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Yosemite
Watersongs
Watersongs opens with Bridalveil Fall photographed in late
spring, appearing light and wispy and seems to be falling in slow
motion, due to the effects of the wind. Bridalveil and the sequence
at Vernal Fall were photographed backlit to highlight the mist against
the dark rocks. The first segment closes with a sequence of dogwood
blossoms contrasted against the rushing Merced River.
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The second segment begins with a moody sunset at Valley View, followed
by a series of sunrise shots of the Merced River and flooded Liedig
Meadow shot during a heavy spring run-off. Following is Yosemite Falls,
from which sunrise light is manifesting a misty, swirling rainbow
displayed against dark rocks. The segment closes with backlit shots
from the base of Lower Yosemite Falls (looking east).
In the third segment the tempo changes as we see shots of the flooded
Merced River, near Cascade Falls, as we move to the high country with
a sequences of back-lit white water, featuring the Dana Fork of the
Tuolumne River and Tuolumne Fall. The segment closes with sunrise
and sunset shots of Waterwheel Falls in the Grand Canyon of The Tuolumne.
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Segment four begins with shots of El Capitan at sunset reflected in
the Merced River, photographed near Valley View, and dissolves into
the orange-red glow of the setting sun on frothy Horsetail Fall. Following
are shots of flowers along the Merced River, dissolving to trees as
their glorious fall colors dissolve into a winter sunrise, with steam
coming off the river after a fresh snowfall. The segment closes with
a variety of winter shots along the Merced River, and a shot of Half
Dome reflected in a winter pond in Cook Meadow.
Segment five starts with a transition to Spring with a dissolve to
spring flowers in Cook Meadow, followed by various wildflowers shot
on the rim of Yosemite Valley and the surrounding high country of
Yosemite National Park. The scene ends with Indian Paint Brush photographed
at Emerick Lake. Shots in Toulumne Meadows are followed by a succession
of spring flowers, with the Merced River and Yosemite Falls as background.
The last segment begins with a frosty sunrise at Emerick Lake, the
morning sun brilliant in the background, dissolving to Mount Dana
reflected in the pond at the Tioga entrance. A series of shots in
Tuolumne Meadows are followed by the Lyle Fork of the Toulumne photographed
in Lyle Canyon at sunrise.
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Spring is introduced with reflections of trees surrounding the Merced
River, and reflections of Half Dome in Liedeg Meadow and Cathedral
Rocks. Following are sunrise shots of the rushing Merced River at
Fern Spring, dissolving to white water in Merced Canyon and Upper
Cascade Creek. Dissolving again to winter with frozen trees and rushing,
icy waters, we arrive at a herd of deer, foraging for food in the
snowy wonderland of the oak grove at the edge of Cook Meadow. Dissolving
to a shot of Bridalveil Fall through snowy branches, a storm clearing
in the Valley is photographed from the Wawona Tunnel view, pulling
back to a wide shot of the clearing storm. This scene dissolves to
Yosemite Falls through snowy trees, then to the reflection shots in
the Merced River of the falls, as the camera catches ice in the act
of falling from the granite wall. A montage of water shots precede
stark white Bridalveil Fall, then we dissolve to Ribbon Fall, photographed
in early spring in late afternoon.
A view of Horsetail Falls precedes the closing shot of Yosemite Watersongs,
a quiet reflection of Cathedral Rock in a pond in Cook Meadow.
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