March 19, 2009

The Canvas of Yellowstone




The northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park is beautiful rolling grasslands and an immense sky. This photo was taken in June, 2007, on the Rescue Creek trail. I'm the hiker, and Steve is the photographer.
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47 comments:

  1. Hi Janie. First of all, thank you so much for your many visits and kind words on my blog...I have been lax in visiting but vow to do better!

    Now, this is gorgeous! What a beautiful sky and I love how the sun and shadows play on the plateau. The hiker's presence really shows the immensity of the surroundings. Great pic!

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  2. The composition in this is just perfect. Textbook perfect. Marvelous!

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  3. I love the troubled sky in this shot. Your post reminds me of the movie "Heidi"... not sure why. Lovely!

    Word verification: verywomm (made me laugh)

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  4. So pretty! Looks like you were close to experiencing a storm.

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  5. Now this photo and these hills are dear to my heart; wonderful photo. I like the fact you are hiking.

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  6. Beautiful shot of the countryside, thanks for sharing.

    Have a great weekend!
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  7. What a beautiful photograph. I'd love to be walking in that field.

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  8. Beautiful pictures, but where are the horses?? ;-)

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  9. What a lovely place to hike! I hope you had a camera with you too. ;-)

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  10. Those rolling clouds against the openness of Yellowstone. Lovely picture.

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  11. Immense and immensely beautiful, Janie. What a great view.

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  12. Nice shot Steve! Beautiful dramatic sky...great photo...

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  13. Looks like a canvas indeed... I love the blue sky and the greeneries, perfect.

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  14. Perfect shot, wonderful contrast.

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  15. Wow, yellowstone is on the top of my wish list. I love rolling hills.

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  16. Wonderful composition in the picture! Love the clouds. This is a beautiful SkyWatch!

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  17. It's just fabulous the landscape never ending.

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  18. Oh what a beautifully peaceful photograph...I simply love this! Thank you for sharing and happy spring Janie!
    Smiles

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  19. Dramatic sky and beautiful landscape. Thanks.

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  20. The sky is quite dramatic, is this one of the times where you had to hide out from a storm?

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  21. Those hills are so neat and that dark sky is fantastic - looks like a storm was brewing!

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  22. Beautiful! You could make such a cool book out of all your travels around the west.

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  23. Beautiful countryside, you look like a Chinese coolie on a long treck. When enlarged, one can see the differense. A stunning shot.

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  24. Great place for both sky watching and hiking!

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  25. Gorgeous Janie... Believe it or not but my parents went to Yellowstone on their honeymoon in September of 1919...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  26. Very very cool. That's a great picture.

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  27. I love hiking. That looks like a wonderful place to explore. I've been to yellowstone one time. Mostly a drive through. It was beautiful but you need lots of time to really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing your wonderful picture.

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  28. That looks like a great hike. I miss the days of being out west and doing that (I was in Tucson ...)

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  29. The sky is so big and the earth is endless. What a beautiful place.

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  30. That's a rather menacing looking sky. The image makes me think of the Sound of Music.

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  31. I love your header, nice sky photo, looks like you have lots of fun adventures

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  32. Thank you for becoming a follower Welcome to Texas

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  33. We have a trip to Yellowstone planned for June, can't wait to take my camera and go!

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  34. Thanks for stopping by while I was gone. Love your sky watch photo

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  35. Hi Janie, thanks for your visit and comment. Your photo looks so wonderful and bright. The sky has a special beautiful colour blue. Have a great weekend.

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  36. Such a lovely image, I feel like you took me back in time, to another season.

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  37. hiya janie, this is a place i would dearly love to see. happy swf.

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  38. Beautiful sky photo, wish it was me walking across that meadow.
    Beautiful Blog.

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  39. Lovely photo of the horizon for Sky Watch Friday, all kinds of interesting things going on there with the clouds.

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  40. awesome image...i love how it shows the "grandness" of the area.
    yellowstone is an amazing treasure.

    have a wonderful weekend.

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  41. That place is so grand and spectacular. I'm very sure that whenever you look at this photo, a lot of great memories are re-lived, that must have been en enjoyable hike you and your hubby had. Beautiful photo. Thanks for dropping by my site earlier Janie!

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  42. What a capture. The openness beckons!

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  43. What a wonderful picture -- not only of the sky but of the grasslands. Absolutely gorgeous.

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  44. Great SWF photo, beautiful scenery.

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