Yellow Flowers and Clouds in Devils Tower National Monument

            Yellow Flowers and Clouds in Devils Tower National Monument
They say never look back in life 
But I did and I saw something beautiful 
It wasn’t just the tower or the Bear Lodge seemingly jutting into the skies above 
It was yellow flowers and puffy clouds
Making something beautiful even more beautiful

Another work of short poetry or prose to describe and complement the image captured one early morning while walking the Red Beds Trail in Devils Tower National Monument. I'd been focused (as most people tend to) on the Devils Tower or Bear Lodge and that butte as I walked this trail, stopping seemingly every few feet to take in another amazing view! Here I turned around and just happened to see this field of yellow wildflowers to my front with the rise in the terrain. I loved the way it just led up to the blue skies with clouds. It was idyllic and had this peaceful setting to it. And with pretty much no one out that Thursday morning, I seemed to have this portion of the trail and view all to myself. I had my Nikon SLR camera on a tripod as I walked around with a CamRanger setup and used that with my iPhone to compose and meter this image. I finished up post-processing work in Capture NX2 by adding a few CEP filters (Low Key, Polarization and Graduated Neutral Density) for the final image.
   

Taken in: United States / Wyoming / Crook (show map)

Taken on: May 17, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/6.3, 1/500 sec, 38mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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