Category: Best of the Tetons

“August: Dramatic thunderstorms, warm days, and changes brewing.” 

August 31, 2016 > Wednesday

At midnight tonight, 2016 will be 2/3 over! Locally, merchants will consider “summer over” by Monday evening of Labor Day. Many activities, like the JH Shootout, JH Rodeo, and Farmer’s Markets will end for the year. Fall activities will replace them!

Tomorrow, I will post a new September Daily Journal. I just published this initial post: Foliage Reports September/October 2016: You will probably want to check in on both regularly, as they will contain slightly different info and photos.

Continue reading “August 2016 Daily Journal of Photos & Comments for Grand Teton National Park & JH”

This is NOT a review! I picked up my D5 (Dual XQD version) and a new Nikon 200-500mm lens, drove home, then jumped on a plane headed for Sanibel Island, FL. I downloaded the D5 manual to my iPhone and was able to go through it some on the flight. The flight also gave me time to enter my copyright information and make all of my normal personal settings.

Passengers: 1/125 second, F2.8, ISO 1100. Nikon D5 – Nikon 24-70mm lens. I snapped off a few test shots on my porch before heading to the airport, then took a few along the way. For this shot, I just held it up over my head and took few images. Continue reading “Nikon D5 (and Nikon 200-500mm lens, etc.) on Sanibel Island”

~ Effects of Shutter Speed on Streaking Snow

In the early part of November, I found this nice, mid-sized bull Moose along the Gros Ventre River.  I have lots of shots of Moose images without snow. This snow squall was exactly what I had hoped to capture that day. More importantly, this moose stood essentially still for about 10 minutes during the storm.

Continue reading “Moose and a November Snow Storm”

Grand Teton National Park was home to a bit of a “showboat” fox in January and February of this year. I use the word “was” instead of “is” because it appears her activity in the park is largely over for this year. Continue reading ““The Cross Fox” of GTNP”