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Photos from Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful

Old Faithful

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If you watch Ken Burn's National Parks series, you'll know one of the reasons for creating Yellowstone was to make sure it didn't "turn into another Niagra Falls." Sorry Nps, but I think you pretty much failed there.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 14-45mm lens

0.001 sec (1/1250) sec at f/8.0, ISO 100

Something is alive ahead

Something is alive ahead

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Doesn't matter what it is -- elk, moose, coyote, grizzly -- there will be a traffic jam.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.008 sec (1/125) sec at f/8.0, ISO 100

Elk

Elk

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Not what was at the traffic jam in the previous photo, but naturally this one had stopped traffic too.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.002 sec (1/640) sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Runoff

Runoff

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Never stuck my foot in near the geysers, but even miles down stream Firehole river is well into the 70s.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 14-45mm lens

1/4000 sec sec at f/3.5, ISO 100

Life

Life

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There's sulfuric acid pouring in that river and yet somehow normal plants find a toe hold.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 14-45mm lens

0.003 sec (1/400) sec at f/3.5, ISO 100

Miniature Grand Canyon

Miniature Grand Canyon

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Underwater Grand Canyon. Maybe the Mariana Trench would be the better comparison.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 14-45mm lens

0.003 sec (1/320) sec at f/8.0, ISO 100

Congress Pool

Congress Pool

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My favorite name in Yellowstone, this ugly, stinking, roiling grey cesspool is named Congress Pool.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 14-45mm lens

0.001 sec (1/1000) sec at f/8.0, ISO 100

Osprey with Chicks

Osprey with Chicks

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Stretching the limits of my zoom lens, not perfect, but not too bad.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.001 sec (1/1250) sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Buffalo

Buffalo

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We bonded. Or he looked at me, contemplated charging, decided he was too lazy and went back to eating. Which is Bison for bonding.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.001 sec (1/800) sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Grizzly with cubs

Grizzly with cubs

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At least half a mile away, the way I like my grizzly beers. Especially mother's with cubs. I mean, the scientific name is Ursus arctos horribilis. Horribilis.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.001 sec (1/800) sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Tetons from Yellowstone

Tetons from Yellowstone

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They say you can see the Tetons from up to 150 miles in every direction.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.002 sec (1/500) sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Mule Deer

Mule Deer

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Taken in very low light, mainly so I could play with the new color noise tools in Lightroom 3. They actually work quite well.

Panasonic GF1 with Lumix 45-200mm lens

0.05 sec (1/20) sec at f/5.1, ISO 800