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Nevada Falls and the back of Half Dome        Images © Mark A. Chappell

This view of Nevada Falls, the back of Half Dome, Mount Broderick, and Liberty Cap was taken from the trail leading up from the Valley floor.   I took the photo on a late autumn day; we were blocked from further progress by an extensive mass of slick ice covering the trail ahead.   I used a graded neutral density filter on my wideangle lens to help to get proper exposure on the shaded falls and the brightly-lit peaks.

  • Canon EOS 1v, Canon 17-40 zoom at about 20 mm, Fuji Velvia 100 (2003)