The craggy rock formations, clouds and vistas in Yellowstone National Park lend themselves to black and white photography.
When you get home and look over your (hundreds of?) photos, take a few minutes to change them to black and white to see how they look. You’ll be surprised at how good some of them look. A 16×9 enlargement with a barn wood frame of your favorite black and white gives any room that rustic Montana look.
The Mt. Haynes overlook and Madison River in Black and White.
The above picture was taken at the Mt. Haynes overlook about seven miles from the entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana. There’s a sign and parking area for it and it’s a nice stop on the way to Old Faithful. Converting this to black and white really brought out the crevices of the overlook, I like how the steam looks rising from the Madison River.
Madison River in a sepia tone.
I converted this picture to more of a sepia tone. Monotone shots can express “emotional” atmospheric conditions, such as here where the morning sunrise is starting to warm the park and cause steam to rise from the river.
My husband and I just returned from Yellowstone. We enjoyed these very places while there. One of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. My favorite is the lower fall of the Yellowstone.
We are leaving on the 24 and will be there or in the area until the 1 of Sept. Our first trip so we are very excited. Do u see a lot of animals at this time of year.
Hi Pam. You’ll see more animals the closer you get to September. They are the most visible in spring and in fall.
People coming into the store this spring had the most amazing animal stories I’ve heard. Ten to fifteen bear sightings, wolf attacks on elk, lots and lots of bison calves.
Try heading to the northern parts of the park when you are here. It is cooler and animals may be more active.
David
Our family are leaving this Saturday for our third annual trip.
We stopped at Mt Haynes and watched an osprey dive and catch a fish
We took close to 1200 pictures between the 5 of us last year and spent hours (re)enjoying the trip again. My daughter (the artist of the family) is going to try converting some pics to the sepia tone
Thanks for the info.
Susan Cheshire – Pompano Beach Florida
Thanks Susan. Post a link to the photos when you they are done, I’d love to see one.
We leave in a few days.. can’t wait!
It’s been great Montana summer weather here. Warm in the day and cold sleeping weather at night.
We just returned a few weeks ago. Did not see many animals at all so we were disappointed. This was our 4th trip to Yellowstone. The weather was gorgeous the whole 8 days we were there.
I was hearing the same thing from others back then. It was fairly warm out and I think the animals went to higher elevations. – David