Old Sage

Gallery: FloraPosted July 24, 201471 views3 comments

I was impressed by the small tree-size attained by sage brush when protected for many years from fire. I photographed these frost-covered individuals on 3Feb2012 from the Lamar roadside in Yellowstone National Park.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x
1/30 sec; f/22; ISO 100 on tripod
Manual; Partial metering

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM

One of the consequences of fire protection is that a large fuel resource builds up, much like this. The 1988 Yellowstone fire was certainly proof of it—almost 800,000 acres burned in Yellowstone that year, stopped only by the advent of cool fall weather.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 24, 2014 at 8:22 PM

Ron - Great details in the large version. The trees are nicely set-off by the blue colored sky.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 24, 2014 at 10:21 PM

Ron:
Lovely image of trees and bg blue sky. I wonder about cropping a little off the lower edge to exclude the small band of white frost extending to the lower edge - kind of draw the eyes away from the trees.

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