The second stop on our massive family road trip was Yellowstone. We were able to stay there for 8 nights, and the majority of that time was spent hiking or fishing as a family, but I was able to sneak off to take a few photos also. These are a few of my favorites.
#1 is the bacteria beds around Grand Prismatic Spring.
#2 is later in the afternoon overlooking Grand Prismatic Spring with some nice light hitting the hill in the background.
#3 is Lower Yellowstone Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
#4 is Yellowstone Lake with Stevenson Island getting hit by the golden light.
#5 is a closer look of the same, a little bit later in the evening.
#6 is sunrise over the Madison River.
#7 is a little later that morning looking up the Firehole River toward the Old Faithful geyser basin.
C&C is always welcome; thank you for taking the time to look!
5D Mark IV, 16-35mm f/4L IS, ISO 100 16mm f/8.0 1/60 sec
5D Mark IV, 16-35mm f/4L IS, ISO 100 35mm f/4.0 1/50 sec
5D Mark IV, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, ISO 100 130mm f/8.0 1/400 sec
5D Mark IV, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, ISO 100 70mm f/8.0 1/25 sec
5D Mark IV, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, ISO 100 105mm f/8.0 1/20 sec
5D Mark IV, 16-35mm f/4L IS, ISO 100 16mm f/9.0 1/25 sec
5D Mark IV, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, ISO 100 70mm f/8.0 1/100 sec
Stunning shots of a beautiful park. #1 is especially so. Encountered any bears hiking up to the Grand Prismatic overview area? I would have preferred a less warm tint to Yellowstone Falls but I'm sure the color is due to the late afternoon sun.
Very nice, love the compositions and realistic processing. 2, 5 and 7 are my picks. #1 has unevenly darkened sky, I'm guessing from a polarizer, which could be fixed in post.
dalite wrote:
Stunning shots of a beautiful park. #1 is especially so. Encountered any bears hiking up to the Grand Prismatic overview area? I would have preferred a less warm tint to Yellowstone Falls but I'm sure the color is due to the late afternoon sun.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Thank you for the nice comments! I didn't see any bears on the trail that day, but there were a few rangers at the trailhead when we started because someone was being stupid with getting way too close to a bison and got gored. I hemmed and hawed a little with my processing on the Yellowstone Falls shot; it was actually a morning shot, about 30 minutes before the rainbow appears, but I couldn't stick around for it because we were on a ranger-led hike at the time. I tried to recreate it as I saw it at the time, but I'll go back and take a look at it again.
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rwolson wrote:
Great series!
Thank you!
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mhsinca wrote:
Love them all but 1 and 2 especially are intriguing. Nice work. Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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ksmmike wrote:
Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment!
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MorrieC wrote:
Excellent, your photos make me want to go back to Yellowstone.
Thank you, I really enjoyed our visit. Glad you enjoyed them!
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OregonSun wrote:
Very nice, love the compositions and realistic processing. 2, 5 and 7 are my picks. #1 has unevenly darkened sky, I'm guessing from a polarizer, which could be fixed in post.
Heron
Thank you, Heron! You called it on the uneven sky. What you see here actually is fixed a bit (from OOC) in post, but you're right, I could definitely make it better. Thanks again for the nice comments!
