PreDawn Light at Great Fountain Geyser

[JimFox]

This is from a few years ago at the Great Fountain Geyser at Yellowstone National Park. The Great Fountain Geyser is my favorite Geyser at Yellowstone. I have mentioned before that I have literally spent hours and days at this geyser. It's one that erupts on a schedule but it has an 8 hour swing, so to catch the eruption can take a lot of patience.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Zeph]

I like the symmetrical elements in this, seems to be more appealing than the other previously posted shot. The sky has great influence, I like how the reflection is picking up the color in the lower portion of the sky,

 

[Kyle Jones]

The pools picking up the color of the sky do it for me. Definitely worth waiting around for.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like this scene and your capture of it. The reflections in the pools make this shot.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Agree with others, the symmetry and reflections make it. Too bad there are some structures on the left to detract from the purity of the shot, but I don't know if you could have eliminated them with camera placement.

 

[Dave Dillemuth]

Gorgeous, Jim. Elegant composition and beautiful soft colors.

 

[Ben Egbert]

To get an erratically erupting geyser at a time with great light is magical. Those pools add to the beauty. Your patience paid off.

 

[Bart Carrig]

A lovely, painterly image Jim. Lots of patience and skill packed in there. Very sweet.

Bart

 

[JimFox]

To get an erratically erupting geyser at a time with great light is magical. Those pools add to the beauty. Your patience paid off.

Thanks Ben! This is pre-eruption, the steam increases and those pools start to fill up, once you see them starting to pour over the edges you know that an eruption is imminent.

 

[JimFox]

Agree with others, the symmetry and reflections make it. Too bad there are some structures on the left to detract from the purity of the shot, but I don't know if you could have eliminated them with camera placement.

Thanks Jim! Glad you liked this. This is a scalloped terraced geyser as you can see. What you see is a few benches from the viewing area on the south side of the geyser. It can be avoided in some shots, but I wanted that one scalloped terrace front and center and also to center the color in the sky. Sometimes it just needs to be cloned out, and that's probably what I should go do on this one later.