Rather than making a descriptive picture of Yosemite Falls, the highest measured waterfall in the United States, I chose instead to dwell on what happens after a waterfall “falls” by making this closeup of the rapids in Yosemite Creek, which emerges from the base of Yosemite Falls, and flows with much fury into the Merced River. Yosemite Creek is a raging torrent of water slicing its way through a field of boulders down the side of vast slope. I noticed how beautifully the late afternoon sun was backlighting a part of the flow and used that glow as the focal point of this image. My 1/400th of a second shutter speed was fast enough to stop droplets of water in mid-air. I also draw on rhythmic repetition to build a coherent layered image. The large boulder anchors the scene at lower right, while layers of curving water echo its shape in the middleground and background.