Some times you just happen to be at the right place at the right time ( well, actually you're always at the right place in Yellowstone). It was our last morning at the Old Faithful lodge so my wife an I took one last walk through the geyser basin. A frontal thunderstorm swept in and we got a bit wet, but not before I snapped this shot of Castle Geyser.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), March 16, 1999

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A wonderfull shot of a wonderfull place. Very very nice indeed, no big complaint about the composition. It is the first time I see a not deja-vu, not-cliche picture of Castle Geyser. The shape and the exposure for the fumerole is perfect IMO, really like it that way even if the rest falls where it can. Very nice and deep blue and dark areas in the saky, very dramatic. Technicaly, it is too bad that the orange flare appeared so obviously in the bottom of the frame.. can be cropped though when enlarging this to produce an impressive and nice enlargment to hang on your wall. You were lucky... that's part of photography. So bad weather = good picture huh ?! Cheers.

-- Vincent (vincent_leflohic@hp.com), March 16, 1999.

Yes, bad weather almost always = good photography. The only time I've found it to be different is when the weather is so bad you can't do any photography without sacrificing your equipment.

I would crop the image into a strong panoramic, almost cutting it in half as I don't find much of interest in the foreground, thus also eliminating that troublesome flare.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), March 16, 1999.

I would not crop the foreground since it adds depth and perspective. The orange flare could probably be professionally retouched if you wanted. Very nice shot!

-- Andreas Carl (andreas@physio.unr.edu), March 19, 1999.