Grand Teton Dawn or Dusk tours?
Apr 7, 2015 16:37:27 #
Looking to be in the Jackson Hole area in mid July this summer. Can anyone give a recommendation on a tour company and if dawn or dusk is better for photos?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Apr 7, 2015 17:10:15 #
Dawn is pretty spectacular. A few years ago we did the float on the river just after dawn and the sunrise really lit things up.
Apr 7, 2015 17:13:09 #
Sun rise at Mormon row for the barns is spectacular.
teacherdad48 wrote:
Looking to be in the Jackson Hole area in mid July this summer. Can anyone give a recommendation on a tour company and if dawn or dusk is better for photos?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Apr 7, 2015 18:00:34 #
Both!
Sunrise can be pretty spectacular. Catch the first rays hitting the peaks. I love those shots!
Sunset can give you back-lighting of the peaks.
And take a wide angle for the stars at night. ;)
(I spent 7 years living in Wildoming. It can be very awe inspiring. Be aware, June, July, August, is road construction season. Road tar and pea gravel. :x )
Sunrise can be pretty spectacular. Catch the first rays hitting the peaks. I love those shots!
Sunset can give you back-lighting of the peaks.
And take a wide angle for the stars at night. ;)
(I spent 7 years living in Wildoming. It can be very awe inspiring. Be aware, June, July, August, is road construction season. Road tar and pea gravel. :x )
Apr 7, 2015 18:59:18 #
teacherdad48 wrote:
Looking to be in the Jackson Hole area in mid July this summer. Can anyone give a recommendation on a tour company and if dawn or dusk is better for photos?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Dawn. The sun sets behind the mountains so there aren't a lot of good shots. Some OK sunset shots can be got from behind Jackson Lake lodge, along Colter Bay if there's water in it (including the trails to the little ponds in that area) and around the bend of String Lake.
Sunrise is great! lots of places, including Mormon Row, Snake River overlook, Schwabacher landing and my favorite, the lupine field off to the side of Pilgrim Creek Road, looking back over the runoff pond toward the mountains. Of course dawn and dusk are when the animals are on the move, and there's lots of animals in Teton. There's lots of other great opportunities too.
I never did a tour there, just bought the Audubon book about photographing national parks, and followed Tim Fitzharris's excellent step by step directions to finding great locations in Teton as well as lots of other national parks. Great resource.
Apr 7, 2015 21:21:11 #
marsdad wrote:
Dawn is pretty spectacular. A few years ago we did the float on the river just after dawn and the sunrise really lit things up.
We have the sunset float planned. I'm wondering if the morning light might be better?
Apr 7, 2015 21:22:01 #
azlee wrote:
Sun rise at Mormon row for the barns is spectacular.
I'll have to check that out. Thanks!
Apr 8, 2015 15:44:02 #
teacherdad48 wrote:
Looking to be in the Jackson Hole area in mid July this summer. Can anyone give a recommendation on a tour company and if dawn or dusk is better for photos?
Thanks!
Thanks!
If you want some good sunset shots, and you have the time (and family approval :lol: ) go to Grand Targhee Resort out of Alta WY. About 2 hr drive from Colter Bay Village. Take the ski lift to the top of the ridge. Magnificent panorama of the entire west face of the Tetons across the Bridger Wilderness. I dont know what time the lift closes but there is a gravel service road that is easy walking -- down.
Apr 10, 2015 18:24:10 #
Definitely sunrise is better. I can strongly recommend a shot of the barns along Mormon Row with Teewinot in the background. A float trip would be a tremendous opportunity for a lot of good shots. Even around 8:00 am yields some pretty nice pictures. I got the Mormon Row barns about that time on a partly cloudy morning in early September. An older photo taken with my Nikon F.
Apr 10, 2015 18:45:58 #
adamsg wrote:
Definitely sunrise is better. I can strongly recommend a shot of the barns along Mormon Row with Teewinot in the background. A float trip would be a tremendous opportunity for a lot of good shots. Even around 8:00 am yields some pretty nice pictures. I got the Mormon Row barns about that time on a partly cloudy morning in early September. An older photo taken with my Nikon F.
Thank you for the advice! I'll put that on my shoot list.
Apr 10, 2015 18:46:32 #
Photoninny wrote:
If you want some good sunset shots, and you have the time (and family approval :lol: ) go to Grand Targhee Resort out of Alta WY. About 2 hr drive from Colter Bay Village. Take the ski lift to the top of the ridge. Magnificent panorama of the entire west face of the Tetons across the Bridger Wilderness. I dont know what time the lift closes but there is a gravel service road that is easy walking -- down.
Thank you!
Apr 10, 2015 18:47:43 #
SonnyE wrote:
Both!
Sunrise can be pretty spectacular. Catch the first rays hitting the peaks. I love those shots!
Sunset can give you back-lighting of the peaks.
And take a wide angle for the stars at night. ;)
(I spent 7 years living in Wildoming. It can be very awe inspiring. Be aware, June, July, August, is road construction season. Road tar and pea gravel. :x )
Sunrise can be pretty spectacular. Catch the first rays hitting the peaks. I love those shots!
Sunset can give you back-lighting of the peaks.
And take a wide angle for the stars at night. ;)
(I spent 7 years living in Wildoming. It can be very awe inspiring. Be aware, June, July, August, is road construction season. Road tar and pea gravel. :x )
Thank you! I was bringing a nice convertible.. The road situation might make me rethink that
Apr 10, 2015 18:49:46 #
minniev wrote:
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I'll check for his books. Thank you!
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