For my final evening shoot in Yosemite, I decided to check out locations in the valley, finally choosing the Yosemite Valley View Point.
I arrived early to be sure I could find a place to park in the small pull out and walked around the area with my iPhone scouting shooting locations before I retrieved my tripod and DSLR from my vehicle.
I also experimented with test compositions, using my iPhone camera to do so.
I finally picked a place at the very edge of the Merced River at the parking lot. I would have like to have shot from farther done the river, but there were people sitting where they would be in most of my shots and lots of visitors wandering around that area, too. So I figured shooting across the river and back up the river from the parking lot area would avoid most such disturbances.
I set my tripod legs on rocks in the edge of the river and I had a rock to sit on while I waited for golden hour. While I waited, I made more images with my iPhone and a few test compositions with my DSLR.
More later,
Ken
I’m not overly enamored of the river rocks shots, but the other shots – even with the iPhone, are really nice, Ken.
Thanks, Rebecca. I’m glad you like the iPhone images, but shocked that you don’t like my river rock images. Those were my attempts to be more artsy and stepping out from the grand landscape theme (I’ll bet there have been many, many images made almost identical to those that you like), which every one does. ;>). Of course, we all have to get those iconic images, because the scenes are too grand to ignore.