Morning Star is a photograph by Mike Lee which was uploaded on August 26th, 2013.
Title
Morning Star
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph
Description
The sun shining/rising over the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan on the left and the Cathedral Rocks on the right. In the foreground is the Merced River. I shot this using a very small aperture to create the sunburst effect. I think it works well for sun shots.
Uploaded
August 26th, 2013
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Comments (75)
Douglas Castleman
I love this. Over the years, I've taken many pictures from this exact location, and even painted watercolors there, but I never got anything as beautiful as this. The sun never was that far north for me...you did a GREAT job here.
Mike Lee replied:
Thanks Douglas! I took this around the end of July - beginning of August. The sun comes up in a good spot for both this location and when up at Glacier Point (coming up behind Half Dome).
Audrey Wilkie
Wonderful image! The light is sublime and so are the contrast, colors and composition! Well done Mike!
Robert Bales
What a beautiful presentation and congrats for being selected on the feature page!! v/f/t
Spencer McDonald
Really nice landscape. Great use of the rocks to form lines to lead us into your photograph and end at that beautiful star sun. Was this shot at f22? Great work.
Priscilla Burgers
This is really beautiful. Love the sun rays, reflection in the water, light on the grasses. Fantastic! v