little rusted Photo

Photographer’s Note

work has taken 130% of my time, which means I have not been here on TE as much as I'd like to, and I feel a little rusted when I longingly look at the camera bag. and the Opalescent Pool in Yellowstone National park's Black Sand Basin also looks a little rusted.

the Opalescent Pool has a cooler temperature than other thermal features at Black Sand Basin, just +62C (144F). early in its history Opalescent Pool was a boiling spring, surrounded by smaller springs, but by early 1950s it had turned into small dry pool. then the run-off from neighbouring Spouter Geyser flowed into it, and the increased water flow flooded the surrounding area, killing the trees. since then silica, a non-crystalline compound, has precipitated upon the dead tree trunks, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, eventually petrifies the wood.

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RAW, ISO 100, 60mm focal length, spot metering.

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daddo (11961) 2008-10-23 5:26

Hi Kristine. Looks like some apocalyptic scene of what earth could end up looking like if humans persist in their abuse of earth, water and air. great colours, magical light and a fine composition. such beauty, yet such absence of life!Regards. Klaudio. P.S.I have enjoyed your shots of these thermal features, so much so that I have gone back to my N.Z. shots and am planning to post one or two soon. Regards. Klaudio.

Floydian (30970) 2008-10-23 5:40

Dear Kristine,
Looks like someone is killed there and his blood is running through the river. Okay, something less dramatic ;-)
Not a site we see a lot here from Yellowstone, but therefor highly interesting in layers and colours. What a wonderful view and play with nature to create these landscapes and i always wonder how trees can exist here. You did very well here, just the information what is needed, no more, no less...pretty good.
Regards, Henk
p.s.
don't work so hard..!!!

teutza (10574) 2008-10-23 5:48

HY Kristine,
you found there beautiful colours..
i think it's not a day by day image..
teo

dareco (17104) 2008-10-23 5:51

Work sure can interfere with our fun can't it :) I'm having the same problem, feeling a little burnt out. But such a great picture!!! Excellent photography, beautiful colors and a rather artistic image. TFS

jorgi (3804) 2008-10-23 6:37

Hi Kristine,

from which planet you say this one is?
I like white blue red layers...it reminds me of our national flag :) Well...the difference is that I prefer this colour tones 130% better. They feel like nature spilled those colours and this is a result. Absolutely stunning view!

Warm regards,
Jeri

Greg1949 (8641) 2008-10-23 7:09

Kristine, this is a magical view of another world I think, it is beautiful is a strange sort of way but the photo is fantastic in every sort of way. Great capture.

Greg

eversmile (6975) 2008-10-23 7:32

Hi Kristine

Excellent!!! The colors are amazing! I love the contrast between the brown, cyan and white! The Pov is well chosen with the two sticks each on one side of the picture and the way you framed give a strong value to the curves.
Regards
Marine

baclama (4893) 2008-10-23 8:25

waou...
wonderful colors of winter
good framing...
verry beautiful
TFS
vero

Wanda1 (11195) 2008-10-23 8:47

Hello Kristine,
Three basic colours make this shot great in its simplicity. I love the curving deep blue surrounded by the browns and white. Great composition with the one tree and the piece of wood in the foreground only and all the rest of the trees in the section beyond the blue. Nice!
Regards
Wanda

chpp (4187) 2008-10-23 8:58

hi Kristine
nice shot, very nice colours and framing
good light
TFS
C

zmey (7296) 2008-10-23 9:16

nature's theme about the flag of france? ;)) love the colors and the spooky, petrified mood. nice precision work on the composition too.

with hugs
k.

molla (6937) 2008-10-23 10:51

Hej Kristine
such wonderful palette, an abstraction in nature.
Anders

tomescuc (2839) 2008-10-23 11:37

Beautiful natural abstraction and color pallete.
cheers,
Cristian

Waylim (11943) 2008-10-23 12:45

Kristine,
I like the rusty brown contrasting to the blue and the while of the calsium. I just saw a Documentary type show, that talks about how Yellowstone is really one gigantic volcano, and if it were to have one huge eruption, it could cause the end of the world for the smoke and ashes it would create will block the atmospphere for over three years and the earth will be so cold and can kill most of the species and plants. Anyway, I'm not too worry about that. I'll take it day by day. I just know we need to take care of our environment as best as we can and hope it last a lot longer that some predicted.
This is fantastic shot with great details. wonderful color and contrast. Thanks
Way

