Posts in Category: landscape
Maine! Mousam and Roger’s Pond
I got out for a walk around Roger’s Pond by the Mousam River in Kennebunk, Maine yesterday and caught some of the now fading fall color or Southern Maine. Not in full sun, so a bit on the subtle side, but that is okay. It is the season. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15-27mm equivalents. Superior Auto with Scene Select (Landscape). Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! White Dome Geyser
While standing at Surprise Springs on the Firehole Lake Drive in Yellowstone National Park, we had another surprise. White Dome Geyser took that moment to erupt. It apparently erupts on an irregular schedule with an average interval of 20-30 minutes, but it has been known to be as short as 8 minutes and as long as 3 hours. It is among the tallest dome geysers in the park, though its plume only reaches about 30 feet. This shot is from between a quarter and a half mile away. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii zoom at 273mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Canary Springs outflow
From below with the my telephoto zoom, this is the outflow on the Upper Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Rock in the making as we watch and more layers of travertine are deposited. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Old Faithful
I already shared the close up shot of Old Faithful. We arrived at the lodge, after about 30 minutes of looking for parking, just in time, according to the geyser clock in the lobby, for the next eruption, and made it out to the nearest corner of the boardwalk with seconds to spare. It does not matter how many times you see it, or how many photos or videos you see, there is nothing like being there. One second the mound of colored rock is all there is to see, and the next, after a tentative spurt of steam or two, there is a column of boiling water and steam 130 feet (or more) tall. The roar. The rush! I barely had time for a few shots with the a6700 and the Tamron at 75mm equivalent…and then to switch to the a5100 and E 10-18 f4 at 27mm equivalent, which you see here. Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode selection. Processed in Photomator. Next time video 🙂
Yellowstone! Firehole Springs?
I think this is called Firehole Springs. It is on the Firehole Lake Drive at any rate. A common thermal feature of Yellowstone National Park, these boiling springs are fascinating. Dangerously so. You do not want to put your hand in there. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75 and 508 mm equivalents. Program mode. Processed in Photomator. Video assembled in LumaFusion and resized for upload in VDIT.
Yellowstone! Surprise Spring
Off Firehole Lake Drive you come to Surprise Spring, a crystal clear hot spring with an intermittent steam eruption. It was not super active on the day we visited, but it is still surprising and surprisingly beautiful. Just look at those colors. The video captures it a bit better. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15 and 27mm equivalents. Program mode and, obviously, movie mode. Processed in Photomator. Video edited in Lumafusion and VidDay (resizing for posting).
Yellowstone! Roaring Mountain
Roaring Mountain, Yellowstone National Park, September 2024 — A soft rock (solfatera) mountain with many fumaroles (steam vents). This mountain side has been an attraction since the early days of the park. Apparently it was much more active in the early days, and you could actaully hear the roar, but it still puts on a show when the temperatures are cool. The fumaroles are the hottest thermal features of the park, as superheated water flashes to live steam as it emerges and not just hot mist. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75mm equivalent, and the Sony a5100 with Sony E 10-18 f4 at 27mm equivalent. a6700, Program mode. a5100, Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode selection. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Above Old Falls Pond
It would not be fall in southern Maine (or at least to me), if I did not get out to photograph the stretch of stream above the bride at Old Falls Pond. This is the Sony a5100 with the E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Mode selection. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Lower Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs
I was genuinely surprised how much I used the Tamron 50-400 for landscape on my trip to Yellowstone. The scale of the scenery lends itself to a more focused view, and the 75-100mm equivalent on the Tamron is ideal. Yes I would have, a few time, liked a bit wider view (if the rumored Tamron 20-400 is any good I may be tempted), but for the most part the 50-400 did an excellent job framing the vast landscape and the smaller landscape details. These shots of the lower terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs were all taken with the Tamron at various focal lengths for framing, and come as close to capturing the wonder of the place as, at least I, have ever managed, and certainly better than any single wide angle shot. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC VXD zoom at various focal length equivalents for framing. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Mud Volcano
Seeing the grand sweep of the mountains of Yellowstone, or the vast waters of Yellowstone Lake, it is hard to remember that you are standing on a thin crust over one of the largest magma chambers of one of the largest super volcanos in the world. Two active magma domes under the park inflate and deflate on a long cycle, actually tipping the landscape in real time…changes that can be, and are being, measured. Then you come up on one the hydrothermal areas beside the road: bubbling hot springs and travertine domes and terraces, geysers blowing superheated water high into the air, or as here, steam rising from super heated, boiling mud…and the volcanic nature of Yellowstone becomes that much more real. The thickness of the crust of rock over the magma domes still is measured in miles…as little as 3 or as much as 12…but there are few areas in the world where the crust is so thin. Old Faithful may be impressive, and justly well known because it is, but it the sheer number of hydrothermal features in Yellowstone that is the most impressive. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at various focal equivalents for framing. Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode selection. Processed in Photomator.