Fire & Granite - a photo on Flickriver

Fire & Granite

This was the sunset behind me as I was shooting Upper Cathedral Lake. For the last hour I did not take heed of all the signs pointing to a sunset explosion towards the west and decided to remain at my elevated spot for Cathedral Lake. As I waited for a pink explosion to the east, which never quite happened, the sky to the west lit up in pinks all over. This was one of the best sunsets I’ve seen in Yosemite. The clouds were textured and the colors were so vibrant they burned for a good 15 or so minutes.

Realizing the sky over Cathedral Peak would never blow up, I reoriented my camera to look west. However, the view to the west was nowhere as spectacular as the view to the east. At that moment I wished I had remained at the shores of the lake where I could easily reframe my picture and get reflections on the water. Up here, I made the most of what I had and decided to go with this large granite sloping wall. I found a gnarly looking pine as my foreground anchor and highlighted the sky and the granite walls for my shot.

In the end, the more I look at this photo, the more I like it. On another note, I realized the best views in Yosemite all face east: Tunnel View, Valley View, Cathedral Lake, etc.

Yosemite Conservancy Photo of the Week, August 31, 2012!!

Canon 5D Mark II
EF 17-40mm f/4L
LEE soft GND

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Taken in: United States / California / Tuolumne Meadows (show map)

Taken on: August 11, 2012

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Yosemite National Park

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Sunset

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