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HDR Yosemite Valley

A HDR photo of Yosemite Valley with its magical night star lit sky, created at the darkest part of the night. I only used 5 images to create this. Basically e...
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A HDR photo of Yosemite Valley with its magical night star lit sky, created at the darkest part of the night. I only used 5 images to create this. Basically exposing for they sky and then for the valley.
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cameraCanon EOS-1D X

settings Aperture f/2.0 ISO 3200 Shutter 30/1 

upload_dateNov, 2013

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10 Comments |
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 December 08, 2013
Amazing! (:
sandystewart
 
sandystewart June 03, 2014
Quite wonderful.
patrick9x9
 
patrick9x9 June 25, 2014
Great job on this
stewartgould
 
stewartgould July 01, 2014
Nice perspective, eerie cool colours.
kevinsawyerphotography PRO
 
kevinsawyerphotography July 30, 2014
Thank you so much everyone!
HaliSowle
 
HaliSowle July 31, 2014
Very nicely done! Congratulations!
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz August 03, 2014
Kevin your HDR photos are amazing and beautiful. Congrats on the award.
jonesaiko
 
jonesaiko December 23, 2014
great shot...but what is that line of?
strumski
 
strumski January 15, 2015
Spectacular imagery, very striking with so much going on.. bears repeated views! Congrats.
sunnylauderdale93
 
sunnylauderdale93 February 24, 2015
beautiful!!

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