Cottonwoods and Lone Bison, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone.
Shot in the Lamar Valley, YELLOWSTONE National Park, USA.
A lucky grab-shot.
I had spotted the Cottonwoods and wanted to capture the beautiful colours of Fall against the shadowy hill behind, then I saw the Male Bison emerge from the trees. He had a mission on his mind, a couple of females across the river, LOL !! (out of sight of this shot.) He was moving pretty quickly, and luckily I had my short telephoto lens already attached to the camera ! A magical moment and experience !!
Shot on my Canon EOS 40D, set on Landscape mode, Aperture Priority, with polarising filter, hand-held, iso 200, f 6.7, 1/180 sec , underexposed by one stop because of the dark shadowy hill , Auto WB ( I mostly use this), lens was my Canon EF 75-300mm set at 200mm (don’t have this lens anymore) RAW file, processed in Adobe Camera Raw, then tweaked in PS CS3, with selective Levels/Curves, and selective colour adjustments.
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Torfinn Johann...
WOW! Great colours, and comp. Excellent work!
Linda Morrison
Super shot with super colours…well done ;-]]
Shaun Whiteman
Great colours and composition, love the inclusion of the bison in the foreground, great story too!!
Richard George
You have to be good to be lucky…not sure your camera is ever anymore than a few inches from your eyes… well seen, captured and presented!
PhotosEcosse replied
Yep, joined at the hip !!
Tom Gomez
Wonderful colours Barbara, very pretty landscape …
ellcot
Beautiful “capture”! Great work!
clmustin
Beautiful. I love the fall colors.
Ken McElroy
Very nice image – colors are suberb and the bison does really add interest to the image on top of beauty.
Saleh Rubat
I love the comp. so much great work .
Curtiss Simpson
Even without the bison this image would still be a beauty, nice shot !
John Kowalski
Lucky you, right place at the right time! Great shot, has loads of impact!!
Kasia-D
Wow, great light and scenery – and then that bison too!!
HardtArdt
Beautiful shot with fabulous colors! Love the bison!!
Antanas
great capture
cieloverde
Muy hermosa !
Joanne Bradley
Fantastic shot!Despite being candid this image is so well composed with the bison on one side and those glorious yellow trees!
ilpo laurila
This is really fantastic work Barbara.
Phillip M. Burrow
Beautiful shot Barbara! I knew from reading those Louie Lamour westerns that water was going to be close to those Cottonwoods. :0)
PhotosEcosse replied
Yeah, Cottonwoods belong to the willow genus, I believe !