I show you my technique for drying out a soaked camera lens. My camera got soaked at a skiing event and water got into the lens. Learn this quick and easy method to draw the water out of your lens to save $$$.
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I show you my technique for drying out a soaked camera lens. My camera got soaked at a skiing event and water got into the lens. Learn this quick and easy method to draw the water out of your lens to save $$$.
#photography #camera #repair #hack
This is how you create a new WordPress blog post.
I show you how to create a WordPress Blog post. You will learn how to
This video shows the classic WordPress editor. The graphic/blog editor is more complex to learn. This is the “easy” way to add a new WordPress blog post.
Over the past few months, I have been adding pages and galleries to my streamlined version of Best of the Tetons.
Note: You can always find the page by simply typing in www.bestofthetetons.com in your browser. The link will redirect you to the new pages.
There can be a “hint” of a change in March. Winter keeps a stronger grip on the landscape in the northern parts of the park and along the base of the mountains. It can start looking like early Spring in some areas and look like December in others.
Winter Roads:
The Park Service sent this information that might be interest to anyone visiting in March and April.
Over-snow access on Teton Park Road ends this weekend
MOOSE, WY— Spring plowing will begin in Grand Teton National Park on Monday, March 14. The plowing operations mark the end of over-snow access on the 14-mile section of the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake Trailhead and the Signal Mountain area.
For safety reasons, visitors may not access the Teton Park Road once plowing operations are underway. Rotary snow removal equipment and plows may be working at any time, and the roadway will be closed to all users at all times until further notice. Skiers and those on snowshoes using areas adjacent to the roadway are cautioned to avoid the arc of snow blown from the rotary equipment because pieces of ice and gravel can be thrown great distances.
The Teton Park Road is anticipated to be accessible to activities such as cycling, roller skating, skateboarding, roller skiing, walking, jogging and leashed pet walking on April 1. There may be non-motorized access from Taggart Lake Trailhead to the Jenny Lake parking area earlier, if conditions allow. Grand Teton will provide updates via the park’s Facebook and Twitter.
The Teton Park Road will open to motor vehicles May 1.
Other park roads such as the Moose-Wilson Road, Signal Mountain Summit Road, Antelope Flats Road, East Boundary Road, Mormon Row Road, Two Ocean Road and Grassy Lake Road remain closed to vehicle traffic when posted or gated in the spring. These roads may close temporarily to accommodate snow removal operations. The opening dates of these roads vary from year to year and are dependent on weather, snow conditions, plowing progress, wildlife activity and road conditions.
The paved multi-pathways in the park are open to use when they are predominantly free of snow and ice.
Visitors reminded to plan for road closures
MOOSE, WY— Construction activities will resume on Moose-Wilson Road, south of Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve (LSRP), in early April. The road from the LSRP south to Granite Canyon Entrance will open to through traffic, seven days a week, beginning June 30 at 7 p.m., with possible 20-minute delays. The Moose-Wilson Road project will be completed in phases and will provide for better driving, parking, hiking and accessibility for visitors, preserving the rustic character and opportunities for wildlife viewing.
The National Park Service is working in partnership with the Western Federal Lands Highway Division to ensure that every effort is made to provide as much public access as possible along the Moose-Wilson corridor during the peak visitation season.
Schedule and visitor impacts
- Expect a full road closure from LSRP to Granite Canyon Entrance Station from April 10—May 26.
- The road will open to weekend traffic only at 7 p.m. May 26—June 30.
- As of 7 p.m. on June 30, the road will open to through traffic, seven days a week, with possible 20-minute delays.
- Access to the LSRP will be available from the north via Moose, WY.
- The Granite Canyon Trailhead and parking lot will close during construction and will open to winter recreation in December. Access to the Granite Canyon trail system, including the Valley Trail, will be available from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Grand Teton is working in partnership with the resort and Teton Village Association to ensure visitor access.
- Speed limit through the construction zone is 20 mph, or as posted.
- Bicycle use is permitted only when the road is open to vehicular traffic. It is unlawful and extremely dangerous for cyclists to ride in a closed construction zone.
Moose-Wilson Road improvements
- The contractor plans to complete road base preparation in the spring before installing asphalt south of the LSRP. Plans are contingent on weather conditions and snow melt.
- Granite Canyon Trailhead construction will be completed in the fall of this year with parking lot paving, the addition of vault toilets, concrete walks, pavement markings, signs, and site restoration.
- Granite Entrance Station site construction will be completed in the fall with improved entrance and exit lanes, and construction of a bicycle connection to the Teton County pathway. Site restoration and the architectural addition at the entrance station will occur after the road construction is completed.
- Poker Flats will open for equestrian activity in the fall, with an accessible horse mounting area and redesigned trails to better connect with the new parking area.
- Phase I of the Moose-Wilson Road project is funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund. The GAOA was created to significantly reduce maintenance backlogs in national parks, public lands, and Tribal schools.
- Phase II will begin once funding is secured and includes repair and redesign of the Death Canyon access road and trailhead parking, enhancing the new intersection and bicycle transition and native landscaping on the former roadway.
Grand Teton National Park reminds visitors to plan ahead, especially during the busy spring and summer months. To check the status of the Moose-Wilson Road, visit Grand Teton’s Live Road Status Map at go.nps.gov/tetonroads or call 307-739-3682.
The park will continue to use Twitter to communicate Moose-Wilson Road weekend openings and closings when construction resumes. Follow Grand Teton on Twitter @GrandTetonNPS. For more information, please visit go.nps.gov/moosewilson.
This page will link you two TWO new Featured Subjects pages at MikeJacksonPhotography.com. The two pages are quite different, illustrating the eclectic diversity I have available to me here in Loveland. And, if you are not checking my site regularly, I will include the link for my monthly journal. February has been good one so far!
This page features a generously filled gallery of photos of Bald Eagles fighting over a fresh kill. Yes, it can be a little gory, but that’s nature! Wildlife photography is all about “action, interaction, and behavior”. At some times of the year, you might find similar activity at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park.
For what it’s worth, all of the photos on the Eagles page above were taken with a brand new Sigma 60-600mm lens. It arrived yesterday. I had a Nikon version of the lens while using my Nikon D6. I liked it then. When I switched to a Sony A1 in May of 2021, I wanted the same lens, but Sigma didn’t make one with a Sony E-mount. I bought a Canon mount version and an adapter so it could be used on the Sony. Sigma just released the dedicated Sony E-mount version, which is the new one I bought. I plan on selling the Canon version after it gets serviced and cleaned at Sigma Service. On it’s “maiden voyage” the Sigma lens did great. Bald Eagles on the Front Range
This new Featured Subjects Page contains photos of a couple of old trucks following an overnight snowfall. The gallery contains photos with a lot of texture and character, made even better with the layer of “white gold”.
This photo, I labeled “Call of the Wild”, was recently added to the February Journal,. It’s a photo I have been trying to get for a long time. The little Prairie Dog was sounding the “all clear” call. It’s a difficult photo to capture since you never know when one of them will rear up and reach into the sky, and it happens FAST! I also revisited the Butterfly House and added a few photos to the Journal. There’s a lot of “good stuff” on the February Journal, so please check it out.
The new Eye Candy page currently has galleries in two of the four sections.
Most of the pages on Golden Studios have links to easily navigate my sites and sections. Check them out when you can!
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