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Interpreting Yosemite

Posted on | November 15, 2011 | 7 Comments

Autumn Leaves and Granite, Yosemite National Park, California

Autumn Leaves and Granite, Yosemite National Park, California

The problem with photogenic locations like Yosemite National Park is that while you can pretty much point your camera in any direction and get a decent image, is that there are so many similar images out there already. The challenge for a serious photographer is not come away with just pretty pictures but unique photos that you can call your own. Sometimes that is unique light or others times it is exploring intimate landscapes that most walk right past without ever noticing.

In this case, I was walking on the trail when I noticed this tree and granite that blended in with each other. I knew there was potential as soon as I spotted this but couldn’t quite figure out how to pull it together into a coherent composition. So I kept walking around and exploring all sorts of angles until I realized that the fallen leaves added a sharp contrast to the scene so I worked the scene I got images that fit my vision. I like the icons that I photographed in Yosemite but the set of images I came away with in this scene are the ones that I can truly say were of my own vision.

See more of my Yosemite pictures.

Category: Yosemite NP

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7 Responses to “Interpreting Yosemite”

  1. Ron Niebrugge
    November 15th, 2011 @ 6:44 pm

    That is cool Richard!

  2. Richard Wong
    November 16th, 2011 @ 1:05 am

    Thanks Ron!

  3. Alister Benn
    November 16th, 2011 @ 8:15 pm

    Absolutely Richard – it is true of every location, but perhaps a little more so at iconic ones – to come away with something unique and expressive is a real challenge.

    It very much explains why I shoot mainly at night – although I don’t visit too many iconic locations, as I live in SW China :-)

  4. Richard Wong
    November 19th, 2011 @ 3:26 pm

    Hi Alister. Shooting at night would definitely lend itself to a unique style for sure. You have to drive pretty far from where I live to do some good night photography though since there is so much light pollution in the L.A. area.

  5. Leann Greene
    November 24th, 2011 @ 12:33 pm

    You nailed a unique view and it stands on it’s own without ID-ing where it was taken.

  6. Nathan
    November 30th, 2011 @ 7:54 am

    So true…that’s one place that is difficult to step away from the over-photographed sites and find something unique and original…not that it lacks those kind of opportunities though.

  7. Richard Wong
    December 2nd, 2011 @ 8:44 pm

    Thanks Nathan. That’s the fun in photography.

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