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Spring Greens
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Spring Greens

by Mark Seaver

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 4, 201816,931 views8 comments
Yellowstone got between 1.5 and 2 times normal snow last winter, so it's amazingly green this spring.  This view of the Specimen ridge area from across the Lamar River (hidden) captures the blue green of the sage, the bright green of the grasses and the dark green of the pines.  Cropped top and bottom to remove duplicative areas.  (5D3, 24-105 F4 IS II @ 56 mm, 1/60s, f/11, iso 200, tripod and polarizer)

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Simon Rigby on June 4, 2018 at 2:05 PM
What a fantastic array of green! You did well to make it all about the land, as the sky is perfectly clear, so there's less interest there. Nice side lighting, resulting in long shadows, which really add to the overall effect. You picked a good time of day. The trees and grass in the foreground look a touch over-sharpened? Doesn't detract from the image though, which is very pleasing on the eye.
Registered on May 31, 2018, 4 Posts, 12 Comments
Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on June 4, 2018 at 7:44 PM
This is a lovely scene, Mark.  I like the curve of the hill, the sage or willows in the foreground, and the way the trees dot the landscape.  It does seem to me to be missing something to make it really pop.  You know, a wolf, an elk, or maybe some wildflowers. 
ML
Registered on December 14, 2010, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 5, 2018 at 9:14 AM
A pleasing early spring scene with the snow still on the peaks.  I like the panoramic crop.
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 5, 2018 at 10:55 AM
Mark, Now that sure looks like spring. The combination of green grass and blue sky looks great and the pano format works very nice here. cool

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 7, 2018 at 3:56 PM
Mark,

This is a beauty of a pastoral landscape.  The spring greens mixed with the conifers throughout make for a great mix and the foreground "orchard?" of sage makes for a great focal point and near/far comp.

Hard to be critical of anything here.  I suppose you might burn down the light-lights of the sage a bit? But that's minor and subjective anyway.

The pano format fits perfectly as well.  Excellent.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 10, 2018 at 6:36 PM
I like this a lot. The spring greens really pop and make the image. It needs to be viewed large too!
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Jay Levin on June 19, 2018 at 1:43 PM
Mark, this is a really breathtaking pano in large format.  It really pops there.  The side lighting greatly adds to the interest.  Lovely lighting and color.  Beautiful work.
Registered on April 24, 2009, 21 Posts, 184 Comments
Comment posted by Joe James on June 23, 2018 at 3:54 PM
Hi Mark - We were just there over Memorial Day and it was the greenest and wettest we've ever seen the park.  You certainly captured the brilliant greens beautifully with this image, well done!
Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments