Yellowstone 2013 Visit—#6

While we were eating our lunch in a small park, this mother deer and fawn moved through the eating area.  Both of them watched us for some time from the safety of the woods; but then, mom decided that we were not too much danger so they moved through the area. 

Even though only the fawn’s head is in the photo, this is my favorite image that I took because of how both mom and baby are looking straight at me. 

Enjoy. 

Camera settings:  Nikon D4 on a tripod, 80-400mm f/2.8 at 350mm, ISO 280, f/5.6 at 1/7500^th of a second. 

Post Processing: 

Lightroom 5—applied Nikon Standard preset, set white and black points, added vibrance and clarity.

Yellowstone 2013 Visit—#5

 

We often encountered fog early in the morning.  Today’s photo is all about the light.  I have no idea as to why, but the light seemed to have two distinct colors—warm light on the trees and cool light on the water.  This lighting only lasted about ten minutes.  I felt like the different light colors generated two different photos in one. 

I have no idea what caused this, but would be most interested to learn why the light acted this way. 

Enjoy. 

Camera settings:  Nikon D4 on a tripod, 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, ISO 180, f/8 at 1/180^th of a second. 

Post Processing: 

Lightroom 5—applied Nikon Standard preset, set white and black points, added vibrance.

Yellowstone 2013 Visit—#4

There are about 2,000,000 acres in Yellowstone National Park, yet, the only place this guy found to walk was down the middle of the road.  Go figure! 

Enjoy. 

Camera settings:  Nikon D4, 80-400mm f/3.5~5.6 at 400mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/180^th of a second (supported by hood of auto). 

Post Processing: 

Lightroom 5—applied Nikon Standard preset, set white and black points, added clarity, sharpness and vibrance and did some dodging and burning.

Yellowstone 2013 Visit—#3

As far as I am concerned, today’s photo is totally about the water blur—if it is not, I spent a lot of time and frames trying to get exactly what I wanted!  I wanted the water to look very soft so that it would contrast with the hard, jagged edges of the rocks. 

I forgot my neutral density filter, so I had to reduce my ISO to 50 and my f-stop to 22 in order to get the shutter speed down to ½ of a second.  

Enjoy. 

Camera settings:  Nikon D4, 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, ISO 50 (Lo1), f/22 at 1/2^th of a second on a tripod. 

Post Processing: 

Lightroom 5—applied Nikon Standard preset, set white and black points, added clarity, sharpness and vibrance and did some dodging and burning.