Yellowstone: Telephoto Landscape

Yesterday's post, mentioned the scarcity of foreground elements for photographers in the Yellowstone. An alternative method of capturing winter images is to employ telephoto lenses to isolate a particularly interesting portion of a landscape. Landscapes captured with telephoto lenses tend to have a feeling of compressed depth, allowing the photographer to "stack" different elements on top of each other. This tree was coated with white ice crystals or hoarfrost. Steam from an adjacent hot spring moved past the tree, partially obscuring it, creating mystery and adding interest in the image.