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Yellowstone was amazing. First, we (Claire, Claire's dad, and I) flew from San Francisco to Salt Lake City and rented a car, then made the scenic drive north. We stayed in a hotel in West Yellowstone during nights and went to the park during days, then drove back down to Salt Lake City before returning to California. Here are the best of the best of the photos I took on the four day trip using a Canon Rebel XTi with a Tamron 18-200 mm 1:3.5-6.3 lens, both of which I was fortunate enough to borrow from a friend for the trip.
Each night, my friend and I reviewed all of the photos we took that day. I asked myself what made the picture more or less pleasant to look at, and gradually I sort of got a feel for what makes a good or bad picture. I seriously think my picture-taking skills improved with each day I spent at Yellowstone. And I have some pretty sweet photos to prove it :)
Enjoy!
Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces:
A funky tree root in Norris Geyser Basin:
The huge crowd watching Old Faithful:
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Lower Falls:
On our first day in the park, we saw a young bear taking a stroll on the side of the road:
And later on in the trip, a baby marmot:
...and maybe its mama marmot? They were both in the same area:
Then we saw the cutest chipmunk, either rubbing or cleaning its nose in this picture...
After getting tired of taking pictures of animals, people, and landscapes, I started taking pictures of faces that I saw around the park, too. Here is a happy little geyser:
And a fun tree:
And an even more fun tree:
On the last leg of the trip when we were in Salt Lake City, I took this picture of a seagull flying over the Great Salt Lake:
After taking nearly 700 photos total during the trip (my friend took more), I think I became a better photographer. My advice for anyone going on such a trip would be to take tons of photos because you can delete the bad ones later. If you don't take many, you might wish you had taken more, because some of them might end up being framed incorrectly or blurry, especially if you are an amateur photographer like I am.
