FOREST REFLECTION
YELLOWSTONE, USA
Image Number 191
The vast natural forest of Yellowstone National Park covers nearly 9,000 km2 . Yellowstone contains half of all the world's known geothermal features, with more than 10,000 examples. It also has the world's largest concentration of geysers - two thirds of all those on the planet). Forest fires, if started by lightning, are often allowed to burn to permit the natural effect of fire to assert itself. This image shows killed in previous wildfires sharing their reflections.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Captured by Atticus Webb on a Zeiss Contax 645 medium format camera with Zeiss 120 mm lens. The ISO rating was 35, thereby ensuring comprehensive detail. File size 490 meg, 16 bit. The image has been cropped to remove extraneous detail. The colours have not been manipulated and correspond with transparencies exposed at the time on the same camera for reference purposes. The image was registered on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.