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Description
Fall colors in Yellowstone have hung on for a long time. This scene was taken two weeks ago. It’s the latest that I’ve seen the cottonwods in the Lamar Valley hang on to their leaves.
Specific Feedback
The back lighting shows the colors in the trees and ground well. The shaded slope helps let the trees stand out. The Bison peacefully grazing make it clear that this is Yellowstone.
Technical Details
R5, 100-500 @ 363, 1/500 s, f/16, iso 800, tripod and polarizer.
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That works so well Mark. If you wanted a pictorial definition for bucolic/pastoral/rustic, I think this would be the one.
At first I thought the purplish tones were flowers; fascinating to see what’s there when the image opens up. I also love at the hints you kept in that dark background when viewed at a larger size.
It’s hard for me to find a nit with this one. I suppose you could have paid that lower right cow some silage to get it to move a little out of the corner? Kidding aside, well done.
John, the “purplish” tones are the brilliant blue sky reflecting off the rock of the dry (in the fall) waterways. I have another view with the Bison and trees more symmetric about the center, but I like the gentle eye flow that this version provides.
This is a wonderful peaceful view of the Lamar Valley, Mark. I can’t wait to get back there. I love the cottonwoods against the dark BG. It is interesting to get the bluish sky color reflected off the riverbeds too. This is a clean, simple pastoral image. Nice work.
Dear Mark,
To me this image works very well — not at least because of the dynamic balance established by the three bisons in the foreground, all black and with considerable visual mass, and the two threes with bright yellow canopies in the middle ground, also with great visual mass, but of a very different and more lyrical nature.