estan (1279) 2008-10-23 13:22

Hi Kristine

Yellowstone is a fabulous landscape with great colours as your shot shows us. I like the overall result. Thanks for sharing
See you
Pascal

azaf1 (15625) 2008-10-23 14:19

Hi Kristine
Like in previous posts your aesthetics with colors is really great. A splendid combination of colors more like a painting than a foto. Very attractive indeed
compliments
Argiris

gunbud (28813) 2008-10-23 16:58

Hi Kristine,
One can not go wrong with the gold and blue color combination and you provide a light dusting of snow for contrast.
It looks like the beaver have flooded the area surrounding the stream giving this one a stark dreamy look.
There is a little stream a few miles northeast of Jackson called Kelly Warm Springs.
The temps are about 90F year round and people bring their tropical aquarium fish which gives the stream a unique color and atmosphere.
Regards, Tom

delkoo (35642) 2008-10-24 1:56

hi kristine,

Interesting image with a very well observed POV
the picture is really beautiful and nicely shows the atmosphere!!

Best regards
-didider-

belido (17932) 2008-10-24 4:06

Hi Kristine,

you always come with a good surprise from Yellowstone National Park. Such an exquisite nature (useless culture: esquisito in portuguese means strange). I like that confronting between the blue and read in the water. Great job!
Abraço,
Carlos

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-10-24 5:03

Hi, Kristine.
And then... there was COLOR!
Yes, those colors are absolutely magnificent. Perfect framing, perfect light management, almost surreal.
A real pleasure to look at, period.
Have a wonderful weekend, I'll see you soon. DON'T WORK TOO HARD!
Hugs,
Fulvio.

gneufeld (15519) 2008-10-24 7:04

Hi Christine,
I was there a couple of weeks ago at this exact spot - loved the view and I also have a few great shots from here - will be sharing them in the next while along wit many others from our trip to Wyoming and other places. Great shot here with those gorgeous deep rich colors. Very well done and TFS. later...Gerald

patdeph (19236) 2008-10-24 9:58

hello Kristine
waoooow!It's beautiful!I like the horizontal layers of different colours and the vertical lines of the trunks and their reflections!That gives a nice graphism in an incredible part of landscape!The strong colours are just wonderful and I like very much the texture of the water!Magnificent!
Regards
Pascale

marietom (32694) 2008-10-24 13:25

hello Kristine,

So nice colors again ! Orange and blue, what I prefer ! Nice landscape.
Bonne soirée
marie

baba_flies (8495) 2008-10-24 14:05

Hello Kristine! This is certainly not from here :)))))) this must be another planet!!! What a strange world, it looks half dead with the trees coming out with their white "paint" but there is something under the roof that boils and gurgles, that steams and is ready to come up ... as dead as it seems as much energy is there. We can feel that! Excellent photo quality, it shines, it lives ... it was ready to come out ... Oh yeah, work ... but it brings us out, it gives us the money to travel and see the world ... have a great weekend, some foliage maybe or "just" in town ... Barbara.

Gerrit (36967) 2008-10-24 17:49

Hi Kristine,
wonderful and remarkable colors in this stream. Beautiful contrast with the white pitiful trees.
Regards, Gerrit

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-10-25 9:24

My friend Kristine:

This composition is wonderful. The contrast of colors and brightness, is fantastic, within a well-balanced frame. And while the plane is closed, not for others to say that by now the picture it relaxes the vision.

Nice shot, nice work.

polpo56 (8541) 2008-10-25 10:41

O O H H !!! Kristine,
what marvellous picture!
three different colors, very well showed, in a nice composition too.
Have a nice sunday
Ciao
Ludo

Merline (6578) 2008-10-26 7:12

Kristine,
hopefully work will take less of your time soon then:)

I really like this kind of work in nature/landscape. Getting down to the details, not yet abstraction but a different approach, something more personal. The colors are stunning and simply beautiful. The contrast with those dead tree trunks, the curve, bring out even more the textures. Light is perfect and the whole a little jewel. My congratulations.! I can well see you going towards something like painting nature with your camera...just an idea:)

Kindest regards
Michèle

steliosk (4784) 2008-10-26 16:09

alright lets talk in numbers!
composition 10/10
clarity 10/10
colour compo and saturation 10/10
exposure 9.5/10 (the white on the left might seem a bit OE but I don't know if it was like that indeed, however I can live with that :) )

