El Capitan Photographed Looking Into the Sun – Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 290

El Capitan from the Four Mile Trail

El Capitan from the Four Mile Trail

After leaving Glacier Point, we decided to hike the Four Mile Trail down to the Valley. It was already mid-afternoon and the sun would be intense as we were hiking westward.

Taking pictures into the sun was tricky. The photograph above was taken with my “least advanced” and presumably “less capable” camera. The Canon AS 590 IS which is ancient in relationship to current point-and-shoot standards.

While the picture is good for a record of the trip, much of the detail is gone and or washed out. To salvage the picture and make it a bit more artistic in nature, I converted it to black and white.

Which version do you like better; the black and white or the color version? Leave your remarks in the comment section.

El Capitan in Black and White

El Capitan in black and white

 
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.

 

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*All photographs Copyright by Jeffrey B. Ross with all rights reserved.

 
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.

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Meta Data – Day 290 YOY – Year of Yosemite

File Name: IMG_3516.JPG
Capture time: 4:45:33 PM
Capture date: June 6, 2016
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ f/4.5
Focal Length: 5.8mm
ISO 80
Canon PowerShot A590 IS

 

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