Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Part 6

I returned to the Yellow Mounds area of Badlands National Park for sunset golden hour photography on my third full day in this area.

Yellow Mounds, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

I had to watch closely to keep my shadow out of a number of my late day images.  Looking closely, one can see the shadow of that foreground Rabbit Bush on the far side of the ravine.

Yellow Mounds 2, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Yellow Mounds 3, Badlands Np, South Dakota
Yellow Mounds 4, Badlands NP
Badlands and Grasslands, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

That’s it for this shoot,

Ken

 

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Part 2

I had decided to shoot at one of the overlooks in Badlands National Park my first morning here, but when I arrive at that destination, I did not like the view and proceeded down the roadway to another pullout.  That pullout was intended as an overview of an area to the north, but I climbed a grassy slope on the opposite side of the roadway, anticipating better sunrise lighting on the features on that side of the roadway.  That is, if there was a sunrise this heavily overcast morning, after a storm came through during the night.

Sky Notch
Overcast Ridge
Dark Morning
Into the Badlands

Looks like no golden hour this morning, but the clouds are dramatic.

Into the Badlands 2

With the sun just barely peeking through the heavily overcast horizon, I decided to move on down that roadway and look for other photographic opportunities.

Clearing Storm Clouds over Badlands
Hitchhiker
Pastel Morning
Morning Spotlight
Morning Color
Badland Morning
Badlands Meander
Mirrored

To be continued,

Ken