So the conclusion here is that I have absolutly no problem putting this piece of beauty in my favorites ;)

Congratulations Kristine for the idea and the hard work on PP.
Stelios

AiresSantos (44510) 2008-10-27 0:41

Hi Kristine,
Great composition from an excellent POV. Unusual view, fantastic contraste between colours. Well caught the blue reflections in the water
Very well seen and done
Have a nice week
Aires

batalay (21821) 2008-10-27 4:30

Hello Kristine,

Opalescent Pool, iridescent blue... an astonishing amalgam of colors created in virtual furnaces! In the 19th century, when the Industrial Revolution, with sky-scraping smoke stacks achieved extremely high temperatures, new oxides were created with hitherto unseen colors. It was the Impressionists who first suspended these pigments in oil, and produced such a memorable genre in their paintings. Here in the Second Industrial Revolution, the Digital Revolution, colors that could never be captured before are being recorded. Yellowstone creates, the Nikon D200 records with fidelity. Sensational shot!

Warm regards,

Bulent

plimrn (20101) 2008-10-27 9:19

Hi Kristine,
Splendid framing, detail and color; the copper and turquoise curves would be stunning in a bracelet. When I first saw the image, I thought the salts were snow.
HLJ, Pat

Elaine_Blath (6374) 2008-10-28 0:32

Hi Kristine,

very strangely divided image, it is very appealing, looks like from another planet ;-) well done!

Take care, Ivana

mikeo (12119) 2008-10-28 4:04

Ohhh dear!

Amazing, superb, perfect, lovely, incredible, excellent...;) What else?

PERFECT!
I love it!

Best greetings,
Mikeo

Bluejeans (34486) 2008-10-29 12:47

Ola Kristine ,
Que foto com uma atmosfera de outro planeta bem dramática , como a destruição do nosso planeta nunca para bem triste esta situação , gostei muito das cores , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Philippe (11805) 2008-11-02 1:56

Hi, Kristine. You've captured a nice palette of colours here with good contrasts that make the different parts of your picture stand out very well. The limits between the different parts are clearly marked and give a very good structure top your image.
Have a nice Sunday,
Philippe

brandstaetter (15034) 2008-11-02 11:45

good eye for finding this POV, with the vertical and the horizontal stick in the FG.
Good one !
Cheers Christian

clio (24037) 2008-11-03 4:50

Bonjour Kristine
An incredible landscape with unreal colors. You stress the strange aspect with your very well thought centring. A journey astounding between the life and the death. It is fantastic !
BRAVO !
Amicalement
Diane

Charo (33218) 2008-11-03 13:57

Hello Kristine,
The composition is superb and very original with good testuras and contrast of colors. Excellent light and detail. Bello work.
Best regards,
Charo

flashpoint (3690) 2008-11-03 14:05

the nature is amused to surprise we.... excellent composition of natural colors Kristine

cheers sERGIO

Wandering_Dan (3375) 2008-11-03 22:12

Hi, Kristine -

Wasn't sure what I was looking at from the thumbnail, but in full size it makes sense and is very nice indeed.

I'd say more, but we are just back from Central Asia, and I haven't decided what continent I'm on just yet.

Best,
Dan

Bartleby (5534) 2008-11-06 14:42

Kristine,
these colours are just stunning and the different textures on top of that. Beautiful shot.

Philippe

BWJ (1827) 2008-11-08 7:24

Hello Kristine,
A strikingly beautiful composition with the strong contrast of colors especially the interesting white on the tree trunks. At first, I thought it was snow, but your note explains well. Nature is amazing. I like the inclusion of the tree and tree stump in the foreground. Your work is impressive. My compliments to you.
Kind regards,
Betty

sevy (14848) 2008-11-14 4:12

Hello Kristine,

Very good work of composition on this shot. It is nice to navigate between the successive grounds changing materials or colors.
This photo gives me the wish to visit Yellowstone. Who knows, perhaps one day I will succeed to go there?

