I didn't get down into Yosemite Valley the other day, but I plan on heading there later this week - I did find some nice color around Siesta Lake and some nice aspens near Crane Flat...

All shots with the K-7, ISO 200 (highlight protection or whatever that mode is called). All processed to various extents in Lr (I just upgraded to ver. 2 from 1.4, so the processing might have gotten out of hand - all those new tools )...

1. Dogwood leaves...

DA*16-50mm @ 50mm, f/4 (this one's ISO 400)


2. Reflections...

DA* 300mm, f/4 (distracted by my son, forgot to stop down for landscape after shooting ducks )


3.

Tamron 70-200mm @ 200mm, f/7.1 ()


4.

Tamron 70-200mm @ 115mm, f/7.1


5.
A three shot pano of Siesta Lake (click to see a very large version)

DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f/8. Stitched with Hugin



6.
Aspens in the Crane Flat area.

DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f/4

7.

Two bracketed frames with the DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f/5, blended with Enfuse (HDR).

I paid a lot of attention to the dynamic range of this last shot, since I knew I was going to HDR it. On my monitor, this is a pretty close approximation of what I saw at the time.

[heliphoto]

Thanks for looking and commenting Marc .

[skinja]

Thanks Josh, they were all a pleasure to view, I think I lean to #4 as my favorite of the group.

[heliphoto]

Thanks skinja .

[paulyrichard]

Nice photos, Heliphoto. #4 for me too.

[vievetrick]

AMAZING COLORS - Alwasy wanted to visit and shots like these make me want to even more.

[heliphoto]

Nice photos, Heliphoto. #4 for me too.

Thanks!

AMAZING COLORS - Alwasy wanted to visit and shots like these make me want to even more.

If you can, you should make the trip - it's an astounding place! Really you need to visit four times a year to get all the seasons.