"Teton Reflections" Photo of the Day: November 6, 2015

"Teton Reflections."

"Admiring the Reflections" Photo of the Day: September 8, 2015

"Admiring the Reflections."

"Glacial Lake" Photo of the Day: August 18, 2015

Glacier National Park, you are stunning. I have had the privilege of visiting this beautiful park twice before, each time driving the length of it's famous "Going to the Sun Road". The scenery and hiking is some of the best that I have ever experienced! This was shot at a lake after a short hike from the road.

Photo of the Day: August 9, 2015 "The Blue Flower"

I honestly had some post-processing fun with this photo! I really wanted the colors to "pop" within the image, so I played around in the final stages of production to ensure strong color throughout, especially with the flower itself.

Photo of the Day: July 18, 2015 "Darling Harbor Skyline"

I think that I will continue posting photos from my recent trip to Australia until people really get annoyed! Here is yet another photo from Darling Harbor in Sydney that I took late at night. The hustle and bustle of this harbor created an incredible environment revolving around the gorgeous water. The "Darling Harbor skyline" isn't too bad, is it?

Photo of the Day: July 17, 2015 "Chinese Garden of Friendship"

Whats around the corner?? What is causing all of those weird blue light beams??? This photo was taken at the "Chinese Garden of Friendship" in Sydney about two weeks ago. This reflecting pool offered a very restricted view of the network of buildings within the garden and I attempted to capture the mysterious aura of the space here.

Photo of the Day: June 23, 2015

"Portals." One of my favorite bridges in the world is the historic Stone Arch Bridge, crossing over the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. This old railroad bridge is the largest of its kind in the world and has been converted to a biking and walking path that is loved by many. The bridge is under the National Register of Historic Places. I shot this on the west bank of some of the supports as they reflect on the calm surface of the Mississippi.

Photo of the Day: June 22, 2015

While waiting for a ferry to take my group and I to Royal National Park in New South Wales, I spent some time wandering around the docks in Cronulla. The water was ridiculously glass-like and was giving some beautiful reflections. What do you think?

Photo of the Day: June 8, 2015

A beautiful rainbow emerged over the beach in Gold Coast, Queensland while I visited this past Saturday. To see my full blog post on my trip to the Gold Coast, follow this link:http://wyattproschphotography.blogspot.com.au/…/gold-coast-…

Conservatory Plant Life

Hey everyone, this is just a quick post on some photos that I got on a recent trip to a local conservatory. Since Spring is taking its sweet time to arrive here in Minnesota, it was nice to spend some quality time shooting indoors in a tropical environment. 

I also want to say that I have been busily working on creating my own online portfolio website (I am using smugmug). It is quite a process to get it up to my standards but it is beginning to take shape... Regardless, I hope to have it up and running this weekend and will obviously post a link to it here. 

Finally, I did something that I should have done a long time ago and that is change the url of this site. Back when I first started my photography blog back in 2008 it was called "WP Nature Photography" and the url coincided with that and was "wp-nature-photography.blogspot.com". As my experience grew and my love of photography spread to much more than just nature, I changed the name to a much more appropriate "Wyatt Prosch Photography". However because of some obvious negative results (lost comments, lost bookmarks, etc.) I put off changing the url to the proper title. 

I finally did the other day, so I apologize for some of the setbacks that you may notice as a result. In due time the blog will be back up to full speed! As always, thank you for looking!

Lights and Reflections

My obsession with HDR shooting at night has continued to preoccupy my photographic endeavors recently. Overall I am very pleased with the way that this specific set of images turned out after capture and post-processing. I believe that there is a way to do HDR right and a way to do it utterly wrong. Because of the incredible detail of not only the subjects themselves but of the color range in an image possible with HDR, too frequently people abuse this by creating photos of immense color and tonal detail to the point where it looks so unreal that it is ridiculous. That is just a personal opinion though...

Anyway, comment and let me know which of these images you like the best and what your thoughts on HDR photography are (if you are unsure of what HDR is, don't worry I'll be doing a post just on the ins and outs of the craft). Thanks for looking everyone!

Foggy Reflections

Fog and sulfur steam, Yellowstone National Park, WY

This past August, early one morning in Yellowstone National Park, I was lucky enough to photograph this stunning lake within the park. "Fog" hugged the treeline, making for absolutely beautiful imagery. Interestingly, it is not just fog, yet a mixture of fog and sulfur steam from vents in the ground. The smell of sulfur was quite strong - as is the case with many areas in this park - as the volcanic earth beneath you leaks through the surface.

Fallen Tree, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Reflection, Yellowstone National Park, WY

 My girlfriend photographing the gorgeous landscape, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton Mountain Range, Grand Teton National Park, WY

In Wyoming, not far from the world-famous Yellowstone National Park, sits the beautiful, but less popular, Grand Teton National Park. The Grand Teton Mountain range is absolutely beautiful, and the winding roads and trails within the park give many spectacular views of these geological behemoths. Gorgeous lakes and prairie space, along with a stunning river add to the beauty of the park. This August I took a day out of my trip to Yellowstone to explore the Teton park...I am very glad that I did!

Grand Teton Mountain Range, Grand Teton National Park, WY

I found many forms of wildlife along the shores of Jenny Lake; the parks largest lake. 

Toad, Grand Teton National Park, WY

Spider, Grand Teton National Park, WY

When first entering the park from the Yellowstone side, one comes to the main visitor center/lodge. A gorgeous back porch on this building offers some stunning views of the range.

Grand Teton Mountain Range and Marina, Grand Teton National Park, WY

Herds of Bison and Pronghorn dotted the prairie landscape of the park. Absolutely beautiful!

Bison, Grand Teton National Park, WY

Northern Minnesota Coastline

The Eastern side of Northern Minnesota borders the largest freshwater lake in the world - Lake Superior. During a recent trip to that area, I got to spend lots of time photographing the coastline. Enjoy!

A panorama of the rugged coast.

Pine and Fir Trees grow right out of the face of the rock.

Waterfalls are present where the many rivers flow into the lake. This is the upper section of "Gooseberry Falls" (I've posted photos of this same section of the Falls before).

Wildlife is common in the forests that stretch along the coast. This is a White-tailed Deer.

A river flowing into Lake Superior (the lake is directly behind the sandbar in the center of the photo).

Happy June everyone!

 This first photo was taken directly after a thunderstorm. It is a close up of a Fir Tree branch. (Note the "upside-down" reflections in the water droplets)

This next photo, a panorama, I took during sunset over a lake. I think that you will agree that it is quite beautiful.