Photo by Olga Yiparaki
Post by Cathy Chung
Day two here in Gardiner, MT, it is a crisp 30ยบ and snowing on and off. The group broke out into pairs to photograph this morning. Each group went to a different location.
Scott and winner Bryan Holliday went to the Old Yellowstone Road and spotted hundreds of Kestrel, and hundreds of Mountain Blue Birds. They also saw Pronghorn, Western Meadowlark, Clarks’ Nutcracker, Junco, Prairie Falcon, Mule Deer and a herd of Bison being driven from one area to another by the park rangers.
Frederick van Johnson and winner Ara Roselani followed along the Yellowstone River. They concentrated on the river features.
Gary Hamburgh and winner Olga Yiparaki headed east to the valley. Along the way
they spotted Bison, a Bison calf, Elk, Mute Swan, and plenty of beautiful scenery. Olga brought along her Lens Baby and here is the image she made today you see above.
Steve Simon and winner Elyse Weadock headed towards the hot springs. They came along a herd of Bison that was quite close and were able to get some amazing images. They were so close at one point that we were able to smell the Bison.
After a quick lunch it was into the classroom to learn Aperture. The winners asked great questions.
Here are some of the questions:
How do you (the Pros) rate photos?
Steve saves the “5″ as the best of the best. He uses it for the images that would easily represent his career and could easily make a portfolio out of them.
Frederick rates anything that he likes and would go back and edit a “5″.
How do you zoom?
Press the Z key
Stay tuned for more from this evenings shoot!
