Augh, another tough vote on what I thought was a rather tough assignment. I love the creativity this one brought out. 'Canyon Climber' really makes you feel for the guy climbing as it appears he has climbed forever and still has 'forever' to go and his stance and body language seem to say 'ok, now where?'. "Boardwalk along the hot spring' is a great capture of a tough scene. Having been at the Grand Prismatic hot spring, it is so big and beautiful, you want to somehow capture it all, but Julie's crop persented it in a wonderful way. Made it look like such a warm inviting endless swimming pool. Julie, I'd say you should sell this to Yellowstone for advertising, but then they'd be dealing with tourists coming to 'hop in' and get their 3rd degree burns!
Kanza prairie, of course, tugs at my heart strings as I so love the wide open expanse of the prairie. Good job capturing so many colors in the grasses. 'The path taken' just makes you want to hop in the picture and follow the path to see what is over the hill :-). 'Yellowstone Hot Pools' is a beautiful shot and really captures the feel of being at Yellowstone, but it didn't evoke an 'endless' feeling - it was almost too well framed. 'The hot steamy streams of water' shot evoked more of an 'endless' feel for me. I loved the stream, steam, everything streaming out of the picture. Keith's capture of the millons of gallons of water was awesome. Standing at the brink of the falls, I wanted to capture a shot like that, but couldn't get it right. I love his. As too, I love his creativity at Oxbow bend - getting the shot the hundred's of other photographers there that morning probably did not even see! And, Michele - WOW, awesome shots of your incredibly graceful, beautiful friend feeling the endless freedom of flight! Incredible shots!
So, once again, I can't decide!! Thanks again to all who got out there and removed the limits!
