The Falls in Mist - Print & Canvas

NOTE: Watermarks do not print on the image. It is for online safeguarding only.

It was cold. It was raining. It was misty and foggy. It was dark and murky. It was so many things that "beautiful" was not quite what I was experiencing in the moment. I photographed anyway because how often am I in my favorite National Park? The falls were roaring but there was no light to illuminate the rocks, the canyon, or create the perfect scene with the rainbow that appears.

Yet when I look at this I am mystified. It was one of those images that I thought would be a throwaway - more of something that I'd have on my phone than anything else. Surprisingly, I got home and discovered that I actually do love it. I can't quite put my finger on it.

It's a mystery and I think that's the point. Mystified described it perfectly. Not only that but the fact that my group and I were the only people at Artist Point in Yellowstone that morning for a whole hour. When I look at this, I think of how I almost slipped down the cold, wet stone steps at the overlook; the "moose dance" the group did in the parking lot; the four o'clock wake-up call and the sound of the rain on the tin roof at the cabin. I see warmth and I see cold. I hear the water crashing down in the distance.

When I see this, I'm in my favorite place.

Available as a loose print or gallery wrap canvas.