Each February In Yosemite National Park if all conditions are right...enough snow to melt to form an ephemeris water fall, no clouds to obstruct the sunset, you can admire a light show like no other. As the sun is setting, its light would hit the side of El Capitan at the exact spot where Horsetail Falls is flowing...the beam of sun rays would get narrower and narrower to focus on the waterfalls, with the light hitting the granite wall it makes an orange glow to render the waterfalls to ressemble to lava.
Here is a series of the "Fire Fall" in tribute to the old way where they burn wood on top of Glacier Point and pushed it down on the side of the mountain.
Very nice - that alignment is certainly a true wonder.
I hear nowadays its so popular that its virtually arm-to-arm combat to get a space to set up your tripod. However, I also hear that this year they are limiting numbers in the park, so may not be so bad if you are one of the lucky ones to draw a permit.
Yes this year you need reservation to get into the park. The past few years was indeed crowded. We were lucky past Sunday, the last day before you need reservation and because of the Super Bowl there was barely anyone in the park we were 6 shooting from this spot and another guy that you can see in #1 by the river and under the branches.
Very pleasing, indeed!
Question: Did you stay and shoot long enough to see the face of El Cap descend into full shade, leaving Horsetail Fall a brilliant, thin ribbon of light against the dark cliff wall?
Thank you Chaz,
Unfortunately either the was a cloud moving in front of the sun the last minute or it's too early for the sun the really narrow the beam on El Cap but I didn't see it this time. However, I saw it previously.
