John Gerlach Loc: Island Park, Idaho

I drove to Lookout Point in Yellowstone on April 25 as the weather was the best in weeks and new snow had fallen during the night. The scenes were spectacular and wildlife was everywhere and few tourists! Here is lower falls from the point. I like the snow still in the scene, but the huge ice dome in front of the fall is gone, unlike during the winter photo tours I lead. The last image is rustic fall in the northern part of Yellowstone. It was the best I had ever seen it with all of the runoff going on. All images were shot with a Canon 1DX Mark II, manual exposure, and I used a magnified live view image to focus on the scene. I keep the live image activated to keep the mirror in the upright position for sharper images. Exposure is simple. Add light until the first "blinkies" show up in the image and use that exposure when shooting RAW, but darken it slightly if shooting JPG. I processed these images with the latest version of Canon's DPP4, and darkened the highlights and increased the shadows just a bit to reduce the contrast. I normally don't get to photograph in Yellowstone this time of the year as I am normally leading tours or teaching seminars far away, so it was truly a pleasure to spend such a wonderful day in the park! I am letting you know late April is a super time to be in Yellowstone!!!

trigger finger Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.

John those are some tremendous shots and that's my biggest fear about going to Yellowstone is the crowds. I hope you got to stay more than a day.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Very spectacular.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Great shots. Waterfalls stand out. I've been to Yosemite, but never Yellowstone National Park. I'll get there one day.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

Beautiful pictures

Believe63

I've been there a few times and you have captured it beautifully.

John Gerlach Loc: Island Park, Idaho

I will be back when the weather improves. I have a home about 17 miles from the West gate of the park, so Yellowstone is essentially my backyard.

MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana

Very, very nice set of images. Looking forward to any of your future images as well.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Nice shots and insightful commentary ! .........Thanks for sharing


Someday you should try the Sony A99II - no mirror slap and no blinkies or histograms to worry about ...... !

CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

Beautiful shots of the falls...been there a few times.

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

WOW, some great ones there, thanks for posting. chase

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Stunning images John. Always look forward to seeing your posts.

Stash Loc: South Central Massachusetts

Thanks for sharing. I haven't been to Yellowstone since 1969 but going back next month with the Mrs.

Cryppy Loc: Gouldsboro, ME

Great shots. I'll be there 14-15 May with my D7200 and various lenses, to include (as strongly recommended by UHHgers) my 200-500mm.

LennyP4868 Loc: NJ

very nice looks like they got a lot of snow by the way the falls is rushing down and out