Valley View Sunset in Autumn

2013. I had rented a 24-70 f/2.8 lens for a friend's grandson's wedding and still had the lens for the day after the wedding so we headed to Yosemite. This was...
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2013. I had rented a 24-70 f/2.8 lens for a friend's grandson's wedding and still had the lens for the day after the wedding so we headed to Yosemite. This was my first time ever stopping at Valley View. We just always drive right on past on our way home, probably because it's usually dark by the time we leave. I managed to politely find a spot between a couple of photography tour groups and camped out until the light faded. I had to swap out the 24-70 for the kit 18-55 lens for this shot, though, in order to include the rocks in the foreground. I know it's a shot every photographer has done, but it's one of those bucket-list shots that every photographer should take at least once.
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