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Dailies

These images are ones shot to post in the daily community on smugmug. I've been participating in this community for about twelve years. For the first few years, I tried to always post a shot taken either that day or the day before. Now, although I try to shoot everyday, I don't necessarily post the images on the same day they are shot.
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Bison lounging near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; definitely best viewed in the largest sizes. Never thought it would happen, but we did eventually get rather blase about seeing the bison. At the end of our trip, we did not get excited about them unless they were quite close to us. These guys were the first bison we saw. They were lying about five feet from the walkway that took you from Old Faithful to the Yellowstone Inn. You are not supposed to get within 20 feet of bison, but we decided that it was probably safe since they were lying down. We were ready to hurry away if they showed signs of getting up. This is probably not my best shot of a bison in the park, but I like it because of the detail you can see in the largest sizes. Hope you enjoy it.<br /> <br /> What a grand welcome back to have my pic of the mother and baby moose #1 for the day. Sure made me feel great! Thanks so much to everyone who commented or gave the shot a thumbs up.<br /> <br /> A bit more background on our visit to Yellowstone. We spent seven days there and three days in the Grand Tetons. We were camping in our little RV and our kids were tent camping. The campgrounds where we stayed did not offer electric hookups and we had a problem with our battery in the RV. Anyway, to get electricity for operating a computer or charging a camera battery, we had to run our generator. The park regulations only allow you to run a generator between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Because we were running around seeing things all day every day, usually leaving by 7 a.m. and getting back around 6 p.m., that left very little time to run the generator and charge all our camera batteries. As a result, I generally had to upload the pics from the camera to the laptop using laptop battery. Since I would, on average, fill about five 4GB cards each day --- I was carrying two cameras with different lenses --- it would use up most of my battery just getting everything uploaded. I have to admit that I had a bit of Internet withdrawal. The main visitor center in the Grand Tetons did have wifi, but I did not have my laptop with me when we visited there. <br /> <br /> Visiting the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in early June does subject one to colder weather in general. We were snowed on about half of the days we were there, although it usually wasn't significant enough to curtail our activities at all. It did make sitting around a campfire a bit less pleasant and we tended to go to bed pretty early. Incidentally, because of where the parks are located in the West, it did not get dark until a bit after nine o'clock at night.<br /> <br /> Well, I've bored you enough with the details of the trip. Hope everyone is having a good week with nice weather. It has been beautiful, though windy, here in Colorado.
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Bison lounging near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; definitely best viewed in the largest sizes. Never thought it would happen, but we did eventually get rather blase about seeing the bison. At the end of our trip, we did not get excited about them unless they were quite close to us. These guys were the first bison we saw. They were lying about five feet from the walkway that took you from Old Faithful to the Yellowstone Inn. You are not supposed to get within 20 feet of bison, but we decided that it was probably safe since they were lying down. We were ready to hurry away if they showed signs of getting up. This is probably not my best shot of a bison in the park, but I like it because of the detail you can see in the largest sizes. Hope you enjoy it.

What a grand welcome back to have my pic of the mother and baby moose #1 for the day. Sure made me feel great! Thanks so much to everyone who commented or gave the shot a thumbs up.

A bit more background on our visit to Yellowstone. We spent seven days there and three days in the Grand Tetons. We were camping in our little RV and our kids were tent camping. The campgrounds where we stayed did not offer electric hookups and we had a problem with our battery in the RV. Anyway, to get electricity for operating a computer or charging a camera battery, we had to run our generator. The park regulations only allow you to run a generator between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Because we were running around seeing things all day every day, usually leaving by 7 a.m. and getting back around 6 p.m., that left very little time to run the generator and charge all our camera batteries. As a result, I generally had to upload the pics from the camera to the laptop using laptop battery. Since I would, on average, fill about five 4GB cards each day --- I was carrying two cameras with different lenses --- it would use up most of my battery just getting everything uploaded. I have to admit that I had a bit of Internet withdrawal. The main visitor center in the Grand Tetons did have wifi, but I did not have my laptop with me when we visited there.

Visiting the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in early June does subject one to colder weather in general. We were snowed on about half of the days we were there, although it usually wasn't significant enough to curtail our activities at all. It did make sitting around a campfire a bit less pleasant and we tended to go to bed pretty early. Incidentally, because of where the parks are located in the West, it did not get dark until a bit after nine o'clock at night.

Well, I've bored you enough with the details of the trip. Hope everyone is having a good week with nice weather. It has been beautiful, though windy, here in Colorado.

