Black and white photo of Yosemite Falls in full March flow pouring over granite, Yosemite National Park.

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Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California

Yosemite Falls in March, pushing through more water than the granite looks built for. I converted this one because colour was actively unhelpful — the scene is a grey cliff, white water and dark wet rock, and in colour that reads as a muddy version of itself. In monochrome it becomes a picture about shape and about the direction the water is travelling.

Nikon D3 · 17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8 · 17mm · f/20 · 2/5 · ISO 100

March 24, 2015

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