Awesome B&W, love the huge scale of this mountain- thanks for sharing! :)

Spectacular shot

This might be your best shot ever of Half Dome. Wow. Outstanding in b&w!

A fantastic classic image of Tis-sa-ack. Wonderful in black and white. Makes me think of Ansel Adams.

Caressingthedark said this is a spectacular shot. OK well I'm going have to disagree! You have composed it beautifully mate, but my problem is your camera. I don't know what you use, but it isn't an SLR. I've been meaning to say this for a while....YOU NEED AN SLR! You have shot this beautifully, but the lack of detail lets it down in my view, especially on zoom. This isn't your fault. YOU NEED AN SLR!!!!!!!! Is that enough of a hint;) The SLR's larger sensor will cut noise levels drastically and give you higher definition. You don't have to spend a fortune these days either. Your talents are being wasted using what I'm guessing is a bridge cam. Ansel himself would be proud of this image...shot through decent glass and the bigger SLR sensor. I'll shut up now!

LOL at Andrew! Great pic! My eyesight is so poor I wouldn't think it any better whatever you used.

wonderful in b/w and really impressive this mountain!!

Amazing shot mu dear!!!Bravissima!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma

This is very nice.... Aloha

Fabulous capture Marilyn...

I love how this shot clearly shows how sometime in the distant past a glacier sheared off the other half of this mountain...great work!

super shot

I'm with you ,never get enough of this place as frank and I are thinking of trailing up there as soon as we both feel better love that place! great shot:

Dark/light contrast sharply delineated in this super shot of the imposing rock and environs, M!

Would have to classify my time spent in Yosemite as countless. It is an awe inspiring place, and I just don't mean the Valley itself. There is such a confluence of people that just drive the valley. If they only knew what there missing. Gorgeous image in B&W, so glad you got to go!

this is impressive looking

great vista and very nice capture!

well I agree with Andrew, you would soar with an better camera. But the shot is a very sensitive use of b&w; you got the amazing monumentality of the Dome; and you also caught the amazing simplicity of it---ie, that, for all its size & complexity, light can literally cut it in 2: one part the lit back-half, the other part the shadowed front. It's truly a split vision, the sun doing all the light-work, and you doing all the camera-work. And you got sun in the front-left peak too...Very sensitive b&w, studying the immensity of the Dome & yet seeing how it divides nature into planes of light & dark. But even with the light/dark split, you still gave us detail in the front face, that wonderfully textured surface that's so iconic to this peak. More of your fine work with the majestic areas you've seen so much. Hope you continue to do b&w's, you do them very naturally.

Half Dome looks great B&W or color. Sweet postwork. Dana

First, kudos for getting up so early and beating the crowds. That's something we could do a lot better job of ourselves;-) As to Andrew's comment...your image looks great (composition, etc.) until it is zoomed. Of course I have an SLR but they are not for everybody... I know we work you over regularly about getting a new camera, but I know after you used one for a week or a month, you'd love it. The focus, sharpness and clarity will have you saying, "Why didn't I do this two or three years ago?" How about this? Come up here for a visit with tk and me...try tk's camera, try my camera. We'll assist you in your purchase and then go out and shoot a ton of pictures with you and your new camera (maybe a Canon SX30IS). Then you'll be in the groove:) Here's a link to get you going Click Here.