Yosemite Valley sunrise, Monday, May 8, 2018
When we arrive the next morning, it was just thick enough to reach the tree tops, creating some nice photographic opportunities.
There had been several dozen people at this viewpoint minutes before the sun rays appeared, but once the sun cleared the mountains, nearly everyone decided to go get breakfast. Someone in our group asked about that, but I said “Let’s give it another five minutes.” Sure enough, when the sun closed the gap in the clouds and started shining down between them, light rays started moving around the Valley.
The dynamic range of the scene was too great for one exposure, so the sun ray image above was created from five bracketed exposures, adjusted in Lightroom 5.7 and combined in Photomatix 6 (beta 2) HDR software.
For comparison, I produced a quick field edit of an adjacent sequence using Photomatix 5. I like the image produced with the newer software better, but the old one still became my most popular posts on Twitter!
Light Rays On Morning Fog, Monday in Yosemite National Park #California #goparks #calparks pic.twitter.com/IJuWJQ0QX2
— Jeff Sullivan Photo (@JeffSullPhoto) May 10, 2017
It was also one of my most popular posts on Instagram, and posted to my Facebook Page it has received over 22,000 views so far. I don’t spend much time on social media any more since most sites are moving to more of a “pay to play” model that price small businesses out, but it’s fun to see those rare occasions when an image breaks through the algorithms and actually gets seen.
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Comments
Wow….das ist eine ganz starke Arbeit…!!!
Stunning +Jeff Sullivan.
Beautiful Image Jeff. I was there last October 2016. You've got me wanting to go back again soon!😎
+Mark Seibold It's always great in the spring and fall. Summer.. get out of the Valley if possible to avoid the crowds. The main parking lot is torn up, so parking is a huge problem even before the summer busy season.
That's awful why share that
Wow! Magnificent!
Wonderful light and mood!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!! Please see the about tab of +Landscape Photography !! We have great new curators.
It's my pleasure to share your amazing photo to the +Landscape Photography page! Check out all the great photos there including yours!!
Belle intro …suivre son intuituion ..ce cliché est fantastique ….Bravo
UTTERLY INSPIRATIONAL!
Heavenly beauty..:)
Fantastique et génial
Beautiful work, great capture…
Grandiose
+MusicLover merci a vous
Merci a vous, aussi! I do know how to speak French a little bit because I learned it in school. I wish I could it very fluently. 🙂 I love French!
I wish I could speak French very fluently…
The mountains contrasting with the bright shining of the divine sun.
Thank you for let me see a wonderful landscape
I hope that you will have a healthy and happy time.
I sincerely thank you💕
Véritable miracle …
+Tsutae Nishiguchi +MusicLover Merci beaucoup
on pm
Miracle
Hi Sarah and two other people. Thank you for mentioning me and giving my comments a plus one! Appreciate it!
Is this a real photo or is it one night up
+debby browning It's a real photo. Here's another one of my photos from that same morning:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/34590536041/in/album-72157604010317412/