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!!!

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!!!