Lori Azevedo  


Travel Yosemite by Lori Azevedo

February 2025 - Travel Yosemite

About the Image(s)

I live 2 hours from Yosemite. You will find me there often. I love it there with the natural beauty and to people watch; many from other countries.

My goal in this photo was to capture the upper and lower Yosemite falls. But you know how people always get in the way. Well after reviewing this photo on my computer I realized how well the couple at the bottom anchor and photo with their selfie.

I completed the post processing in Photoshop. I added highlighting to the trees, walkway and people. I narrowed in my cropping to remove the sky at the top of the falls. I also deepened the tone of the rock to bring out more color.

Using photoshop I reduced the image size to fit the PSA parameters by selecting image > image size > then reduced the width to 500 pixels x 417 pixels.


1 comment posted




Sandra Michaelis
Hi Lori, a well known scene from Yosemite. We been there a few times, it's spectecular. I would have liked to see the version with the sky. It feels like the falls are chopped off. However, if the couple is your subject, and my eye is drawn to them, then the sky becomes less important. I also played around with your picture in LR. Using a linear and radial gradient mask. I used the color range tool to lighten some of the very dark greens. Finally, I lightened the saturation making the couple look less orange. An interesting photo with lots of editing options including you own.   Posted: 02/02/2025 23:04:01
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