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It is still pretty cold and wet and the snow didn't melt until around 11:00 am on the day this was taken, so it seems like it is still winter. But if you look carefully, the trees and bushes are starting to bud and the birds are starting to get more plentiful and active. Here is a Spotted Towhee sitting on a budding bush of some sort. There was even a bit of sun and blue sky. HEoM
Jacarandas bud.
pic uploaded for FlickrFriday theme
#earlyspringsigns #signos-de-la-primavera-temprana
Why is spring my favorite season? Because of what it represents in our lives! With spring comes hope: hope of new life and a new creation! Each spring we watch the flowers bloom, the dormant grass turn green, the trees bud, flower, and come back to life! We see the sun start to shine more and start to pull people out of their shells of homes and into the life that is blooming all around them! For a macro enthusiast like myself, this season is heaven on earth.
One of the #EarlySpringSigns in Yosemite is the gathering of hundreds if not thousands of photographers hoping to catch a sighting of the Horsetail Falls firefall phenomenon. It has become so popular that the park closes one lane on each in order to accommodate a half-mile or so of double-parking on each side of the river.
For roughly ten days in late February the setting sun is able to shine into the valley and hit the falls so that they appear to be made of fire or lava. The effect became widely known after Mountain Light Photography founder Galen Rowell shot and published hos famous "Last light on Horsetail Fall" in 1973.
The effect lasts for about 10-minutes right before sunset IF...you are in the right location and IF the water is flowing and IF no cloud interferes with the sun and IF strong upper winds don't blow the stream into a mist, etc. I've overheard photographers describe attempting to get a shot of the firefall as their "white whale."
Two years ago I tried for this shot but there was no water due to California's drought. All I got was photo of a pink rock.
Last Friday there was sufficient water and sun was able to dip under the cloud layer just long enough for a decent shot. I tried again on Saturday and got some interesting shots but no firefall.
The only editing is basic exposure/contrast/saturation adjustments when bringing in the raw image plus a slight crop and sharpen.
Todavía no hay flores ni colores, pero ya se siente que se acerca la primavera. El hielo y nieve empiezan despacio a desaparecer!
I changed my mind for #flickrfriday. This one feels a little more like spring. fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-jason-jacobs.html
the mountains were three shots bracketed for exposure and the sky 4 different shots stacked for motion each shot 20sec 52422
Para Lío 2.0, reto 15, Semana Loca de febrero.
Pour ABCédaire: P de primevères.
Durante esta semana loca, cada día publicaré una foto "en las manos", presentando una de las cosas que he echado (mucho) de menos durante el invierno y que vuelvo a encontrar con alivio y alegría ahora que se deja entrever la primavera por llegar.
Durante el invierno, añoro el verde de las hojas y de la hierba, y los colores de las flores. Cada semana me compro flores para sobrevivir a la oscuridad, pero son flores cortadas, no es lo mismo. Así que en cuanto aparecen signales de la primavera por llegar, soy de las primeras clientes en las jardinerías y me cogen unas ganas tremendas de plantar, cuidar mi jardín, verlo florecer...
Para 7DWF, Viernes, flora
Para Flickr Friday, #EarlySpringSigns