Yellowstone & Grand Teton NP Animals
Yellowstone & Grand Teton NP Landscapes
The next morning, 3 of us went out to shoot sunrise
before checking out of our bed & breakfast.
Then, we began our journey to Wrangell-St Elias National Park. We stopped just outside Denali to take a few shots of the fall colors of the tundra.
It was raining again but that didn't stop us from
taking a few minutes to
stop and snap a few landscape shots.
As we neared the town of Chitina, we stopped at a lake for some reflection shots.
After
checking into the hotel, we were getting ready to head back out to shoot.
Since a few people were hungry, and we didn’t really have time for dinner
before the sunset shoot, Mark ordered everyone a cup of soup (to go) at the
restaurant (he takes such good care of us).
We headed to Wrangell-St Elias National Park. As we entered the park, a bald eagle soared overhead, as if to welcome us. We found several beautiful places to stop and take scenic shots.
Then we found the perfect location, the spot we had been searching for….mountains and trees reflected in a lake.
After shooting some shots here, we moved on, looking for another incredible opportunity…and we found it. The sun was peaking through the clouds and providing us beautiful light.
Although we were running out of time before sunset, we noticed that it looked like we might have an opportunity for a beautiful sunset. We dashed back to a previous shooting spot, barely making it before the sun set. As I grabbed my tripod and camera and went past our first car, I heard a hissing sound. I turned around to see what it was and realized the hissing was coming from the front tire. An extremely fast leak. We didn’t worry about the tire at that time and just concentrated on the beautiful sunset we were provided.
As the sun was setting, we noticed it was creating a
spike to the right, out of our general camera field of view. I had only
seen this one time before. I started walking around the drive to find a
location that would give me a view of the mountains and the spike. I knew
my time was limited so the first opening I found, I set my camera up.
I was able to get a few shots before the spike disappeared. We couldn't have asked for a better evening! P.S. Landscape photographers are good at changing tires in the dark! Thanks Jim!