Morning Light

[Leroy Laverman]

Merced river at Happy Isles in Yosemite. The water was in the shade and the sun had just illuminated the steep granite walls giving a nice color reflection on the water. Unfortunately I didn't have my tripod with me so I was bracing against a bridge railing or I might have tried for a longer exposure.

Technical Information
Nikon D80
Nikon 24-85mm 1:3.5-4.5 AFS
ISO 100 62mm f/8.0 1/6 sec
matrix metering, aperture priority, full frame
raw converted in Lightroom, sharpening, etc.. in photoshop

[Alfred Forns]

I like it as presented Leroy !!!! Pretty good job of bracing I like the lighting very much Excellent feel !!!!

No tripod in hand ........... that will be twenty lashes :D:)

[Bob Ettinger]

The bracing worked. Nice light and water color. Love the colors

[Leroy Laverman]

No tripod in hand ........... that will be twenty lashes :D:)

Thank you sir, may I have another...

It was either the tripod or my four year old, and she's much louder and insistent :cool:

[Harold Davis]

great job, leroy!! the bracing really worked. i like the light.

[Jason Hahn]

As mentioned great light on the rocks, I like the side/back light a lot in this image. The four dark rocks form a good focal point in the image, a tripod certainly would have been nice to get an even silkier look to the water, but I like it a lot at this shutter speed as well.

Jason

[Robert Amoruso]

Great work Leroy. I agree with all the positives mentioned. Don't forget the tripod next time. Besides shutter speed, you could have use a smaller aperture for better DOF.