Cliff Geyser - Black Sand Basin

[JimFox]

This is from a few weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park and Black Sand Basin. My granddaughter Makenna and I were making our way around it and it was later in the afternoon and from one angle I saw the sun had poked through the incoming clouds and really lit up the geyser. I exposed for the highlights as we normally do in these situations and saw the rest of the image going pretty dark. But I wasn't concerned since I knew I could pull out shadow detail when processing.

But when I saw the image to process it, I actually liked this straight out of the camera (SOOC) look so I left it alone. I did a little minor processing and cropping, but this is pretty much how my Nikon captured it.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Beth]

good choice to leave it. the tones and colors are great.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Has a film look to this. Almost looks like a desaturation with a gradient mask.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the backlighting and the dark backdrop keeps me focused on the geyser.

 

[JimFox]

good choice to leave it. the tones and colors are great.

Thanks Beth! I don't usually do this, but I am glad I did.

 

[JimFox]

Has a film look to this. Almost looks like a desaturation with a gradient mask.

Thanks Jameel, It does kind of have a film look. And no masking or desaturating were done, that's just how it looked.

 

[JimFox]

I like the backlighting and the dark backdrop keeps me focused on the geyser.

Thanks Alan! It does really keep the eyes on it.

 

[MonikaC]

The black background & bright geyser give it an IR look, with a little color added back in for the fore & mid ground. Very cool look.

 

[JimFox]

The black background & bright geyser give it an IR look, with a little color added back in for the fore & mid ground. Very cool look.

Thanks Monika, it's nice to get something different looking even if it's by accident.