For a number of years, I
have been looking for the so-called Old
Patriarch tree. I had first seen it pictured in
a book on photography locations in Grand Teton
National Park. I had looked for it a number of
times but could not locate it although I knew
roughly where it was located. |
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With new information as to
its location, on my return from Yellowstone last
week, I was determined to find this tree and
capture some photos of it. I FOUND IT. |
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I did not arrive until late
in the day and therefore wound up shooting into
the western sky. It was cloudy so that helped
some. However a large number of my shots
suffered from a green lens flare. I did get a
few good ones... especially in composition.
Above
is one of those shots (post-processed in
Lightroom 4 followed by a trip into Topaz
Clarity). |
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I decided to play around
with that rendition in Topaz B&W and came up
with this. |
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This is definitely a place I
want to come back to in the future with
different lighting conditions. |