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Home → Tours and Travel → How to Photograph Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park

How to Photograph Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park

By Dvir Barkay 52 Comments
Last Updated On February 19, 2019

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Fishing Bay Bridge
  • Mammoth Hot Springs and Northwestern Yellowstone
  • Old Faithful to Madison
  • Washburn Range
  • The East
  • Lamar Valley
  • Reader Comments
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KarlM
KarlM
May 18, 2022 7:29 pm

Beautiful photos!! Thank you!!

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Rob R.
Rob R.
February 4, 2022 9:52 am

This is, by far, the best article I’ve seen about photographing wildlife in YNP. Your pictures are amazing and the content is very informative. My wife and I have been to YNP twice, in the late summer and early fall, and were lucky enough to have seen lots of wildlife. Seeing these amazing creatures in their natural habitat is magical. We’re heading back in mid-May 2022 to experience spring in YNP–can hardly wait.

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Jwalin
Jwalin
September 15, 2021 4:20 pm

Thank you so much for amazingly detailed article and beautiful photos. May I ask what gear did you use for those ?

I am from East coast (NJ) and want to plan my first Visit to YSNP but I don’t have vacation left for the year so I am thinking of coming for one full week including start and the end of Weekend during which I would work from home/hotel during weekday and explore the park during two weekends. Is this a good idea !

Also, is there any close Air BNB or cheaper options that you recommend for that !

Thank you
Jwalin

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nope
nope
May 16, 2018 6:06 am

Wow! This is a fantastic article. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Mike Trent
Mike Trent
May 16, 2018 5:58 am

Really enjoyed the article as i hope to be in that are within the next year or two. My question is regarding settings. Are you using single point focus or multi? evaluative metering or single point? Lock the exposure or allow it to change with the scene? or are you using manual settings?

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Ian W
Ian W
April 9, 2018 9:00 am

A fantastic review – Many thanks for the valuable information and stunning pictures. We will be visiting YNP for 6 days (Mammoth and Old Faithful) at the back-end of August through early September, also spending a few days in Grand Teton NP.
As we are visiting from the UK, this has been one of our ‘must do’ vacations for a long while. If anyone also has any useful tips for Grand Teton in early September, we would be most grateful.

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Talha
Talha
April 3, 2018 10:21 am

This. Is. Photography.
Crazy good.
I can see all the decisions that led to each image and I feel like you nailed every one of them.
The Old Faithful section was my favorite.
Thank you for sharing here.

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Joshua Boldt
Joshua Boldt
April 3, 2018 10:17 am

Did anyone else just scroll through and look at the pictures and forget to read the article like me? :)

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Talha
Talha
Reply to  Joshua Boldt
April 3, 2018 5:25 pm

What article?

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Sean T
Sean T
April 3, 2018 9:40 am

It’s a neat article thank you. However, it’d be nice to see an update log so I can figure out what’s changed and what’s stayed the same since this was originally published.

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Dvir Barkay
Dvir Barkay
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Reply to  Sean T
April 3, 2018 9:42 am

Three new wildlife hotspots, namely Old Faithful, Mt. Washburn and The Eastern Entrance have been added today.

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Ziggy Zulkowski
Ziggy Zulkowski
April 3, 2018 8:40 am

Excellent article and information. I need to save the link when we visit on my retirement. Thanks for sharing.

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Dvir Barkay
Dvir Barkay
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Reply to  Ziggy Zulkowski
April 3, 2018 9:44 am

Glad you found the article helpful!

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