The traditional view of this magnificent waterfall is a spectacular vista incorporating the falls into a landscape depicting the Yellowstone River valley itself. (I have made my own version of that image -- you can see it by clicking on the thumbnail at the end of this caption.) This is a more abstract version, emphasizing the sheer force of the sheet of falling water as it plunges past the golden cliffs into the mist shrouded river below. I shoot at 1/250th of second, which replicates what the eye itself would see. It is not a fast enough shutter speed to freeze detail, as in the previous image, nor is it a slow enough speed to blur the fall of the water. I extend the focal length of my lens to over 500mm by reducing the number of megapixels in the image, which crops the image tightly, creating a pressure packed frame that vibrates with energy.