A Few From Yellowstone

[Ralph Thornton]

Here's a few quick pics from our trip to Yellowstone National Park. I'll try to post a few more soon.

The 1956 built Bombardier snow coach that took us from West Yellostone to the Old Faithful Snow lodge.

Swans on the Madison River. Heads up and Bottoms Up!

A herd of Bison grazing along the Madison River.

A view down the Madison River Valley.

An iPhone pano of the lobby of the Snow Lodge where we spent two nights.

The Firehole River is warmed by the runnoff from hot springs and geysers so it never freezes.

The classic view of the Old Faithful Geyser. It erupts about every 90 minutes.

 

[Brian Moore]

Wondeful set, Ralph. What a delightful vehicle, that Bombardier. (A perfect jalopy for @Dan Cattermole to convey himself around the streets of Worcester in I think.)

It's lovely to see the bison.

What about Old Faithfull? I visited Yellowstone and saw OF erupt when I was a kid. I didn't realize it was on a 90 minute cycle--I thought it was about 20 or 30 mins. Was I wrong or has the cycle changed over the years?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Nothing wrong with a good old jalopy @Brian Moore

Nice series Ralph

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice set Ralph and what a wonderful vehicle. I'm seeing a slight blue cast on number 2-4 on my monitor though.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Nice set Ralph and what a wonderful vehicle. I'm seeing a slight blue cast on number 2-4 on my monitor though.

I see the blue cast also. Probably cause I didn't correct white balance in the shaded areas.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

What about Old Faithfull? I visited Yellowstone and saw OF erupt when I was a kid. I didn't realize it was on a 90 minute cycle--I thought it was about 20 or 30 mins. Was I wrong or has the cycle changed over the years?

The Old Faithful timing has changed some over the years but I never heard of it being as short as 20-30 minutes. I think 75 minutes was normal before the big earthquake in the 50s.

While Old Faithful is pretty regular it does vary. The Park Service offers predictions for Old Faithful and they always say a time plus or minus 10 minutes. But one eruption that we saw was over 15 minutes later than predicted.

 

[Lesley Jones]

I saw a post with your name Ralph and Yellowstone and it brought a smile to my face even before I looked in here. I can't wait to see the rest

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Great stuff, Ralph. I'd love to visit Yellowstone some day. Maybe in my next life...

 

[Aldous Lau]

Nice shot Ralph, specially like the shot of the Madison River Valley.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Great series Ralph. You have captured a place that causes sensory overload for most. Well done!

 

[Beth Carter]

it's amazing how much the parks change out west from season to season. excellent series, love the shot of firehole river.

 

[Paul Lange]

Lovely set, Ralph and as I am not in the White Balance police I can forgive the blue tint very easily.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

I think it was correct for Pete to point that out. The elevation is around 7,000 ft and in the shadows it's easy to get the white balance messed up when shooting snow. Should have been corrected in post but I was in a hurry I guess. I'm serving my 5 days in White Balance Jail and will be out soon.

 

[Paul Lange]

Yeah, when you said you were going into the White Balance Correctional Facility I thought you meant you were going to use the White Balance panel in Lightroom. Oh well, see you when you are released, fully adjusted.

 

[Pete Askew]

A least it was only a blue cast. I hear terrible things about people who get thrown in the cooler!

 

[Ralph Thornton]

I'll let you know if anything bad happened after I get out.