ENTRY DESCRIPTION
My first trip to Yellowstone National Park was in the winter. I had read about and seen great images of Yellowstone in that season I was frankly overwhelmed and amazed at the winter beauty! Bison, wolves, and coyotes seemed constantly on the move in search of food which made for wonderful photo opportunities. However, the landscape and scenes took on entirely different looks with the bitter cold and abundant snow cover. That made for different challenges but also very unique opportunities. While traveling in a van across Lamar Valley we came to view of open areas ahead with nobody or no wildlife anywhere near us. However, with the snow covered hills and dark winter sky this scene caught my eye. It had "monochrome" written all over it and I jumped out of the van, set up my tripod and camera and captured a lot of different compositions across open area. Of all the images taken, this was my favorite as it really spoke to the vastness and emptiness of this magnificent National Park landscape that I had experienced!

AUTHOR
Arkansas native Ray Scott grew up in the outdoors of Arkansas exploring the beauty of the Natural State. In the 1970’s, Ray began his photography pursuits and after almost 50 years, he still enjoys exploring and documenting our world through the lens of a camera. His pursuit of unique images has taken Ray through 28 states in the USA, to Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Spain and to nine Caribbean Islands. Ray lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with his wife, Susan, and their rescued Goldendoodle, Riley. They make frequent road-trips in their RV in search of wonderful photo opportunities and experiences.

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