Fellow hikers and climbers of the Sierras. I've returned to share another video I've been working on for the past 4 months with my buddy Colin. Feel free to share. This is a must see. I guarantee you'll see stuff you've never seen before!

Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

Please share if you like it. Thanks guys!

Nicely done. A lot of great compositions there. I really enjoyed the perspective of rising above cliff sides. Did you use a steep angle rail system for that?

Beautiful! Best watched on full screen.

...Also shared on Facebook.

You guys are so gifted and talented!!!! Congratulations on a splendid presentation of Yosemite.

Paul

Gifted, talented and featured by the Mail Online!

Just . . . wow! Also shared on FB. Looking forward to more stuff from you guys. Your Cottonwood-Whitney vid was great, but this is really top-shelf!

Amazing piece...

Without a doubt, one of the most stunning videos I have seen. Thanks for sharing!

Looks like this one has gone viral. I can't find a view-counter on Vimeo, though.

Sheldon Neill has a website, Project Yosemite. It has a very nice slide show of their Yosemite picture sites. On that page, Sheldon wrote, "30 hours later and Yosemite HD has over 100,000 views."

Here's one from the slide show:
       


                                Here's a shot of their equipment. Really cool!
                               

Great video, I will definitely share. I am inspired to visit Yosemite for my first time this year.

Sheldon, you are a genius. Incredible!

Well done.

Brent

I keep watching this one.

1 million views in 6 days. That's viral, especially for vimeo. Only a few hundred views on YouTube. Funny how that works.

Yosemite is magical. You've captured--it's magic. Amazing video. New to this site. Look forward to the inspiration through video and words. Thanks! Lisa

You guys are all awesome. Thanks for the inspiring comments! We'll keep you posted on future projects.

The guys were interviewed by Yahoo News.

Thanks! Cool to see it featured on Yahoo! They said if statistics are high, they'll give it a front page feature.

I'm happy to see Yosemite getting so much attention right now.

I don't mean to double post, but we finally took the time to do a 2K export--higher res.--for the good of mankind. You can view it here:

http://youtu.be/OwFbjJasW3E

When viewing it, be sure to change quality to 'Original' just above 1080p.

Sheldon, thanks for the post and the new version. The quality is so good, it seems like I could reach out and touch the landscape.

For anyone wondering, the "Quality" setting is the round gear icon in the lower right corner of the video window. (It doesn't show up until you start the video.) Click it, and then select "Original".

I really enjoy watching the video. I get a kick out of seeing odd items like a tiny speck on the sensor in one scene, or the shot on Half Dome where the tripod gets pulled. I assume that tripod is what was used to take that shot from Half Dome with the Central Valley lights glowing in the background:
                   

Watching the new version on a 27" monitor, I am wondering... any idea what the star or planet is at 3:15 - 3:20 that appears above the horizon between the horizon and the moon, but is rising at about 1/4 the rate of the moon and stars?

Here is the Youtube video, where people can view the high-quality resolution. Full screen is definitely the best.

I just watched this again. It is awesome. Makes you want to plan something today.

It's started me to plan my trips for this summer, and it's going to include some time to try doing some nighttime time-lapse.
It may not be likely I can get anywhere near this quality, but I can try! That's the fun part, going out and doing! trying!

We even had a preview of Yosemite HD featured in the official iPad release video. You can view it here:

Apple iPad Video

I believe you can see it at the 0:58 mark.