The Absaroka Mountains slice through Yellowstone’s northeastern corner.
I photograph them here from the hills of the Lamar Valley. A sweeping vista such as this one can express the very essence of grandeur – a splendidly impressive scene that shows the land in a form that is larger than life itself. I use a 200mm focal length here to reach into space and compress a series of hills that begin in gold and gradually change to olive green. The snow capped Absarokas loom in the distance under a heavily layered gray sky. There hand of man is nowhere upon the land. We see the grandeur of pristine nature all the way to the horizon, just as we expect to see it in one of America’s oldest national parks.