Today was a transition day from Old Faithful to Mammoth with many stops along the way. Our stop at Grand Prismatic was a productive one with the steam at a minimum, the wind blowing what steam there was away and great colors in the pools. Looking for new and interesting images of the edges of the pools. I stopped along the way to photograph Excelsior Geyser…

The snow and weather conditions were ideal for a quick trip down the Firehole River to photograph the falls. I like the overcast as it makes the light nice and soft on the falls and the monochromatic scene lends itself nicely to B&W. NIK Silver Effex Pro does a great job of converting images to B&W…

Of course, those that know me, know I have a hard time passing up an opportunity to blur the water and Firehole falls lends itself to this effect. Moving in tight, I included some rocks to give an element of sharpness and an anchor for the water to flow around…

It seems that we have had more opportunities to photograph coyotes these last three weeks than I have ever had in Yellowstone. This coyote was right off the road and paid little attention to us other than to look up at us every now and then. While he didn’t catch anything while we were watching, he looks very healthy and his coat was gorgeous. I love the high key look of the white snow and overcast light. A simple black point/white point to remove the slight color cast in Capture NX2 and the image was finished.

Images captured with Nikon D3X, AF-S 70-200mm VR II, D3S, AF-S 600mm, TC-17E II (coyote) on Lexar Digital Media.