Aftermath

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted February 27, 2010417 views8 comments

After the Yellowstone fires

D300
18-200mm @ 18mm
1/60 sec, f/16
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: auto
Flash: Off

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on February 28, 2010 at 12:47 AM

This is a super composition Sandy. The lean of select trees, especially the most prominent one, gives an almost lyrical feel of "movement" to it. I've passed through there twice in the snow, and it never occurred to me that the trees would make such a great subject. Call it distraction by wolves and bears, but I'm obviously guilty of gross oversight!

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Comment posted by István Molnár on February 28, 2010 at 1:15 AM

Good composition,nice colors ang light.
István

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 2, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Very good composition and quite interesting situation. You gave the right mood to this shot.

Congrats on the EP.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on March 3, 2010 at 6:10 AM

Congrats to you too Sandy on your EP selection. This image remids me of an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called the Kingston Plains, which had experienced a massive firestorm decades ago, and the landscape is covered with the charred remains of tree trunks. I like the background which looks like it survived the fire, life after the aftermath.

Registered on July 20, 2009, 140 Posts, 1198 Comments

Comment posted by Angela Classen on March 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM

Neat shot. Congrats on the EP!

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 3, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Sandy,
The thumbnail, really makes me want to look. I guess that's an important assest in a journalistic photograph. When I do look closer, this shows both beauty and devastation. Excellent comp and exposure.

Congrats on the EP.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Joan Cambray on March 3, 2010 at 8:58 PM

Beautiful, cold and stark! I love the touches of color. I was just in Yellowstone as saw similar scenes but clearly I didn't really see them.

Congratulations on the EP!

Registered on October 31, 2009, 6 Posts, 47 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 4, 2010 at 5:38 AM

Stark looking and sad image of fire devastation expertly captured. I like the curving tree for the pathos: "This is just too much to bear…" Really good Sandy.

Thanks for your comments-- much appreciated.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments