Two Long Exposures of El Capitan

HikinMike · Dec 12, 2014

I shot the last light on Half Dome and packed up to drove over to Valley View to capture El Capitan (again) before I drove home.

5D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 800, f/8, 30 second

Had a car with their lights on drive into the parking lot and got this..

5D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 3200, f/8, 56 seconds

vintagesnaps · Dec 12, 2014

I like that, getting the light hitting the rocks, gives a good picture some extra interest and makes it unique I think.

Trever1t · Dec 12, 2014

I love Yosemite!

HikinMike · Dec 13, 2014

Thanks for looking!

qleak · Dec 13, 2014

Great shots I especially like #2 (the headlights made it nice and give you a nice story to tell also

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ISO3200?

I'm wondering why this is so high?

HikinMike · Dec 14, 2014

qleak said:
Great shots I especially like #2 (the headlights made it nice and give you a nice story to tell also )

ISO3200?

I'm wondering why this is so high?

Since it was near dark and I was shooting at f/8 so I can still see some "sharpness" in the foreground and background. I honestly didn't even think about decreasing the ISO so I can shoot for a longer time....but that could have added noise too.