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Horsetail Falls, in Yosemite National Park on the east face of El Capitan, is a very unassuming, almost trickle of a fall for 50 weeks out of the year. However in the latter part of February if (big IF) California has had good snowfall, and the skies to the west are clear and the sun is out, and the wind is blowing the falls from the face of the wall, as the sun sets, if you view from the east on either side of the river the falls capture the sunlight and glow a beautiful fire-like orange, about 10 minutes before sunset. Every year thousands of photographers now flock to Yosemite in hopes of catching that magical 10 minutes. We go camping every winter in February, and have been fortunate to photograph this many times, as well as see it fade at the last second when a cloud blocks the sunlight. It is a challenge to frame the falls through the trees, and many photographers are there at 1300 in hopes of catching the 1730ish sunset. It is the greatest gathering of phone cameras to high end camera gear and 200mm glass on tripods, carefully balanced with legs intertwined on the riverbanks. When the sunset starts, there is only the sound of a thousand shutters. This year I shot with the m10 and an old R 200mm VIII 2.8, slight crop to remove an annoying tree branch on the right. The second shot is taken just before the sunset starts, and the last image is after the sunset has left the wall, approximately a 10 minute window for the three. kaethe
