On the road again.

roaddog52

I spent 4 weeks or so in mid June and July bouncing around Montana, Wyoming, S Dakota and Yellowstone. Here are a few images for your viewing pleasure.

#1 Devils Tower



#2 Yellow Mounds, Badlands



#3 Yellow Mounds at dusk



#4 Badlands




#5



#6 Bear tooth Pass, wildflowers and Absaroka Mountains



#7 Yellowstone, Blacktail Plateau



#8 Yellowstone, Sylvan Pass



#9



#10




Your thoughts or critique is greatly appreciated.

Phil

Thelensspot

Phil, just outstanding work here. clap I especially like #6! It's an incredible shot. You did a great job keeping the colors true in all of them. All of these deserves frames and a nice wall on which to hang them. Well done.
Regards!

P.S. I'm very jealous that you took this trip and I didn't.

Stumblebum

#1, #4 and #6 stand out for me! Nice set Phil!

Cornflake

Fine shots! I'd check them for straightness, though. A number of them including 3, 5 and 10 all seem tilted clockwise to me, but maybe it's me. The light in 3 is beautiful. I'm guessing that you tried camera movement on 10 and it was a good choice. I think it's quite effective.

roaddog52

Thelensspot wrote: »

Phil, just outstanding work here. clap I especially like #6! It's an incredible shot. You did a great job keeping the colors true in all of them. All of these deserves frames and a nice wall on which to hang them. Well done.
Regards!

P.S. I'm very jealous that you took this trip and I didn't.

Thanks for the kind words. #6 is near the top of Beartooth Pass and I have never seen so many wildflowers there at one time.

Stumblebum wrote: »

#1, #4 and #6 stand out for me! Nice set Phil!

Thanks Taz

Cornflake wrote: »

Fine shots! I'd check them for straightness, though. A number of them including 3, 5 and 10 all seem tilted clockwise to me, but maybe it's me. The light in 3 is beautiful. I'm guessing that you tried camera movement on 10 and it was a good choice. I think it's quite effective.

Thanks for looking, I have tried the shaking camera technique before, but this is my most successful attempt. I'll take a look at your suggestion to straighten the images. I'm fairly certain that they're level. This is something I face all the time, the terrain may slope, or I'm shooting at an angle to a line that is going away at a slight angle which makes the image appear to be tilted. I try to find a happy medium, but don't always succeed.

boco

mooie reeks voorkeur voor de vierde.
grt,boco.

roaddog52

boco wrote: »

mooie reeks voorkeur voor de vierde.
grt,boco.

Bedankt voor het bekijken

Phil

JonaBeth Russell

Gorgeous. #'s 1 and 5 are my favs

roaddog52

JonaBeth Russell wrote: »

Gorgeous. #'s 1 and 5 are my favs

Thank you. They had a wet spring in in the Badlands and the prairies were more lush and vibrant than I had ever seen.

Phil

El Gato

Phil...

Great set of images!!

Wonderfully captured. Brought back memories of my trip to the same area in Sept. last year.

Really, really like #6.

Well done.

roaddog52

El Gato wrote: »

Phil...

Great set of images!!

Wonderfully captured. Brought back memories of my trip to the same area in Sept. last year.

Really, really like #6.

Well done.

Thank you. Planning on being back in some of those areas again in Late September.

Phil

CatOne

You said "critique appreciated" so I'll add some.

First, the compositions in these is quite nice. You have a good eye for composition.

The light in all of them is harsh. It's mid-day high-contrast light. And that's distracting.

Of these, #5 and #10 are the most interesting to me. #5 is a good composition; it's just that the light is a bit too contrasty. Either the light was noon or you pumped up the contrast, but it's promising. And #10 shows you decided to mix it up and blur the shot a bit. I like them both, but they could both be improved in capture time or processing. I think #1 is my favorite from a subject perspective; I want to be there and explore it, but the light is a bit harsh.

I think you do have a great eye; the biggest challenge though is getting up before sunrise and shooting within 30 minute before or after sunrise with a tripod, or doing the same at sunset. I strongly advise you to consider this, because your composition is really quite good.

roaddog52

CatOne wrote: »

You said "critique appreciated" so I'll add some.

First, the compositions in these is quite nice. You have a good eye for composition.

The light in all of them is harsh. It's mid-day high-contrast light. And that's distracting.

Of these, #5 and #10 are the most interesting to me. #5 is a good composition; it's just that the light is a bit too contrasty. Either the light was noon or you pumped up the contrast, but it's promising. And #10 shows you decided to mix it up and blur the shot a bit. I like them both, but they could both be improved in capture time or processing. I think #1 is my favorite from a subject perspective; I want to be there and explore it, but the light is a bit harsh.

I think you do have a great eye; the biggest challenge though is getting up before sunrise and shooting within 30 minute before or after sunrise with a tripod, or doing the same at sunset. I strongly advise you to consider this, because your composition is really quite good.

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to view and critique my images.

The light in the images is typically mid morning or later. I was traveling with family and although we saw some great places, photography didn't take first priority on this trip. When I travel for photography my motto is "go early, stay Late"

If you're so inclined, and have a moment to check out some of the images in this gallery https://roaddog52.smugmug.com/Photography/Landscapes/Yellowstone-National-Park/

I checked out some of your galleries and you have some really fine work.

Phil

joe-bob

Great shots. Your Badlands shot in particular.

roaddog52

joe-bob wrote: »

Great shots. Your Badlands shot in particular.

Thanks, This trip had the most vibrant flora that I have ever experienced in this location.

Phil