Painted El Capitan

[Indranil Sircar]

Another Yosemite image from my recent trip... this one is El Capitan taken in the morning. I waited for the sun to light up the entire monolith while keeping the trees and river in shadow. With relatively low water flow, it's a great time for getting good reflection on the river. For processing, I removed some debris in the water and used two different layers for Topaz simplify with modified settings for B&W and Bizsum. Applied selected adjustment layers for colors, contrast and levels. Hope you like it...

[Anita Bower]

I like it a lot! The sun on the rock and the rest in shadows allows El Capitan to stand out and glow. Great planning on your part. I like the simplified look, the lovely smooth water with reflections, the sky. Also, I like how the trees lean inward. Lovely work.

[denise ippolito]

You are so lucky Indranil to be able to visit Yosemite as often as you do. Beautiful peaceful scene- does it need a slight rotation? I love the filtering you applied.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Indranil, a beautiful painterly El Capitan I especially like the lighting on the tops of the trees.

[Steve Adkins]

Beautifully done, Indranil. The painterly result is very appealing. Especially like the reflection and it's tones. Agree with Denise it might need a slight CCW rotation.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks all. I appreciate it... Denise, Steve, thanks for the feedback on ccw rot... I had already done a bit of rot and I will check for more.