All nice photos. Some really nice Bw with the 1rst being a real jem.
An especially marvelous job with the b&w images!
Beautiful images - great set!!
I am in awe of the excellent photos you submitted. I have not been to that side of the Tetons but have seen many photos of the area. I like yours in black and white as well or better than many of the color pictures I have seen. Saying Well Done is just not enough.
Dennis
These are great and you are Good......thanks for the impressive set.
Very nice shots Mike! I showed these to my wife and she was very impressed. Because we have now been married long enough that I can frequently read her mind, she was questioning why my shots in the park are not as nice. Ah, well, I keep trying. BTW where was the first shot taken? I'd kind of like to try and duplicate your shot. I have taken many shots from the "Ansel Adams point" from which I think your second shot was taken. My wife immediately recognized it as well. In any case, thanks for posting some really nice images.
Those are ALL awesome! #4 is especially outstanding for me. With B&W it's all about the composition, no beautiful color to fall back on. Great work!
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Very nice shots Mike! I showed these to my wife and she was very impressed. Because we have now been married long enough that I can frequently read her mind, she was questioning why my shots in the park are not as nice. Ah, well, I keep trying. BTW where was the first shot taken? I'd kind of like to try and duplicate your shot. I have taken many shots from the "Ansel Adams point" from which I think your second shot was taken. My wife immediately recognized it as well. In any case, thanks for posting some really nice images.
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Thanks for your kind words. During Covid, I spent hours and hours of watching videos on Youtube from other photographers to get tips. It was a learning process built upon my past experience. I decided to attempt to find my own style and went back to processing and thinking more in black and white again. Yes, I did draw some from Ansel Adams with the dark skies.
The first image was taken at a lake on a hike from the Roosevelt area off of Moose/Wilson Road. Don't believe them when its marked about a mile hike. Maybe as the crow flies, but I assure it was over 2 miles at least. That's what my fitbit told me, who knows, but even at altitude, it sure seemed longer than a mile but it was well worth the hike. Thankfully, we got to the lake before 8am. By lunchtime, the mountains were no longer visible from the smoke. If I go again, I would go in late May or early June, while there might still be some snow at the mountain tops and no smoke. I went in June a few years ago and the only downside was that the elk and moose hadn't grown their antlers yet. So its a trade off. Yes, one of the images is of the Snake River. There is a turnout and a marker showing the exact spot Ansel took his image. The trees now cover the bend in the river from when he took his shot, but I did take it within a few feet of where he stood.
Thanks again everyone for your kind words. I don't know what to say. Everyone at times doubts their own abilities. While I was there, I wasn't sure I could salvage even one image. The smoke was so thick much of the week and I was getting very depressed. There were pockets of times where it was clear enough to take some images. I drove around the park several times a day looking for pockets of clear views. Now that I'm home and had a chance to really review them, I'm happy with a few of them.
I went to Smokey Mnt National Park last year and it rained the entire week. I came home with maybe one image I was pleased with, so you never know when shooting landscapes. It's so weather dependent. I will admit that I wanted to prove that you dont have to shoot at sunrise or sunset to come away with a good image. Since I traveled with my wife it was always easy to get her moving before 7:30. So plan B was shooting more in early afternoons. That's when I ran into the smoke issues. There was one morning and one afternoon during the 7 day visit where you could see the mountains. I went all over the place, probably rushed too much in taking a few images. Anyway, thanks again for everyone's kind words. Not sure they were all deserved, but it's nice to read that others enjoyed the images.
Mike
That barn is, probably, the most photographed in the US. I'm compelled to shoot it each trip I take there.
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