I only had one morning in Jackson Hole Wyoming to take some photos, so the previous afternoon my wife & I drove around looking for some great locations. We woke up before the sunrise & drove to what was to be our first location. The original concept was to get the sunrise hitting the tips of the Grand Tetons reflected in this creek. As it turned out the fog was so thick you could hardly see the creek, and the mountains were totally hidden. I waited, hoping the fog would lift, but by the time it started to slowly dissipate my original shot was gone. I took a few shots & we left for my other locations before the sun got too high. Although it was not at all what I originally envisioned, with a bit of post processing to help pull the mountains out of the fog I really like the way this image turned out. You can see a couple of other images from that morning here.
We were driving through Jackson Hole Wyoming one afternoon when this rainbow started to form against a distant thundercloud. I sped to the edge of town trying to find a bit of scenic foreground before the sun & rain conspired to let me lose the shot. As I turned down a small country road, I could see a field in the distance that I thought just might work. Just then, a wagon train complete with horses, cowboys & covered wagons came around the corner & crossed the road right in front of us to turn into what I would best describe as a suburban village on the other side of the road. I stopped the car & grabbed the my camera bag, but by the time I was ready to shoot the wagons were surrounded by suburbia. If only had had been there two minutes earlier or had my camera more available I would have had pretty much the perfect foreground for this Wyoming photo. Oh well… The good news was the rainbow lasted long enough for me to take this shot before the colors melted into the clouds. Still not a bad photo, but I will always see the photo (or at least the wagon train) that got away…
Jackson Hole Wyoming is one of America’s truly beautiful places. The morning I took this photo I got up at o-dark thirty in hopes of catching the Grand Tetons bathed in the golden light of sunrise. Unfortunately, it was foggy, really really foggy. You just never know though so I went to the bank of a small stream & shot some interesting photos in the foggy mist. (I’ll post those another time.) After the fog started to lift I drove out to Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park and captured this image of this century old Mormon cabin.
