Leon Turnbull Photography

Whirlwind weekend Part II. Yosemite Valley.

The other waterfall I wanted to see this evening in Yosemite Valley was of course Bridalveil Falls. It was almost sunset time. The evening started out as very cloudy and overcast, but by sunset time, all the clouds in the valley had disappeared, so it was not much of a sunset, unfortunately. But there was still some nice light on the cliffs above Bridalveil Falls. I stopped at Valley View instead of Tunnel View. Although the latter is a more spectacular vista I rarely stop there as I have a strong aversion to spending my evening battling tripod legs with 50 other photographers. There is always much fewer people at Valley View. There were perhaps ten other people there but I found a good spot to setup and shoot before the light disappeared from the cliffs. Before it got too dark I ran up to the base of Bridalveil to experience more drenching, then drove on to my campsite in the dark.