06.12.08

Back in IL… but dreaming of snow.

Posted in photo, travel, vacation, yellowstone at 11:41 am by heidihoho7

Well it’s official, i’m back in good ole Illinois. Its been a crazy week, not to mention the 3500 images i’m trying to edit in between side jobs and social gatherings (i’m about half way through my full edit). I’ll be posting a full gallery in a few days somewhere else, but until then i’d thought i’d put up a few more pics of a few things i missed, last day shots, and a few fun people shots to show what it was really like as well…

Overall it was one of the best workshops i’d been to in years, so i’d suggest this Yellowstone photo tour to anyone! It sounds like we saw more animals than most visitors and i credit our guide Dale for that, he has a huge network in the park. Even with all the snow which limited some of our locations we still saw numerous animals, many with babies. Dale also knows A LOT about photographing wildlife and was a huge resource each day. He also made sure we didn’t get too close to the wildlife – when you have your face stuck to the camera and big mama lens you can sometimes forget how close or how far the wildlife really is, and made sure we got out of bed so we could catch many of these animals as well.

I’d also like to say that i had such a great time with my “photo gals”. It may be hard to understand for some but I rarely get into “real photo mode” which really allows me to focus on photography, talk geeky camera talk, and really think about what i’m doing. Most of the time i click the shutter and run off to the next location or subject, with these gals (and guys) we are really able to work each location – even if it happens to be the van in a rainstorm We share lenses and ideas and it really becomes such a creative week for all of us. And a thanks to Art for putting up with the giggling and quick van stops. And I can’t forget Chuck, my nurse the first night. Our evening debriefings with him were the perfect endings to each day.

People pics courtesy of Kay Beaton and Barb Edelblute!

Here are a few more shots that i liked… a few of these from a super rainy day (sheep) and the others were last day or so when i actually decided to get up in stead of sleeping in (can you imagine!?). Enjoy…

We had an amazing round of rainbows, culminating with a huge double rainbow as we were leaving the park, just in time to get the arch with the rainbow

Our last sighting was of this coyote, both on her way to the hunt and no the way back with her catch!

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