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Yellowstoned

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Posted by Dean Sauskojus on July 31, 2012 at 2:10 AM
Yellowstoned
These two images were taken recently a week apart within a 1/2 mile of each other. After running around the park with my head cut off it seems this is the place to be for spectacular light at sunset. I don't know if it's the weather or what but our best sunsets have been in abundance this summer. Swan Lake Flats, Yellowstone National Park.
Posted by Dean Sauskojus on July 31, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Swan Lake with a swan cloud overhead.
Posted by Tom Kennon on July 31, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Awesome color in both shots. Number 1 is my favorite.
Posted by Don George on July 31, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Great images. So many people over look this spot at sunset as their focused on wildlife. By the way not a bad spot for wildlife either. :smile:
Posted by Dave Showalter` on July 31, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Both are really clean, well-composed and processed images. I like the first just a tad more and completely understand the urge to run all over the park. Nice work.
Posted by Guy Schmickle on July 31, 2012 at 2:08 PM
That first one gets my vote as I love the crescent moon shape of that foreground pond.
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on July 31, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Very nice images.
Posted by John Mumaw on July 31, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Beautiful and elegant.Both compositions are excellent and the sunsets are superb. Fine work, Dean!
But...how were the mosquitoes?
Posted by Dean Sauskojus on July 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM
John, mosquitoes were not bad at all. Surprised the heck out of me. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
Posted by Ken Henke on July 31, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Yellowstone at its summers best. Excellent images!
Posted by Joshua Warrender on August 1, 2012 at 8:33 AM
I like both but also prefer the first with that nice bend in the water. Great composition. Processing looks nice too. Nice stuff, Dean.
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Ha! Swan cloud. That's too cool. Both are great, I esp. like the first one.
Posted by Adam Schallau on August 1, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Both images are very nice, but the first really does it for me.
Posted by Jack Brauer on August 1, 2012 at 12:58 PM
The first one is a beauty!
Posted by Joshua Hardin on August 1, 2012 at 11:03 PM
The first one grabs my attention the most too Dean. It's an idyllic composition of a horseshoe-shaped lake combined with lovely foreground grasses, a gentle sloping hill in the background and a swath of vivid color in the sky. Everything about this image is pleasing to my eyes. Calming, elegant and beautiful.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM
The bend in the water that cups the hill is nice. This curve gives the image a smoothness of view. Saturation seems a little high, especially the blues in the sky, for me.
Posted by Morris McClung on August 13, 2012 at 6:21 PM
I love how you squeeze every bit of color out in your images without them being oversaturated. Just natural and impressive. And, always with a softness. Both of these are just excellent.