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#yosemitevalley

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Bill Gallagher Photography

Firefall

Firefall is a relative newly discovered phenomenon discovered in Yosemite National Park not to be confused with the old firefall that was manmade.
I've been to Yosemite on 8 different occasions trying to capture this and have been skunked 7 times. This year everything finally lined up properly and this was the results I achieved.
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Firefall. This is an image of what is known as the Firefall in Yosemite Valley. The proper name of Firefall is Horsetail Falls. In Mid-February if everything is in alignment you can see this amazing waterfall turn into what appears as a ribbon of Lava coming off the mountain. For this to happen many things need to line up, most importantly a clear sky in the afternoon. The falls come off an area to the right of El Capitan, pretty much a shear cliff. The sun as it sets across the valley drops into an area that sends a focused beam of light directly onto the rocks beside the waterfall reflecting the light onto the falls giving the water this amazing orange glow.
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Dogwood Dream

In Yosemite Valley you can explore nature from the micro level to the macro-grand level.
In the springtime the dogwoods along the Merced River bloom in large white flowers and the river serves a wonderful backdrop for these beautiful flowers.
This image was digitally converted with a painterly effect to give it a soft, colorful dreamlike look.
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Dogwood Dream This beautiful dogwood flower was captured hanging over the Merced River in Yosemite Valley. The thin branch comes into the image near the top right corner seemingly coming out of nowhere. The branch bends down to the lower center part of the image due to the weight of the large flower on a thin branch. There are a few leaves on the branch as well. The background is a bokeh pattern of blue circles due to the light being pulled from the Merced River. I have processed this order to give the colors somewhat of a fluorescent glow.
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Enchanted Valley in Black and White

Captured from the Tunnel View parking lot in Yosemite National Park.
Here you see Bridalveil falls center right. Bridalveil Falls is 617 feet from top to bottom and generally flows year round in the park.
On the left of this image is the base of El Capitan. El Capitan is a granite monolith and is one of the parks major attractions.
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Enchanted Valley in Black and White This is an image of Yosemite National Park captured as a winter storm begins to clear from the valley. It had snowed all night. This was captured from the Tunnel View parking lot overlooking the valley. On the right side of the image is Bridalveil Falls dropping 600+ feet into the valley. On the right is El Capitan even though most of it is hidden by the low clouds in the valley. The valley itself has some low clouds hung up at the tops of the tall Douglas Firs that populate the valley
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Bill Gallagher Photography

Bridalveil III

Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite Valley is one of many major waterfalls throughout Yosemite National Park. Although not as tall as Yosemite Falls this waterfall is one of my favorites.
Less than a third as tall as Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Falls is generally the first major waterfall seen as you drive into Yosemite Valley.
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Bridalveil III This is an image of Bridalveil Falls located in Yosemite Valley. This was captured on a warm winter day. The water is barely flowing as the snow in the high country hasn't had a chance to melt. The waterfall starts in the center left of the image. The rocks on both sides of the fall are a gray granite. As you move out to the margins, the rocks are covered in a brown earth color that just hasn't been rinsed off from the waterfall. You can see the top of some trees that are located near the waterfall. Some clouds are starting to move out over the cliffs.
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Lower Yosemite Falls Through The Trees.

One of my favorite places to be is sitting below Yosemite Falls. The waterfall is so majestic and powerful and the water runs clean and cool.
This image captures the lower portion of the middle falls and the complete lower falls as shot from the path leading up to the bottom of the waterfall.
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Lower Yosemite Falls Through The Trees This is an image of Lower Yosemite Falls captured through the trees in Beautiful Yosemite Valley. The trees, mostly Douglass Fir lead your eyes up to the falls. The perspective is that the trees are shorter further into the image. The waterfall drops down through the center of the image. The middle section of the falls ends near the top of the image and the final drop is in full view.
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G Dan Mitchell

“Valley Light, Autumn” — Autumn light on trees in El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley.

By now this meadow and its trees and beautiful light seem like old friends. Over the years I have photographed these subjects many times — in winter snow, autumn color, spring greenery, and even in the hot, crowded summer months. Many things have changed during that time. A few trees have fallen and their trunks and branches decay, and a few young, new trees have appeared. Access has become more difficult as the Park Service tries to protect the vegetation, a change about which those of us who remember the “before times” have mixed feelings…continues: vhttps://gdanmitchell.com/2024/12/04/valley-light-autumn/

#Yosemite#Sierra#fall
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G Dan Mitchell

“Autumn Black Oak Trees” — Autumn black oak trees in a Yosemite Valley meadow.

When we think of fall colors, most often trees like maples or (in the West) aspens come to mind, not oak trees. But in the right light the black oaks of Yosemite Valley can put on quite an autumn color show. While the leaves tend more toward brown than yellow, when backlit they glow and the yellow tones predominate. I photographed these trees in soft backlight, and the color shift is clear…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2024/11/17/au

#yosemite#Sierra#autumn
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