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The Beast of Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park - 2021
Yellowstone National Park

This is a beast of a bison. I will leave others to decide if it is a monster of a photograph, but it is as good as I can possibly do. His size, the mountain on the left, the snow laden forest on the right and the virginal snow in the foreground all coalesce in the most fortuitous manner. Meanwhile, the early morning sunlight allows for every detail on the bison’s face.

This portrait was taken with a 35mm lens, the best portrait lens I know and this image is proof as to why. Setting the remote up was not that challenging as the massive bull was some distance from me at the time, but we then had to hope that we’d got both the maths and the bison’s direction of travel right. But this was down to luck more than judgement and this one image is perhaps the reward for the multiple times we have failed. It is moments like these that offer the reason for using remotes, rather than just playing it simple and working with a telephoto.

To me this photograph just shouts “Yellowstone”, America’s oldest National Park and one that in winter is an artist’s dream. There is simply no place like it on earth. It’s a very difficult image to replicate and I hope it will stand the test of time.


Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes

I will leave others to decide if it is a monster of a photograph, but it is as good as I can possibly do.

David Yarrow
Print sizes

Standard

37” x 53” Unframed

52” x 68” Framed

Edition of 12

Large

56” x 81” Unframed

71” x 96” Framed

Edition of 12

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