Yves.

lucasgalodoido (17675) 2008-11-14 16:45

Hi Kristine,
interesintg image this, with fantastic colors contrast. Great job.
Lucas

hispic (7399) 2008-11-14 18:49

Hi Kristine,
Excellent composition captured the very attractive place. It seems interesting to make rippling waves blur by longer exposure if you had a tripod. I like your depiction of bright white a lot. Beautiful indeed.
Best regards, Hisashi

Angshu (34841) 2008-11-15 21:13

Hello Kristine
The colours on display in Yellowstone are actually so 'unreal'. The blue is iridescent, contrasting with the brown in the FG & the white beyond. It appears like the effect of spilled paints when an artist was at work. Like your idea of inclusion of the burnt tree trunk in the corner, sort of anchors the shot. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

jmdias (20959) 2008-11-18 15:29

kristine

amazing view, so abstract that we can imagine it is a view of nature. fantastic light, colors and sharpness, perfect framing and pov. well done

hugs

jorge

abulafia (4802) 2008-11-19 22:23

Doesn't look suitable for a swim, but it definitely looks good in a picture:)
This is a nice mix of colors, with the frosty trees to balance the red and blue.
Great quality.
Harry

mphotographies (1976) 2008-11-20 23:23

Hey Kristine,

As Henk already mentioned about someone being killed is what came to my mind. Could it be some bodies being thrown into the pool or burried underneath it or a leak from a nearby mass grave? Looks like a aluminium waste pond with transparent rust tinge flowing through the river...pardon my dark imagination :/

I like the coldness of the shot, the colours, a contrast visualisation of industrial and nature into a photograph.

All the best!

Jom

archimatica (13845) 2008-12-05 14:34

My dear Kristine,
another picture full of charme, with beautiful and artistic colors.
Great work!
Un caro saluto
Renzo

COSTANTINO (24048) 2008-12-08 11:12

Hello,
A marvellous minimalist picture..
Great colours,combinations,fine presentation
I really enjoy this shot..
thanks for sharing
Costantino

jafadabret (41625) 2008-12-10 6:56

Bonjour Kristine.
La nature est une artiste et le photo graphe souvent n'a qu'à prendre ses oeuvres en photo. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs et les formes. Les arbres morts donnent un aspect fantomatique à la composition.
Du très beau travail !
Jacques

Island (220) 2008-12-10 10:27

Hi Kristine,
quelles couleurs e-x-t-r-a-o-r-d-i-n-a-i-r-e-s, un mélange vraiment peu ordinaire!!!
Magnifique photo.
Congratulations!
Best regards
Marie-Anne

gildasjan (24781) 2008-12-10 11:41

Bonjour Kristine
Je découvre votre galerie,c'est superbe.Une très belle harmonie de couleurs pour cette image et la composition est très soignée.
Bravo
Cordialement
Gildas

ricochet (4940) 2008-12-11 14:34

Bonjour Kristine
Encore une merveille cette composition avec un superbe rendu d'ensemble, une belle touche graphique et un cadrage très soigné, du superbe travail comme à ton habitude, bravo à toi j'aime beaucoup tes photos!
Amicalement
Eric

litiancai (1048) 2008-12-11 20:04

Hi Kristine,
The photo will always stand out because of the great colours and the quality with which you've captured it, but I do wish it was taken from a slightly different perspective because I'm just so intrigued by what's behind the trees and what that landscape might look like. I might have either got lower or taken the shot portrait style just to include some of that background and give the place a sense of perspective. Only my opinion mind!
all the best
Lee

devimeuxbe (56598) 2008-12-12 10:03

Hi Kristine
impressives and beautifull colors on this small river. You have well composed this typical landscape from yellostone. Very nice indeed
Bertrand

wolf38 (13438) 2008-12-16 22:50

Hello Kristine. A very interesting and instructive photo. It is fascinating and beautiful in strange way in the aesthetic sense. Colors and composition make this photo the eyecatcher. Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Henryk_Bilor (20377) 2008-12-17 22:27

Hi Kristine
I love the contrast between the rusted, blue and white. Amazing colours and great composition. Perfect composition.
Regards

CMJC (3208) 2008-12-21 0:48

great colors but sad lanscape because of the dead trees, but in such a water...
I like your way framing just a part of this landscape.

blu (1369) 2009-05-09 8:49

superb colours and composition - fantastic work!

Eileen (152) 2009-08-16 12:26

Very eerie and lovely; such interesting colors and stange setting.I really like it.
Eileen

westcoastgirl1 (2152) 2009-10-18 19:41

Hi Kristine

Beautiful natural shot with an informative write up. The colours here are stunning. Unique find. Technically superb.

Have a good night,
Tosca