After one day of shooting in Yellowstone National Park, I was heading back to the car when I noticed that some nice sunset color was starting peeking out from a rip in the thick cloak of dark clouds that had been lingering for the entire afternoon.
I quickly looked for a nice way to frame that sunset just in case things were about to get even better when the sun would be lower in the sky. I knew I had to act quickly because there would likely be only a very limited time window to photograph it and I needed to set up my camera and tripod and then expose, focus and compose my image. Fortunately, there was no shortage of trees where I was, so I decided to go tight to really accentuate the color in the sky while silhouetting the trees: hopefully this would create a nice framing for the main subject of my image (the warm sunset hues) and a pleasing color contrast between that and the blackness of the trees and the ominous clouds above.
A few minutes later magic did happen and the sliver of sky that was unobstructed by the darkest clouds suddenly became painted in incredibly intense reds and yellows, as if the sky had caught on fire. It only lasted maybe a minute or two, but fortunately enough to take a few frames of that raw beauty.
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What a majestic picture! I love the bright yellow hues.
Thank you, Heather!
Beautiful picture, Stefano. The clouds look surreal!
Thank you so much, Anatoli!
Incredibly gorgeous!
Thank you very much, Anita!
Stunning . . . absolutely stunning!
Thank you so much, Kirsten! Glad you like it.
One lives for moments like these…awesome.
Thank you, Oliver: I totally agree. It is those moments that make the difference.
Spectacular and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much, Maureen: much appreciated.
Now that’s one heckuva shot, Stefano. Such vivid, beautiful colors. framed perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for your kind comment, John: appreciate it.
So dramatic. Beautiful!
Thank you very much! Much appreciated! 🙂
Stefano, this is absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you very much, Judy: much appreciated 🙂