Fall in Tuolumne Meadows, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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This is the second stop my friends and I made while in Tuolumne Meadows. It was amazing to me and Theresa to see the changes in the meadow since June when we saw it last. This area was flooded with the river rushing through the meadow with snow covering what wasn’t under water. The water was so high then that those little islands were not visible, nor were those bushes on the right.

The colors were showing some signs of Fall color in the rusty tops of the bushes on the far bank and the golden grass. We spent a lot of time behind those bushes where there is a little stream tumbling down to this larger pond, and with the help of modern transportation we got some interesting color in the sky. The air traffic over this park is incredible! The clouds you see in the sky are actually the dispersed vapor trails of jets that fly way above the park.

Exposure and PP- This was another one of those tricky scenes with shadows and bright highlights. This is the -1 stop exposed frame from a 3 frame manually Bracketed set. I only took 4 shots here total.
This frame had the best all around detail to work with.

PP- Recovery, clarity, vibrance, USM, resized, and Dodging the Snow Capped Mountains a bit using the Adjustment Brush in ACR to bring out some details. Thank you Pj for that tip. The instructions in my CS5 Scott Kelby book were once again perfect for getting it done quickly and easily.
Nikon D300s, Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 @17mm, f6.3, 1/320s, ISO 200, Manual Mode, Tripoded- this should be a word!