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SCENIC
FIRST PLACE
In the beginning
Yellowstone National Park
Kathy Lichtendahl | Cody, Wyoming
Canon EOS R5; 1/320 sec.,
f/8, ISO 640
I
n late January of 2024, while co-leading
a winter photography workshop in
Yellowstone, I asked the snow coach
driver to pull into Norris Geyser Basin
on our journey back to Mammoth from
Old Faithful. It was a cold and windy day,
and I was hoping to find some frosty
bison hanging out in Porcelain Basin.
After making our way through the trees
and down the path, we came into the
expanse of the thermal area to realize
that the only mammals of any kind in
view were the homo sapiens of our small
group. At that point we switched our focus
to landscapes, big and small, with an
emphasis on color, shape and texture.
I was about three-quarters of the way
around the loop when I saw this amazing
combination of elements in the moving
water beside the boardwalk. It immediately
drew me in because of the resemblance
to designs I have tried to create in the past
when dying fabric.
For me, the pebbles in the center seem
to anchor the pattern, while the ice crystals
that formed in spots at the cooler top of
the flowing water added an unexpected
element of depth to the composition. I love
that it is impossible to know the size of the
landscape being captured by looking at
this photo. In fact, it is an area just a couple
feet across, although to me it looks like it
could be a shot of a newly formed galaxy
millions of miles away.
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