Fire Water

Fantastic Dean. The rivulets make a great lead in, and the ghostly trunks in the fog really attract the eye (in a good way). The lighting adds a lot to the effect of the image. My only nit is the blues, which seem a little strong. (Maybe it's just my eye, but when I get the saturation of the warmer colors of dawn even close to what I saw, the blues seem too strong.) It might be worth selectively backing them down a little, without reducing the saturation of the other colors.

One with a little less blue. Thanks John.

Surreal landscape. Great color and light. Nice work

aF

This is wicked! So many great elements going on here

Great work here. The color mix is outstanding, and the flow of water just brings me through the scene. I'm on the fence about keeping the brightest pink cloud at the top. My eye keeps heading up there due to the brightness. I think the other clouds are still strong enough that this area would not be missed if cropped. I hate to remove clouds too - we try so hard to find them in a comp.

Facinating landscape Dean, love everything about it. Lovely contrast in colour.

Gary.

I think it's a beautiful photo. I like the first version better. It's more dramatic. The bright pink clouds at the top are a little distracting but they add so much to the image that I would probably leave them as they are. I might try darkening them a bit, but the image is great as you presented it.

This is a cool shot. At first I wasn't convinced...then I just sat and took it in... Now I am on board. I like the repost even more.

I'm on the fence as to which version I like best. I hate to give up any color in the sky but the bright pink clouds do bother me a bit. Perhaps the suggestion of darkening them a bit would work without he crop.

Hi dean, somehow I like the luminosity of the original -- i think the mood was somewhat more dark in those bg trees on the left. I really like the comp, with the line of water to the tall bare trees on one side and the shorter ones on the other. Agreed that the pink clouds on the very top might look nicer cropped. Nice work!

Dean,
I scrolled the photo up and essentially cropped off the top and like it much better. My crop would be just above the solid clouds on the right and eliminating the pink clouds at the very top. This is a very strong and dynamic image. I keep getting puled into the FG and trees. I like the original as it gives a greater sense of being lead into the underworld. Very nice capture.
G

Well composed with good lighting. I also like the water tracks serving as lead in lines.
The clouds and colors in the sky really are a plus. The mist surrounding the tree trunks
create a nice mood.

Like the comp and light. Processing looks a little too Orton-y though.

A very artistic landscape image, Dean. An unearthly, ghostly feel to it. The clouds around the trees makes the shot for me.

Very surreal Dean. But then again Yellowstone is a surreal place to start with. You captured some great mood and light in this image.

Great landscape. Well done

I tried cropping the top of the image but it seemed to take away some of the drama from the image so I left it in. I may try and darken it as some suggested.

The exposure for this image was 2 seconds causing softness in the background land and sky which I retained from the raw image. The only thing I sharpened was the foreground and middle ground areas. I also did not sharpen the rivulets. No Orton was applied.

Thanks for the C&C.

Ooh, I like this a lot Dean. Lots of color variation and the low fog/mist adds great mood. This has so many nice elements it's hard to pick just one as a favorite - they blend together very nicely.

Really like this Dean - beautiful shot !

Great shot Dean! I love the colour flow from the yellow in the FG to the ghostly blue in the rest of the image.

Such a unique image! I love the colors and the mood here. I like the first one, although I agree that the blue on the top a bit strong.

Love it Dean,
Great capture of Yellowstone...
what a spectacular place..
Your shot does it justice...
Thanks for you ebook on Yellowstone locations and photo suggestions.
Very useful for someone only there for a very short 3 days.

Very glad you found the Yellowstone eBook useful Tom. Thanks much!

Dean, What an awesome scene, and the mood here is wonderful. Very effective composition, great colors and I love the mist and reflected color in the foreground water. Beautiful work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

This is a surreal scene, Dean. I love the mood here with the steam along with the mix of warm and cool colors in the sky. The diagonal rivlets of warm water make for some great lead in lines as they draw me into the scene. Excellent work.

Ed

Repost is quite nice!
What an interesting image.

Excellent. Your so good with light.

This is outstanding Dean! Great light and mood. I really like the eery feel of looking at the dead trees in the steam. The blues definitely look better in the repost IMO.

Beautiful picture.Great light and color

I really like this surreal location. The fog makes this shot, but I agree with Gary that the top pink clouds could be cropped out. My reasoning is my eye is immediately drawn to the pink and then stopped. Once the pink is removed, my eye follows the foreground leading lines to the trees and then to the clouds. I'd be interested to see if your darker version helps.

The image conveys well the moody deathness of life near the hot springs. Count me in also as prefering the repost and a top crop.

Here we go. Image with top cropped.

Thanks guys for the C&C.

Wonderful composition. The misty steam and colorful water channels under a dramatic sky is excellent. Clouds seem a little too blue for my tastes but I love the image as a whole (just saw the re-post...good work)

Outstanding as your other posts from this location... the cropped repost is a more perfect comp, but I can see why your original post included the top clouds

Hey dean, I do prefer your cropped version. Is this with the 14-24 by the way? Hope you enjoy the adapter :)

Dean, I like your cropped version a lot more - two thumbs up!

Navin, this is the 17-40mm. I'm still undecided on which way to go. I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks for the comments. The cropped might just win out.

I am definitely all for the cropped version you just posted. Great, great work!

This is really interesting, dynamic, and beautiful all in one! Awesome!!

Chris

What a nice composition - geometry attracted me first 2 days ago, thought about formulating my comments. Interplay of shapes and colors is impressive, especially orange color in front reflections going against blues (which may be a bit too saturated).

As you asked, 2 tiny suggestions : left side is a bit cramped, if you could have trees and rivulet to not touch left border, it would help. Same with the pink cloud - it is attracting attention of the eye , contrasting with blue and echoing reflection, but it is not a formed shape. A bit of the blue above it would be wonderful or , alternatively, crop it out altogether.

Nice, really nice image.

Wonderful composition and lighting, Dean, the warm and cool contrast works nicely. I do agree with toning down the brightest clouds at the top, they're a bit of an eye catcher. The repost looks better with the slightly less saturated blues..

Edit: just saw the second repost with the cropped sky. While I like it I kind of prefer the first repost with the clouds, perhaps just toning them down a bit would help..

Primal is the word that comes to mind.

Spectacular depiction of the story of Yellowstone! Couldn't agree more with your sentiment expressed about this incredible place.

Fantastic and surreal. I like the 2nd version the most.

as for me , it is very unique view! since I love saturated colors. I cant say any thing more than it is really cool image! :)