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Yosemite National Park, CA - February 16, 2013 to February 18, 2013

Horsetail_Falls_13_ns_035_20130217 — Horsetail Falls in its firefall state as seen from the Northside Drive vicinity

16-February 2013 to 18-February 2013: …Then, Julie excitedly showed me her camera as I was wondering why she was so ecstatic while I was sort of lukewarm to the spectacle.

Then, Julie showed me her photo on her iPhone…

I took just one glance at it and I knew immediately that I had been in the wrong spot all this time!

Her smart phone photo definitely showed that she managed to catch the firefall as I had envisioned what it was supposed to be. She didn’t use a tripod and she didn’t do any color saturation with long exposure photos. She just had a point-and-shoot, and she managed to catch the scene far better than how I had it despite my tripod and DSLR capabilities.

I had this sinking feeling that I had been cursed or something…

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