Tuesday, July 22, 2014

After consulting "Grand Teton National Park Photographer's Map and Guide", I thought we should scout out a few of the locations, since each would require an early morning start (probably before sunrise).

While heading out of the campground, we were caught in a buffalo jam - one of the largest herds we have seen in the Tetons

His newly sprouted horns are adorable!

The closest site I wanted to check out was named Mormon Row. There were a lot of old farm buildings situated with the Tetons in the background.  We will be back in the early morning hours to see if we can capture the image we have seen so many times before.

The back lit barns lack depth and magic in the high noon sun,...

...but the Tetons are looking so much better without the smoke haze of a few days ago.

The second location we scouted was along the Snake River at the end of Schwabacher Road.  After parking, there was a trail maybe a quarter mile long.  In the dark we will have to be very careful not to step into any of the ground squirrel holes.  They are sometimes a foot in diameter and a foot deep!

We watched a momma duck training her chicks.  As she kept going back and forth across the water, the babies would get distracted or confused and fall out of formation.  Then they had to paddle like mad to catch up again.

The picture below is another one I have seen so many times before. All we need is the early morning light and maybe a moose just on the other side of the water.

It would also be nice with no wind for a mirror effect, as long as we're dreaming.