If you have been to Yellowstone you know you can’t walk off the boardwalk and onto the geyser area. In Iceland it’s a little different, at least where we went it was. This area had very few roped-off places. There was one vent you could actually stick your hand over, not the smartest thing to do but you could. This shot was taken from a roped-off area with many vents and some bubbling mud beneath the platform. I waiting for a long time to get the steam just so it would just frame the mountain in the distance and not obstruct it. It was one of the few clear days we had in out two week adventure.
A couple days ago I #periscoped a tutorial on how I made a usable image from what started out as a seemingly lame shot that I took in #Africa. It was one of the first images I made right after we got off the airplane in the #Okovango Delta. I was really excited and just shot from the moving vehicle and was bouncing around (no smooth road there). It was 1 pm and full sunlight, not a cloud in the sky. Here is the replay #katch.me link Below are the before and after.
Click the link to see how I did it.
As the sun come up over the horizon you only get about 30 seconds of starburst time before it’s all gone and it’s time for breakfast.
About 45 minutes before sunrise at Clingmans Dome Smoky Mountain National Park. I’ve been there a number of times and this was the first time that there was virtually no wind and it was unusually warm. About 50 degrees. Most of the time the wind is howling and you are freezing your butt off.
Every time we would see hippos they would immediately run into the water. I caught this one just before it went under.
The lilac-breasted roller is one of the most beautiful birds you will see in Africa. It is quite small and very quick. You will see many of them, but trying to catch them in flight can be difficult. They are most spectacular while flying especially then the sun is out.
A few hours earlier we had sighted a mother cheetah and her three cubs. We caught up with them again right after she killed an impala. She was still breathing heavy, but her cubs were busy having their meal.
The best wildlife photos are not static. Tell a story. Sometimes it’s not that easy but patience has it’s virtue as the say. We were watching these lions for 30 minutes. They were just laying around not doing anything. Finally they decided to do something. Here is the result.
If the sun is in the wrong place you just do what you can to make it work. A plus .5 exposure compensation and then brought out the shadows in Lightroom CC. The fun part is the glowing bill from the backlight.
the Elephant is back-lit he is walking toward you. What do you do? Get in close to pick up the texture of his skin and the mud that is caked on him from the nearby waterhole.