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| Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Not as spectacular as when the water is in full flow, but still a
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Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone image, but this one, snow on branches, shot against the
colorful backdrop of the Canyon walls. |
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1 of 3:
Into Yellowstone
National Park for close-ups of Bison and more. It's tough going
through the snow in the winter, so one often sees Bison using the
roads to get about.Center below, the
'holes' in the snow reveal how the Bison move their heads back and
forth to clear the snow and find food.
Bottom, this Bison herd had just crossed
the road and were heading back into the snowy wilderness. |
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Moody mist at
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone. |
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backlighting and dark background are what give this shot it's
impact. If it had a light background it would be so-so. |
'Us and
our shadows' just waiting for spring to arrive. Sometimes it's the
simplest of things that make the most successful shots. |
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A Pronghorn
Antelope grazing in the Montana section of Yellowstone. |
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Us and our
shadows . . . simple, and you might agree, effective. |
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Set of 3: A Big Horn Sheep ram
in Yellowstone above, and left, another Ram just outside the Park. They graze in three accessible spots, so all
you need is a lens in say the 200mm range and longer.
The Big Horn below is
'pawing' the snow to get to the food hidden by the snow. |
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The frost on the young Aspen tree in the
foreground stands out because I placed it
against a dark background. The rest is down to cold morning atmospherics and
being there!
Shot in Grand Teton National Park.
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It
looks like an ice close-up, but it's actually falling ice crystals
catching the light. There wouldn't be an image without the dark
background. |
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A Bull Elk with a nice catch-light in the eye.
One can't ask for more than that! |
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The simple, very simple.
Snow and shadow combine for a pleasant image. |
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Three Coyote studies:
One howling at
right, and the other on the prowl below. I often ponder how the re-introduction of Wolves to the park has impacted
them since 1996.
Are they prey themselves, or do they benefit from what is left of
the wolf kills? Maybe none of the above, or? . . .
Below, a Coyote oversees a fresh carcass in the Tetons as six
other Coyotes, not in view, move in.
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A lone Coyote on the look out for his
next morsel near Mammoth in Yellowstone. |
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A pair of Trumpeter Swans on the
Yellowstone River. |
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1 of 3: On
Travel Images' winter trips to Yellowstone there are spots just north of Yellowstone where my
groups have pointed their long lenses at Elk, Pronghorn Antelope
and Mule Deer such as this these. It seems that some species aren't
aware of their protection inside Yellowstone, but for us
photographers we point cameras at them wherever we can find them! |
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strike a typical pose, and gives me a chance to prove that the right
kind of image cropping is actually an enhancement!
Sometimes the animals are very cooperative as with this Mule
Deer that able to be shot from the van by all of the group. |
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You can
find shots like these quite easily in Alaska, but in Wyoming during
the winter it's rare.
I opted for space at left for the bald eagle 'to look into' and
focused on the eye. |
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Finding
'art' in the snow with shadows and texture. |
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An Otter surfaces for
some cool air. They're more 'visible' in the winter months than the
rest of the year in both Parks. |
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An 'edge of the fog' image from Mammoth Hot Springs on the north side of
Yellowstone. |
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Frosted
trees in the Tetons provide a monochromatic moment to be savored. |
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A long lens
composition of Hebgen
Lake, Montana, not too far from West
Yellowstone when moving from Yellowstone to the Tetons. |
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Then in
Idaho, this shot from near Driggs, has only the foreground in Idaho,
as the remainder of the shot is in Wyoming. |
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The following morning is
the first Teton sunrise. This is Mount Moran and Moon as seen from
Oxbow Bend.
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Then the wide view a short time later.
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This is a large chunk of the range as
seen from the middle of the Jackson Hole valley. |
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A lone Bull Elk
forages near the Gros Ventre River in the Tetons, while the two Bull
Elk below 'joust' to get in shape for the rut on the National Elk Refuge near
Jackson. |
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We
can't go without the winter perspective of Alan Ladd's 'Shane' cabin
now can we?! The mountain is Moran. |
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The magnificent Grand Teton peak in
cloud, but looking majestic as it juts from the valley floor. |
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Soft snow on a Pine branch. |
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When Grand Teton
National Park was open in the 1920's there were a number of
ranches that were allowed to remain. This is the entrance to one,
and the gate makes a nice frame for Mount Moran at right. |
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This a
Bull Moose, and above the eye you can just make out the base remnant
of it's antlers which are dropped every winter.
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Part of the
Yellowstone and Tetons photography
tour includes a sled ride to photograph Elk on the National Elk
Refuge just outside Jackson. This image was spotted close to where
we boarded the sled one year. |
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OK, so
it's overcast and snowing heavily. Are you going to stay in the van
or get out and shoot?!
This shot has a nice 'Christmas card' feel to it, and is the reality
of changing light and weather. |
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The Snake River view
of Grand Teton in the 'middle of the day' light . . . |
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at sunset. I tilted up to include more sky as there was
little in the way of color and interest going on around
the peaks. |
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Oxbow Bend at
sunset to close the day and the gallery. |
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Yellowstone + Tetons winter brochure
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