Firehole River Near Ojo Caliente, Yellowstone National Park
Sigma DP1, ISO 100, f/11, 13 sec.
My favorite things about photographing in Yellowstone:
- I can fly fish, too. On the night I took this shot in 2008, the caddis hatch was on.
- Sunsets almost always bring pinks, and Velvia 50, or the Foveon sensor, seems to capture it the way it actually looked.
- Mosquitoes keep the Yahoos in their RV’s at the Magic Hour.
My least favorite thing about photographing in Yellowstone is the fact that the Prime Minutes of the Magic Hour near sunset usually corresponds to the peak of the hatch, and I can never decide whether to shoot pictures or shoot taper to rising fish.
On this night, I got to do both, because the little Sigma DP1 allowed me to get my river shot without a lot of fooling around.
Firehole River Rainbow, Catch and Release
Sigma DP1, ISO 100, f/4, 1/125 sec.