Trees in Winter in Yellowstone

pathfinder · March 11, 2009

I posted a thread about my travels in February, which included a few days in Yellowstone, mostly chasing wildlife. But I did come away with a few landscape shots that I think may be of interest to a few folks, also.

5D Mk II 200mm f 8 1/640th

5D MkII 70mm f8 1/500th four frame pano

5D Mk II 145mm f8 1/1000th

5D Mk II 195mm f8 1/1000th

5D MK II 90mm f 8 1/400th 5 frame pano

These images at this small size look slightly blurred, or OOF or oversharpened. When printed 13 x 19 they look exquisitely sharp as expected with a 5D MK II file. Too sharp?

And now for something a little different. I shot a few frames in Texas also

5D 60mm f5.6 1/400th

5D 35mm f22 1/125th

I left the motor running for this shot!

5D 45mm f16 1/200th

There were lots of people admiring the old Cadillacs the day we were there as well

Comments and criticisms warmly desired and entertained.

NeilL · March 11, 2009

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#3

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Elliot · March 11, 2009

hiya,
you say #5 is a pano. Why would that be? Couldn't you do this as a single frame?

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Yooper · March 11, 2009

#3 is outstanding in my humble opinion.

pathfinder · March 11, 2009

Hi Elliot,

Yes it could have been shot with a wide angle lens probably, instead of 5 frames with a 90mm lens.

But then the file would be much smaller and not contain anywhere near the resolution or detail as the pano I captured. The file displayed is 9010 x 5327 pixels. A full frame from a 5D Mk II is 5616 x 3744, which is considerably smaller.

Thanks NeilL and Yooper.

schmoo · March 12, 2009

Hey Jim looks like your travels were a blast! I'll have to check your Journeys thread in a moment.

I love the light you caught at Yellowstone and I don't doubt that your wildlife shots were stunning, too. Thanks for providing the EXIF data! I always love seeing that.

The carhenge is awesome. I know I've seen photos of that before, but where is that again? It looks so surreal.

pathfinder · March 12, 2009

The cars I shot are called Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch is just west of Amarillo on the south side of Historic Route 66. If you take Route 66 west from Amarillo, you will drive right by it, there is a place to pull off the road. Route 66 is a frontage road for the freeway heading west from Amarillo. You can't miss it.

Carhenge is actually in Alliance, Nebraska. I have not been there, but it is now on my must do list

There was also Cars on a Spike in Berwyn. Illinois. Unfortunately it was demolished in May 2008.

Ain't America great!!:D

schmoo · March 12, 2009

pathfinder wrote:

The cars I shot are called Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch is just west of Amarillo on the south side of Historic Route 66. If you take Route 66 west from Amarillo, you will drive right by it, there is a place to pull off the road. Route 66 is a frontage road for the freeway heading west from Amarillo. You can't miss it.

We just missed this place, then! I need to do better research. We were just in Amarillo, TX driving through Route 66 two weeks ago, wah!

We did need to get to our next stop (Tucumcari, NM) in a bit of a hurry but we did stop for a long lunch at a 806 cafe, right on 66 in Amarillo.

Oh well, thanks for sharing the great shots!