Mammoth: from the top

These keep getting better and better. There are many reasons to like this but my biggest is how the hot water ledges mimic the branches of the tree. 

Mark, Nice work setting up this comp! I like all the different ledges and shapes and how they are catching the light. The tree snags and snow really add to this and make for a very interesting combination of elements. A cool shot very well done! 

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Mark,

Even though the original here shines here, viewing the large view is a must.  In fact I couldn't really picture Igor's observation of the ledges mimicing the tree branches, but it's clearer to me in the larger view - actually the terrace ledges could be seen as inverted branches.

The golden browns of the terrace faces contrast beautifully with the snowy landscape; almost like ribbons of gold. Great dynamics with the passing storm on the right and the still visible blue sky on the left.

Beautifully captured and composed.  No nits or suggestions.  I can just feel the crispness of the air.

Lon

This is such a sweet shot Mark. Love the golds and the lines of the terrace and the trees and the snow is really the icing on the cake.

Very nice, Mark.  I really like the leading lines of gold, the snag, and the layer of snow.  This could make a sweet B/W.  Waaay tooo cold for me however.  

This is a really cool image (literally and figuratively) Mark. Another reminder of what a special area Yellowstone is!

Igor, I hadn't made the connection between the shape of the terraces leading to that first tree and it's branches until you pointed it out.  Now that I recognize that relationship, I wonder if subconsciously I was noticing it, because this was my favorite view out of 5 subtly different takes.

Lon, the "storm" is the mist cloud blowing off of Canary Spring, one of the challenges was to get the wind right for some mist but not let it obscure the foreground or the distant peaks.

The warm terrace in combo with the white snow.  Does feel cold despite the terrace colors.  Really well compose, I'm sure you were constrained by where you could set up on the boardwalk.  From a comp standpoint, I think I might have moved a step or 2 to the left and place the far right tree a little more in the cloud corner to reveal a little more of the mountain if possible, but a very minor change to what is already a solid shot.

Mark, this is one of the most satisfying images of the Mammoth Hot Springs that I have seen.  Love the variety of elements in this one, including the snowy peaks behind the clouds, the dead? tree, and the liquid vs. frozen terracettes.  Good use of the polarizer as well.  I lived in Wyoming for a number of years in the '70's and 80's, and remember vividly the intense cold.  I can even remember when 0 degrees f., represented a warm spell.  By the way, I don't miss it!

This image has a wonderful stark beauty to it that is very appealing, Mark. The hot springs look as though they are trying to stave off the approaching cold and snow of winter and I love the way the tiers of the springs are mimicking the limbs of the tree. The large version is a must see.

Ed

Mark, this image is really nice, warm and cool at the same time (literally). Mammoth Hot Springs is not always an easy place to photograph, but this is a marvelous job. I really like how you used the terraces to pull your eye from left to right, it creates such a sense of depth in this image. My only nitpick would be to burn the very bright snow in the upper left corner just a small bit, to balance it a little with the tonality of the snow on the right side. If you do that I think it would make the tree standout even more.