The Icy Explosion
The Beautiful Space Shuttle Blooms Inside a Cloud As soon as the Endeavour worm-holed into the cloud layer, the strange staccato-bass of torn air came skipping across the water into the press area. The sound was not at all what I expected, but it was awesome dot com. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at stuckincustoms.com.
The Atomic Explosion and Mushroom Fallout at Sunset If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my HDR Tutorial. I hope it gives you some new tricks!I think about all the sunsets I miss. I always seem to be out and about somewhere, noticing a great sunset whilst noticing that I am not even close to my camera and tripod. It's just unacceptable!This day and evening I was in Yellowstone alone. I had just seen a grizzly bear and a black bear about 30 minutes before this shot, both of which are pretty rare to see. They went on their way and I was left in the middle of this area with just a few elk meandering a few hundred feet from me. I tried to not get overly "sucked into" the sunset, trying to remember those bears that were lurking about. The ground was pretty marshy here, so I was not in optimal conditions for running from a bear.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Heart of Satan  What it looks like when fireworks explode inside of a storm cloud over a river.On this particular night, there was one of those looming thunderstorms, when the clouds are alarmingly low to the ground and black/green in color.  They launched the fireworks from the same spot as usual, but they would actually explode inside the cloud.  The lower half would burst downward, carrying a trail of fire behind it.  The scene reminded me of a giant electric jellyfish of sorts.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Icy Explosion This is Strokkur, the biggest geyser in Iceland and the second biggest in the world. It can shoot twice as high as Old Faithful in the states, and it blasted off about every 5-6 mins or so... which seems like a VERY long time while standing around in the wintery mix of the frozen tundra.  It was already fairly cold there, but all the moisture in the air made it a "wet cold", which is a whole  new level of cold.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Icy Explosion
The Icy Explosion
The Icy Explosion
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