly sidelight by light coming up the canyon from the west, and the light is aleady gone from the tall cliffs across the Valley and just to the west of Yosemite Falls.

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