Posts in Category: landscape
Yellowstone! Lower Falls and the Canyon
Though Yellowstone National Park is mainly known for Old Faithful and its other thermal features, and for wildlife, mainly the American Bison and Wolves (and maybe Grizzly Bears), the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Yellowstone Falls are also major attractions. This is Lower Falls, from the Lower Falls overlook and Inspiration Point and the canyon in that area. The Yellowstone River has been cutting the canyon for 100s of thousands of years through the thermally weakened rhyolite left over from the formation and infilling of the caldera. The falls themselves, Upper Falls at 109 feet and lower at 308 feet, are there because the rock at their lips is just a bit harder than the rhyolite of the canyon. Except for the close-up of the falls, which was taken with the Sony a6700 and Tamron 50-400 at 126mm equivalent, the other shots are from 15 to 27mm as needed for framing with the Sony a5100 using Superior Auto with Landscape Scene Mode selected. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Sheepeater Cliffs
If you read my other post this morning, this is Sheepeater Cliffs in Yellowstone National Park were we went several times to look for Pika. None on this morning, our first visit, but the cliffs are worth a look anyway, and this was the best light (and sky) we had on them. The Pika live in the talus slope below the cliffs. We did not see any this morning, perhaps because of the pair of guardians featured in my other post. The cliffs are columnar basalt from a lava flow 500,000 years ago and are named after the Tukudika, or Sheep Eaters—a band of Eastern Shoshone Indians. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with the Landscape scene mode selection. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! The grandeur
I was surprised how often I used the 75mm equivalent end of the Tamron 50-400 zoom for landscapes in Yellowstone. The scenery is so vast…so grand…that much of the detail gets lost in a wide angle view. These shots are coming down into Norris on the way south from the Golden Gate, somewhere before the turn to Sheepeater Cliffs. I think we had stopped for the Aspen again, which was just coming into color in the northern reaches of the park. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! First light
First light on the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs. I am finding the 75mm equivalent of the Tamron 50-400 to be a very useful landscape lens…especially the grand scale landscape of Yellowstone…and I have not found the need to switch the Sony a6700 from my Program mode bird and wildlife modifications to take landscapes. If the camera does not find a bird or animal, it reverts to normal focus and works just fine. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Early Morning Gardiner
From our first morning in Gardiner and Yellowstone. Up early to get into the park. The view across the Yellowstone from the Conoco parking lot. Sony a5100 with the E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Goblin Rocks
Goblin Rocks is another spot for Pica and we stopped there several times…though we never did find any Picas. Still the rock formations are worth a photo or two. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Tower Falls
Tower Falls: Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — The second most photographed waterfall in Yellowstone. There is an interesting geological story behind the towers of Tower Falls, but you do not have to know it to appreciate the beauty. Sony a5100 with the Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 27mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone: the falls
The classic view of Lower Falls on the Yellowstone from Artist’s Point. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Tetons National Park! The vista
Grand Tetons with cottonwoods along the river in the foreground. Sony a5100 with Sony E 10-18 f4 zoom at 27mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape scene mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Old Faithful
Old Faithful: Yellowstone National Park, September 2024 — Gotta go if you are Yellowstone. We arrived within moments of a spout and I got to the rail in time. 🙂 Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.