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Yellowstone – Final Image

Lawrence Ripsher — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:42:52 +0000

The final shot I wanted to share from my Yellowstone trip. I took one shot of an elk up close and this ended up being one of my favourites. I’d love for anyone who has a few mins to spare to swing by the full series on my gallery.

Elk and Road

Lawrence Ripsher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:27:34 +0000

Fuji Neopan 100 Acros in DDX

The Last of the Bison

Lawrence Ripsher — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:18:31 +0000

Final three Bison portraits I’d like to share. They really are magnificent creatures – quite surreal to think that there were once 10’s of millions roaming the N.American grasslands. They were hunted to the brink of extinction but have since rebounded somewhat. Still, only 10’s of thousands now remain.

Last of the Colour

Lawrence Ripsher — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:21:20 +0000

Last colour images I intend to share from my Yellowstone trip (the rest are B&W)… Shot 5 rolls of film and have what I feel like are some good keepers, so overall pleased (although overall, the hit rate was lower than with B&W).

Fujichrome Velvia 50, lab developed

The Herd

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:15 +0000

Saw these guys on a hill as we were driving through Yellowstone… Never saw this many together again following… was pretty cool.

Fuji Neopan 100 Acros developed in DDX

Food Inc.

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:01 +0000

A little outside Yellowstone National Park, saw a row of feeding cows that stretched as far as the eye could see. I’m vegetarian btw.

Tri X 320 in DDX

Ghost Trees and God Lights

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:40 +0000

Fujichrome Velvia 50

Pronghorn

Lawrence Ripsher — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:28:27 +0000

One of my favourite pictures of the trip. This is a pronghorn antelope. You usually can’t within 50 yards of them but for some reason, this fella was fine with me being there… They’re the second fast land animals in the world (60mph), having evolved to outrun the now extinct N.American cheetah. They’re running prowess now vastly outstrips anything left on this continent. Anyway, wonderful animals and I felt lucky to see one up close like this.

Kodak TriX 320 in D76

Old Faithful

Lawrence Ripsher — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:22:20 +0000

Made the obligatory journey over to Old Faithful – the most famous geyser in Yellowstone… It jettisoned about 10 minutes behind schedule, although I was amazed that any kind of predictability is possible with geothermal phenomenons… Here’s a couple of shots from the 1 – 2 min event.

Boys will be boys

Lawrence Ripsher — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:31:32 +0000

TriX P 320 developed in D76