First Light at Mammoth

[AlanLichty]

The first rays of sunlight at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone make the colors of the various ledges turn golden. The shot I took moments before this showed rather dull colors but once the sun peeked over the ridge to the east I had about 3 or 4 minutes worth of this light. I posted another image of this part of the hot springs last fall with a wider view of these pools but I think I prefer the tighter scene in this earlier shot.

Mammoth Morning

• AlanLichty
• Dec 31, 2018

First rays of light at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone NP.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Those ledges formed by the dissolved chemicals are a great study in fractals. The light here is great and the comp if perfect.

 

[Timmeh]

Hey Alan,

That's a great pattern shot, and the gold/blue color contrast works well. I think losing the left side bright spot, would make it more interesting since the pattern is on the right side. The smaller more diagonal stripes would make their own interesting image, but i think the brightness difference and angle difference detracts from the dominant theme of the image.

Tim

 

[Alisa]

One of my favorite spots! I love Yellowstone!
This is a great capture!

 

[AlanLichty]

Hey Alan,

That's a great pattern shot, and the gold/blue color contrast works well. I think losing the left side bright spot, would make it more interesting since the pattern is on the right side. The smaller more diagonal stripes would make their own interesting image, but i think the brightness difference and angle difference detracts from the dominant theme of the image.

Tim

Tim - thanks for the feedback. I looked at that possibility and a couple more before I posted this. There are actually several different small scene comps that could be carved out of this with quite different moods to each. Don't be surprised to see more images from this capture. The color contrast blast only lasted for about 4-5 minutes and then it was suddenly just plain flat daylight.