02 20 2023
2010yellowstoneblog
J. Michael Johnson Photography
1 Moultrie Drive, Taylors SC 29687
864-979-6046 phone
Email:
jmjphoto@aol.com
Web site: wwwjmichael.smugmug.com
Yellowstone 2010
"Destination vs.
Journey"
The great wordsmith, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, coined the phrase "Life is a Journey, not a
destination." In my line of work, photography, "it isn't the destination, it is the journey."
Yellowstone “It’s not
the Destination, It’s the journey”
No matter whether the
destination is Yellowstone National
Park
to document the animals roaming the Yellowstone ecosystem,
or your own back yard to photograph the leaves, spider webs, and flowers, remember,
“it’s not the destination, it’s the journey”.
J. Michael’s “Views of Yellowstone” takes a person back in time to the
yester-years of Yellowstone and then brings you to the present days of Yellowstone. He
captures views of pronghorns grazing in the fields of tall, light brown sage grasses
beside the old gravel road. Then the camera lens catches bison grazing beside
the Firehole River
in the Upper Geyser Basin.
The cold winter winds blow
snow through the pass at Golden
Gate. The golden yellow
leaves of the Aspen trees shine against the cold blue snow that is now
covering Swan Lake Flats and Electric
Peak. The icy waters of Glen Creek flow into the Gardner river before it drop 47 feet over the volcanic rocks
of Rustic Falls.
For five straight mornings, the temperature dropped from 30 to a miserable 8
degrees, freezing the fog to the point you could cut it with a Case knife. While
I photographed the dead trees and frozen grasses surrounding me. A coyote swam
across the cold waters of Gibbons River
looking for food at Elk Park, which is a sight very few individuals ever
see. Coyotes roam the banks of the
Madison and Lamar Rivers, in search of food.
Standing in Yellowstone National Park, one of my favorite studios, I push the shutter
button, capturing one of its many scenes, as a late October snow storm blankets
the Twin lakes and the north end of Yellowstone National Park. I leave the snowy Yellowstone eco-system to continue my photographic journeys.
Copyrighted 02 07 2023
JMichael Johnson
You are welcome to visit J.
Michael’s web site, which features Vietnam veterans, POW-MIA material, motorcycle related
images, and inspiring nature views.
web site is: www.JMichael.smugmug.com