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Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone Nat'l Park

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone Nat'l Park
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/20.0 ISO 320 Shutter 1/200

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Aug, 2014

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Contest Finalist in Celebrating Nature Photo Contest

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Excellent shot. Congratulations on being Featured.

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This is Amazing!!!

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well done for getting featured :) great shot

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Beautiful scenery capture.Congrats!

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beautiful!

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Stunning capture. Congrats on being featured.

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Amazing... Congrats!! ")

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lovely shot, great colors, congratulations

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It looks like the sun. Congratulations!

Thanks so much, seen from a bit above was really cool

awesome capture

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Totally Awesome!!!

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A magnificent image. Congratulations on being featured!

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Great capture!

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Beautiful shot! This is a beautiful place to visit!!

Thanks a lot. All of Yellowstone is such an amazing area

Love this place in Yellowstone, you captured it beautifully... Excellent edit, love the colors!

Thanks so much. All of Yellowstone is such an amazing area

AMAZING!

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Great work

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Beautiful capture !!!

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Outstanding, Claudia, simply amazing color.

Thanks Ray, that pool is incredible to view from the ground or on the hillside

Beautiful capture :)

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Great shot, one of the most spectacular places on earth!

Thanks for your comment Bev. Yes, this is such an "other worldly" place, just love it there

What a great painting this would be to paint! Awesome!

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Wow!! What a sight

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Wow, this is an amazing shot! con gratulations on being featured. where did you take it?

Thanks for your comment. This is Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone Nat'l Park

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Stunning capture

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Congratulations, Claudia, glad to see you are a finalist.

Thanks so much, Ray. this is from the trip Kathy and I took 2 summers ago

Just awesome! Congrats to you! You've captured one of my favorite destinations in am absolutely stunning image!

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wow!!!

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absolutely stunning !!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This is the Grand Prismatic Spring at the Midway geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Time

This image was taken in mid-morning.

Lighting

The day was fairly overcast so there wasn't a lot of direct sunlight to deal with.

Equipment

I shot this image with a Nikon D 800 with the 24mm-120mm lens at 58mm. Exposure was 1/200 f/20 ISO 320

Inspiration

I had seen aerial views of this large spring and so wanted to get some higher perspective to shoot. From the ground you just can't get to see the spring and it's full beauty. It was also a way to get away from the other visitors. I had to hike up the steep adjacent hill to get an unobstructed view of the spring. There were a lot of pines and burnt tree trunks along the hillside. The hike was worth it!

Editing

I always use Camera Raw and Photoshop to process. I do use some of the Nik plug-ins, and for this image, the Color Efex Pro.

In my camera bag

It totally depends on what I'm going out to shoot. I like to travel as light as possible. If I'm shooting wildlife, I'll have my Nikon and either my 80-400mm lens or the 200-400mm. If I'm going out for landscapes I'll have my 24-120 as an all purpose lens. If the trip is mainly landscape, I now will bring my Sony A7 mirrorless and the 24-240mm and the 10-18mm lens. I also have the Nikon 105mm for macro and a 70-300mm for zooming in on details, but these two lenses don't make the camera bag too often.

Feedback

Yellowstone can get very crowded. It's best to go out early or later in the day for better light and less crowds. Thunderstorms can come up quickly so be prepared if you set out to hike.

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