Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park #1 of 3
Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, USA. The lower falls are 308 feet (94 m) high, and is the largest volume major waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.
View on Black and LARGER (see the rich shadow details).
If you photograph the falls early in the morning (about 7:00 AM) and earlier in the year (i.e. in June), the sun will shine directly up the canyon and into the falls -- with almost no shadows.This makes for a great photo of the falls, but the lighting is flat and gives you very little feeling of depth.
I photographed the falls last week (September 23rd, at about 9:00 AM). The light is more angular, the shadows are deeper, and the photo is much more three-dimensional. The only problem: keeping the shadows open without blowing out the highlights on the falls is a tough order, so there was a lot of post-processing in Photoshop to keep both areas looking good.
Here's a horizontal view, a vertical view, and another vertical view photographed 2 hours later and zoomed in a little closer. Which view do you like best?
(Orig: 10/1/2009 13:04 449v 9c 5f)
Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park #1 of 3
Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, USA. The lower falls are 308 feet (94 m) high, and is the largest volume major waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.
View on Black and LARGER (see the rich shadow details).
If you photograph the falls early in the morning (about 7:00 AM) and earlier in the year (i.e. in June), the sun will shine directly up the canyon and into the falls -- with almost no shadows.This makes for a great photo of the falls, but the lighting is flat and gives you very little feeling of depth.
I photographed the falls last week (September 23rd, at about 9:00 AM). The light is more angular, the shadows are deeper, and the photo is much more three-dimensional. The only problem: keeping the shadows open without blowing out the highlights on the falls is a tough order, so there was a lot of post-processing in Photoshop to keep both areas looking good.
Here's a horizontal view, a vertical view, and another vertical view photographed 2 hours later and zoomed in a little closer. Which view do you like best?
(Orig: 10/1/2009 13:04 449v 9c 5f)