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  • Trees growing too close to a Yellowstone thermal feature usually end up dead, and, often, bleached to a stark white. Best viewed in the larger sizes<br /> <br /> Thanks to everyone who commented on my shot of Turquoise Pool. I know how busy you all are and I always appreciate every single comment.<br /> <br /> I'm posting this early, as we have to leave very early in the morning to go to a King Tut exhibit at a museum in Denver. Maybe I'll be able to get some shots there. Hope so. Enjoy your day!
  • Gives Me the Willies... - I took this shot in dim light, through dirty and scratched glass and it required a lot of processing to pull the image out. It was loaded with noise initially, but I think I got it cleaned up reasonably well. I just finished processing this shot and thought it had the EEUW!! factor in spades. What do you think?<br /> <br /> Thanks for all the supportive comments on my silhouette of Spencer in red light. It is rather gratifying to be able to take an image that wasn't very good on various levels and turn it into something worth viewing. Enjoy your day!
  • Crecopia Moth on one of the pillars of the Roosevelt Lodge in Yellowstone National Park. Definitely needs to be viewed in the largest sizes. Its body and even its wings seemed to be covered in hairs. According to my book, crecopia moths are not found in that part of the country, but he was there! It was quite a cold day and the moth seemed to be unwilling to move. I suspect it needed warmer temps or, perhaps, it had just emerged from its cocoon.<br /> <br /> It was great to read all your comments on my shot of Lewis Lake in Yellowstone. Some of you asked if the forest shown was one that had burned and was now regenerating itself. It is part of the forest that burned in the huge fires in 1988. Since 2/3 of Yellowstone burned at that time, these areas were everywhere. Many now have trees that are about 20 feet tall, both aspen and lodgepole pine. <br /> <br /> Hope you are having a good weekend!
  • One view of Grand Prismatic Pool in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; best viewed in the larger sizes<br /> <br /> Thanks for all the nice comments on the shot of the baby ground squirrels. They WERE very cute to observe! Have a great day!
  • Wow! So this is the world! - Baby ground squirrels emerge from the underground nest to discover the world. These little guys were near the old barn out on Mormon Row in the Grand Tetons National Park. There were actually about six of them and they scurried around exploring but never far from the burrow. Best viewed in the largest sizes<br /> <br /> I am overwhelmed that you all made my shot of the Grand Prismatic Pool your #1 shot for the day. What an honor, especially considering all the great shots I saw on smugmug today. Thanks so much!<br /> <br /> Hope your week is going well. It is already hump day!
  • Old Faithful near the peak of its eruption in Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Old Faithful is the most famous geyser in the world, due to its regularity (must be taking its Metamusil). When we were there, the eruptions were approximately 90 minutes apart. The height of the eruptions averages 145 feet at the peak. The eruption we observed lasted about three minutes. Some scientists think the geyser could seal itself up at some point, as the constrictions in its plumbing may continue building up more silica to the point that the water and steam can no longer get through. It has two constrictions, one about 22 feet down and another about 70 feet down. This is known because they sent a tiny camera down on a probe line some years ago. The difference between a thermal pool and a geyser is that the pool's plumbing has no constrictions, so water can more freely circulate. Hot water and steam rise to the top, cool and then are drawn back down. Molten magma underlies much of Yellowstone and it heats the water and steam to a super heated point. Because of the constrictions in geyser plumbing, the pressure builds below a constriction until it becomes too great to be contained and it then erupts. Old Faithful is quite spectacular and nearly everyone who visits the park sees it because it is quite near the visitor center and has nice boardwalks and seating for observers. Other geyers eruptions can be more spectacular, but they require a longer walk to get to them and they may not be predictable or they may erupt very infrequently. The day we visited the Upper Geyser Basin, the Castle eruption was quite a bit larger and lasted much longer. The Beehive eruption we witnessed was also more spectacular, although it lasted about the same length of time. We were really lucky to see both Beehive and Castle, as they aren't as regular and their eruptions are less frequent. Some geysers erupt straight up, while others erupt in a more fan-shaped fashion. Pool geysers erupt in the fan-shaped fashion. Geysers with cones tend to have eruptions that go more straight up. Of course, the amount of wind during the eruption will affect the spread of the steam and water.<br /> <br /> I appreciate the comments on my shot of the alliums. Have a great day!
  • Taken on our trip to Yellowstone in early June. This sequence shows only a few of the many shots I took while Old Faithful was erupting. Clearly, I operate on the theory that if one is good, then two hundred must be better. Ha!<br /> <br /> Thanks for your comments on the wagon wheel and old advertising signs. We are having a stunningly gorgeous fall day. Hope you are having a nice one, too. I'm very late posting, so I don't know if many of you will actually see this one.
