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This was my office computer’s wall paper for a number of years. It was captured during a workshop in Yosemite on Feb. 12, 2015. As we were photographing Yosemite Falls around 11:00 am. I noticed that on occasion a gust of wind would blow across the face of the falls creating a brief rainbow on the face of the falls. As the sun continued to rise the rainbow effects descended down the falls, I waited it out, zoomed into the base of the falls and got a break as the rainbow hit at the base of the falls just before the sun would be too high to create the rainbow effect. Camera: Canon 5d Mark III, Lens: EF28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM @ 300mm, f/22, Shutter: 1/20. ISO 100.
Robert: This brings back some great memories for me. On my first trip to Yosemite in 2001 I got a number of rainbow shots at several of the falls. This is beautiful, especially with some retained detail in the shadows of the FG. Your patience paid off. >=))>
Thank you, Shirley. In fact I presented this at the workshop critique and one of the other participants said he hadn’t seen a fire anywhere in the park.
That’s a “WOW” shot! The darkness of the foreground helps build a sense of the fire in a darker time of day, but powerfully emphasizes your main subject. Never seen anything like this. Two thumbs up.
