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Examples from Yosemite High Country
Commentary on this page is from 2010.
This page includes some examples I shot while hiking in Yosemite and the White Mountains.
Handheld
Because of the mirror slap issue, “handheld” here means that it was handheld, but usually with mirror lockup mode: press the button to flip up the mirror, pause, press again. I found this worked rather well.
Glacial polish and Cloud over Half Dome
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