"The lighting is bad right now" I heard several photographers grumble as I stood at the famous overlook, engulfed in forest fire haze. "Oh, really?" I thought to myself as I snapped this shot. Perhaps that would be true if a person wanted to capture the very same view that MILLIONS of other people have shot. But I found other possibilities present, ones that would not have occurred had the lighting been "right." In this particular shot, I marveled at the way the setting sun backlit the rock in the foreground, making it almost fluoresce a deep yellow. To me, that one section of glowing rock, with the eccentric trees and the Falls hovering mystically in the background, revealed more of the spirit of Yellowstone than a million "perfect" postcard shots.
Photo: Lodgepole Pine, snag, the Lower Falls, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from Artist Point; Yellowstone National Park, WY; September 1, 2013
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