Where fire meets water

by John Fan

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 11, 2010299 views22 comments

Early morning sun lights up the Yosemite Falls like a fire.

Sony A900
70-400mm

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on November 11, 2010 at 10:37 PM

Really nice image of a unique event.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on November 11, 2010 at 10:38 PM

Crazy...never seen anything quite like that...very cool John.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 11, 2010 at 11:24 PM

This is absolutely crazy John, top notch

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 12, 2010 at 1:06 AM

This is hot!

Seriously, this is outstanding.

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Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on November 12, 2010 at 2:58 AM

Holy smokes John, no pun intended, this is extremely nice! Love the name you've given it as well!

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on November 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM

That's really incredible - thanks for sharing this awesome moment with us, John.

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Comment posted by Jason Miles Kirk on November 12, 2010 at 10:53 AM

John - this is fantastic. Excellent composition - burned in edges of the image really draw my eye to the wonderful spectrum of color you've presented here. Kudos.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 12, 2010 at 11:05 AM

I have seen this phenomena in person. Its amazing to see and a pleasure to see it here in this photo.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on November 12, 2010 at 11:43 AM

Very impressive John. Maybe could be sharpened a bit more for the web. Excellent work!

Michael

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM

I've seen the falls lit up, but not with this type of rainbow effect. Definitely a "wow" shot.

Max

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on November 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Awesome John, I would love to have a shot like this in my portfolio!!!

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Comment posted by Ian Plant on November 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM

really sweet! love the abstract quality of this

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 12, 2010 at 3:06 PM

Very cool, good timing and exposure to get this, well seen.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on November 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM

Drop dead gorgeous! Superb shot. I've seen one by Moose Peterson that captured a similar effect, but I believe that was at Vernal Falls.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 12, 2010 at 4:01 PM

That is so neat. It's almost not water anymore with colors like this. It's more of a tapestry. Real nice.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on November 12, 2010 at 4:33 PM

Way cool!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 12, 2010 at 5:26 PM

Great colors in the rainbow here. Your shutter speed choice works very well to give a sense of movement to the water as well. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on November 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Really cool! I wonder what it would look like in an even more abstract crop to exclude most of the rock around the colorful water???

Julie

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on November 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM

A colorful, beautiful fire.

Guy

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Comment posted by John Fan on November 13, 2010 at 8:01 PM

Thank you guys for your encouragement.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on November 14, 2010 at 2:56 AM

Spectacular rainbow colors. Well captured and composed

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM

John: I've been fortunate enough to witness this myself and am usually mesmerized by the dancing light show. Wonderful capture of a wonderful moment. >=))>

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