  • In the lobby of the Yellowstone Lodge, looking out toward the Upper Geyser Basin<br /> <br /> I just looked at a groups of color photos taken in the early 1940s that I think a lot of you would enjoy seeing. Check it out here: <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/">http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/</a><br /> <br /> Your nice comments on my shot of the balloon festival really made my day. Thanks so much. Enjoy your day!
  • A hallway in Yellowstone Lodge with unique Craftsman style light fixtures<br /> <br /> I appreciated the votes of confidence on my bubble shot. Made me feel good that some other folks liked that odd kind of shot as much as I did. Another weekend. Hope your will be super!
  • Excelsior Geyser, which is inactive, fills a huge crater and produces some of the most prodigious overflows found. The crater measures 250 by 300 feet. The constant streaming overflow has been measured at about 4,000 gallons per minute. The overflow is discharged into the Firehole River. This picture is actually of Grand Prismatic Spring which is adjacent and which is the largest spring in the park. This photo shows the runoff channels of the spring. The brilliant colors are caused by the tiny thermophilic organisms that live in the spring. It was a beautiful afternoon when I shot this and I loved the reflections in the spring. I hope you all enjoy the shot.<br /> <br /> Thank you to everyone who commented on my shot of the bison in Yellowstone. It is really a wonderful thing to be able to post a photo and be able to share it with so many fantastic photographers. I was sure impressed with the quality of the shots on smugmug today...even better than usual, I thought. You guys keep me motivated!<br /> <br /> Hope you enjoy your day!
  • Bison lounging near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; definitely best viewed in the largest sizes. Never thought it would happen, but we did eventually get rather blase about seeing the bison. At the end of our trip, we did not get excited about them unless they were quite close to us. These guys were the first bison we saw. They were lying about five feet from the walkway that took you from Old Faithful to the Yellowstone Inn. You are not supposed to get within 20 feet of bison, but we decided that it was probably safe since they were lying down. We were ready to hurry away if they showed signs of getting up. This is probably not my best shot of a bison in the park, but I like it because of the detail you can see in the largest sizes. Hope you enjoy it.<br /> <br /> What a grand welcome back to have my pic of the mother and baby moose #1 for the day. Sure made me feel great! Thanks so much to everyone who commented or gave the shot a thumbs up.<br /> <br /> A bit more background on our visit to Yellowstone. We spent seven days there and three days in the Grand Tetons. We were camping in our little RV and our kids were tent camping. The campgrounds where we stayed did not offer electric hookups and we had a problem with our battery in the RV. Anyway, to get electricity for operating a computer or charging a camera battery, we had to run our generator. The park regulations only allow you to run a generator between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Because we were running around seeing things all day every day, usually leaving by 7 a.m. and getting back around 6 p.m., that left very little time to run the generator and charge all our camera batteries. As a result, I generally had to upload the pics from the camera to the laptop using laptop battery. Since I would, on average, fill about five 4GB cards each day --- I was carrying two cameras with different lenses --- it would use up most of my battery just getting everything uploaded. I have to admit that I had a bit of Internet withdrawal. The main visitor center in the Grand Tetons did have wifi, but I did not have my laptop with me when we visited there. <br /> <br /> Visiting the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in early June does subject one to colder weather in general. We were snowed on about half of the days we were there, although it usually wasn't significant enough to curtail our activities at all. It did make sitting around a campfire a bit less pleasant and we tended to go to bed pretty early. Incidentally, because of where the parks are located in the West, it did not get dark until a bit after nine o'clock at night.<br /> <br /> Well, I've bored you enough with the details of the trip. Hope everyone is having a good week with nice weather. It has been beautiful, though windy, here in Colorado.
  • Lewis Lake in Yellowstone, near the South Entrance to the park; best viewed in the larger sizes<br /> <br /> I appreciated the comments on my shot of Grand Prismatic Pool in Yellowstone. What wonderful shots today on smugmug. I especially loved Pam (Boobaby's) shot of the fox. What an amazing image!<br /> <br /> Well, the weekend is here and I hope you enjoy yours and take a lot of wonderful shots.
