Misty sunrise in Yosemite Valley


Posted by Joerg Rockenberger on Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:57 pm

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Hi,

This image was taken last Sunday morning after an overnight storm in Yosemite National Park. Hope you enjoy.

Best, Joerg

Canon 1D MkIV, 17-40 mm, 36 mm, 8s, F11, ISO 200, Aperture Mode, Gitzo tripod with Arca-Swiss Monoball Z1 head

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by Steven Major on Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:35 pm
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Great. Really like the tonal range and composition. Looks like it would make a very nice print. Thanks.
You may (or not) want to offer some of the post processing actions/tips you used to create such grandeur for others who want to try B&W.
 

by Keith Bozeman on Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:47 pm
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Very dramatic atmosphere.
 

by John Labrenz on Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:32 am
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Oh...I enjoy! This is so pretty!
 

by Joerg Rockenberger on Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:27 pm
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Thank you John, Keith and Steve for the kind feedback.

And Steve, no I don't mind at all sharing my pp. But I am a complete amateur at it. So, take the following with a grain of salt and proceed with caution. There are many folks here much more skilled at that kind of development... And it is my understanding that most recommend to make no/little adjustments to the color version before the B&W conversion. But this worked for me.

In ACR, I did the following:
- select the Landscape camera profile
- slight post crop vignette
- enable lens correction profile and remove chromatic aberration
- turn off all sharpening and noise reduction
- apply a medium contrast curve
- increase contrast, shadows, whites and blacks slightly
- add clarity
- apply a neutral gradient filter from top to bottom with -1.7 exposure but +34 clarity. The latter didn't do much though.

In PS CS6:
- convert to B&W with Nik's Silver Efex Pro 2 applying the High Structure (Smooth) preset 
- fine tuning some of the global adjustments in SEP2, e.g. brightness, contrast and structure. Everything else is at default.
- no selective adjustments (other than tonal) were done
- reduce noise with Nik's Dfine2
- clone out some dust spots

And that's it. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Joerg
 

by wpicotte on Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:58 pm
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This gorgeous. Love every choice you made here. Well done.
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by James W. Milligan on Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:42 pm
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Your B&W conversion is well done, beautiful image!!
 

by E.J. Peiker on Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:48 pm
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Wow, this is a really cool interpretation of this popular spot. Well done!
 

by Joerg Rockenberger on Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:28 pm
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Thank you E.J. & James. Joerg
 

by George DeCamp on Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:40 pm
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A perfect moment in time, congrats, really well done!
 

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