The second most iconic image of Yellowstone after Old Faithful is the the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The Yellowstone River is the longest free flowing (undammed) river in the US and in Yellowstone National Park it drops through a spectacular canyon. Artists, photographers, poets have celebrated the canyon. The river and the park do not take their name from the yellow rock that lines most of the canyon (it is a corruption of a French word to describe something else along the river) but the rock does make it spectacular.
A short word about very pretty but crowded spaces. The south rim drive is where you get the best views of the falls. The parking lot is always full and you go down a narrow trail to a lookout called Artists Point. When the tour buses arrive it is every photographer for himself. I have never seen so many selfie sticks in my life and such unthinkingly rude behavior.
I guess I get part of it. Your are on a bus being driven around. It stops you get out and only have so much time to see this place before getting back on the bus and on to the next place. You are kind of in a other worldly bubble as you get off the bus. But, holy moly, realize that there are lots of other people around you trying to do about same thing. A little awareness,politeness and sharing and we all can have a good time. Zoo-rama with selfies of you, selfies of you and your sister, you mother, you and your sister and mother, and lets try it again standing on the rock....
It is wonderful that beyond the crowd control problems, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone prevailed. Note to the Babinski School of Photography - I did a lot of shooting of the canyon in RAW format. Will be looking on post production advice.
A short word about very pretty but crowded spaces. The south rim drive is where you get the best views of the falls. The parking lot is always full and you go down a narrow trail to a lookout called Artists Point. When the tour buses arrive it is every photographer for himself. I have never seen so many selfie sticks in my life and such unthinkingly rude behavior.
I guess I get part of it. Your are on a bus being driven around. It stops you get out and only have so much time to see this place before getting back on the bus and on to the next place. You are kind of in a other worldly bubble as you get off the bus. But, holy moly, realize that there are lots of other people around you trying to do about same thing. A little awareness,politeness and sharing and we all can have a good time. Zoo-rama with selfies of you, selfies of you and your sister, you mother, you and your sister and mother, and lets try it again standing on the rock....
It is wonderful that beyond the crowd control problems, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone prevailed. Note to the Babinski School of Photography - I did a lot of shooting of the canyon in RAW format. Will be looking on post production advice.
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