  • Aspen in the Spring in Yellowstone - best viewed in the larger sizes<br /> <br /> I sure appreciate the time a lot of you took to comment on my shot of Quinn blowing the salsify seedhead. With all the great shots on smugmug today, I'm doubly honored that you had such nice things to say about that shot. <br /> <br /> Another weekend gone. I hope you have some good things going on for you this week.
  • A mother moose seems unperturbed, while her baby looks over at all the people gathered to watch and photograph the pair as they forage in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming; best viewed in the largest sizes.<br /> <br /> We just got back from our trip to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. We did not have access to electricity where we camped, so I managed only to upload my files of photos each day to the laptop, but did not get any processing done at all. No Internet access the entire time. We had a great time, even though it was often cold and rainy. We got two inches of snow one night. I'm anxious to get back to looking at all your great shots. Hope you like this one of the mother moose and her baby. We saw them just as we were about to leave Grand Teton National Park. I was able to watch and photograph them for about ten minutes and was not too far away. Typically, the baby would let its mother get about fifteen feet away and then it would run at breakneck speed to catch back up to its mom.
  • A male bull elk in Yellowstone National Park on the road between Bridge Bay and West Thumb; best viewed in the larger sizes<br /> <br /> Thanks to everyone who commented on my black and white shot of the lotus bloom. I do love those flowers and don't get to see them a lot. Hope your week is going well.
  • John Moulton's Barn in the Grand Tetons. Some months ago I posted another shot of this same scene, but taken with a different lens - a 70 - 200mm. In that shot the lens seemed to bring the mountains in closer to the barn.<br /> <br /> Thanks for your comments on my shot of the diner. Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was great. I ate too much, as I usually do on holidays. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
  • Pansy<br /> <br /> It was a real thrill for me to see that my photo of Jenny Lake was #1 today, thanks to so many of your wonderful comments. You guys are the best! <br /> <br /> Hope your enjoy your Saturday!
  • Alliums; best viewed in the largest sizes. This was taken some weeks ago at the Denver Botanic Garden. I've got lots of new shots from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, but I'm simply too tired to upload them and this shot is already in my flower gallery.<br /> <br /> Thanks for the comments on my shot of the crecopia moth. I had a busy Sunday; went up to Denver to photograph a ballet class and instructor to get some shots for her web site. After I got back, I ran to the grocery store and then had my whole family over for dinner. Hope your week gets off to a good start!
  • A family enjoys one spot at the Denver Botanic Garden; best viewed in the largest sizes. Hope you like it.<br /> <br /> We are packing the RV for a trip with one set of our kids to Yellowstone. It sounds like our timing may not be great --- their weather for the next week is predicted to be cold, snowy and rainy, with lots of flooding in the park. Oh, well, it will be what it will be.<br /> <br /> Thanks, as always, for taking the time to comment on my shot of the California poppy. Hope your summer is getting off to a good start.
  • Just processed shot of the inside an old abandoned house in Cripple Creek, Colorado. I liked the decay, as well as the patterns made by the shadows.<br /> <br /> Goodness! Phil and I were astounded by the response to his shot of me taking photos of Horseshoe Bend. I figured you all would find the story and the photo somewhat humorous but I never imagined so many of you would think I was courageous and brave. I certainly did not feel brave. I felt pretty much like a pansy at the time. It does make me feel better to know that a lot of you share my fear of heights. Just prior to my taking this shot, there was a group of young folks there walking right along the edge and horsing around. It scared me witless. I am always amazed at the number of people who seem to have no fear of heights at all. Nonetheless, I am truly grateful for your amazing response to the image. It got more comments in a single day than any shot I've ever posted. I guess I should have Phil take all the pictures from now on. Thanks to you all.<br /> <br /> I hope you are having a good week at work or wherever else you are.

  • Terry Mercer

    on February 4, 2011

    Nice... love it...

  • 531781CameraHappyAnnie

    on June 24, 2010

    Great shot.

  • 349390pitchingwedge33

    on June 23, 2010

    really nice job of exposing the bison....

  • SchmidtHouse

    on June 23, 2010

    Nice photograph. Thanks for sharing it, we don't get to see bison often.

  • Howard's Photography

    on June 23, 2010

    Great shot and detail. Thanks for sharing your trip!

  • Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)

    on June 23, 2010

    Wow, amazing beastie!

  • TinaMarie Gardner

    on June 23, 2010

    Buffalo are amazing animals.

  • Gene Hyder

    on June 23, 2010

    Wonderful shot.

  • Pearls

    on June 23, 2010

    I love this shot and hearing about your trip..sounds too cold for me in June.

  • Janet McQueen

    on June 23, 2010

    Wonderful shot, amazing detail!

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