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Published: 2005-02-09 08:16:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 249; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 40
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summer of '04. yosemite national park.this photograph actually saddens me. this very famous view is no longer so beautiful as it is easy to tell that pollution has come to obstrust the distant and magnificent view. this photograph forces me to recall summers as a child when this view was far superior then than what it is now. i can only imaging how much more elegant and exquisite it must have been a century ago.
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you should older pictures. you can see all of half dome and then some!
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which is what i talk about in my comment box as well as in replies to other comments on this piece.
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A really sweet shot. The tone and composition are magnificent.
This has gotten quite a bit of attention also.
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yeah, it has. the funny thing, i really feel this picture isn't so great, because of how thick the scenery looks in real life compared to older photographs i've taken. the view in the older ones goes much farther and is less cloudy. but i guess there is nothing i can really do about that. thanks for liking it.
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Very nice shot, great composition and use of b&w. (Ansel Adams would've been proud )
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thanks. wow. that's very nice of you to say that. ansel adams has always been an inspiration for me. everytime i go to yosemite i have to go through his gallery. it annoys everyone as we've all been there thousands of times, but i never grow tired of his work. thank you!
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That should've been a 
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the whole of the West Coast is stunning, pollution or not! I hope to venture down south a bit and see Yosemite one day. Wow, do I ever feel so insignificant when I see the sheer size of nature.
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you're telling me. one year we hiked up half dome, we left at about 4 in the morning. by the time we reached the edge of yosemite valley, the sun rising. it was the most beatifying, spiritual, euphoric view i had ever seen in my life.
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yeah it's sad, ive been there as well, beautiful place. nice photo!
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thanks. when was the last time you went? they have so many rules now to try to undo the damage that has been done. it's very depressing. but it's nice to see the animals flourishing once more.
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uhh, must've been about 5 years ago. my dad works for the BLM, so i get to see a lot of nature
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haha, not anymore, ive been stuck in the east for almost 3 years 
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aww. you need to come back out the west coast.
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Great photo. It looks wonderful in b&w, it has a good level of contrast.
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that really is a disappointment! smog can really ruin beautiful landscapes.
nice job framing the mountain further back with the other two. I only wish the photo was bigger so that I could get a better feel for how vast that landscape really is. nicely done though
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the original is 24 x 16. i felt that may have been too big. but i'll submit a bigger one somewhere in between these sizes so that you can see this better.
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yeah, that's probably a bit huge..somewhere in between's good 
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yeah, maybe in a few days you'll see a "yosemite valley 2"
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awesome awesome. I will check back!!
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cool. i also have other pictures yosemite. i'll post those up when i do the enlarged photograph of the valley.
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wow!... your still luckier than I ... i've never seen anything such as that... really gorgeous. and nice cap.
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thanks. i do feel quite fortunate sometimes for living in california.
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