Posted by Guy Schmickle on October 6, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Just returned from the wintry Jackson Hole area in an attempt to shoot what was left of autumn there. Pretty much the only place that had significant fall color remaining was the Oxbow Bend area. Here's a three image pano from last Thursday. I also got some nice shots from the following morning, but somehow a routine lens change early in that shoot caused a hundred or more dust bunnies to leap onto my sensor. Everything shot that wonderful morning is going to require a lot of cloning before it sees the light of day!!
Posted by bill meikle on October 6, 2009 at 3:37 PM
ooo, aaah, very nice Guy! Lovely colors.
Kebler this year before the rain and wind and snow was Very dusty.
This is absolutely spectacular! It really captures the essence of the place.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on October 6, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Wonderful pano, Guy. I'm looking forward to seeing your others.
Posted by Dan Walters on October 6, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Nice shot. Love the color of the trees and the mtn in the background.
Posted by Bryan Pezman on October 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Great shot Guy! You know, no matter how many times I shoot at Oxbow, I never seem to be able to convey how beautiful that scene is the way that you did. Count me on the envious list! Love it!
As for that pesky sensor dust, there must be something about Oxbow that brings out the dust bunnies. Every year, I wind up cloning til my mouse batteries die because of that place! Something about those fall colors and electronics...
Posted by Brian Jackson on October 6, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Let me add my compliments as well. This is stunning Guy!
Posted by Erik Aagaard on October 6, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Wow - very nice! I've never been there; it's definitely on my short list now!
Posted by Joshua Hardin on October 6, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Well done! One of the best fall color images I've seen yet this year. Wish it was mine.
Posted by Harold Ankney on October 6, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Awesome Pano! Love the colors with the snow in the mountains. Color me jealous. Great job on the stitching also.
Harold
Posted by John Mumaw on October 6, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Oh my!
This certainly makes up for any other shortcomings you may have had on your trip.
Easily the best Fall image I've seen to date. Outstanding capture and 'development' here, Guy!
Posted by Joe Rogers on October 6, 2009 at 7:12 PM
As always, you simply pull off amazing shots....beautiful image.
Joe Rogers
Posted by Grant Collier on October 6, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Gorgeouso!
Posted by Amy Lindsey on October 6, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Awesome shot! Great color, but it leaves me wanting for more image on the right side. Panos ought to have a defined start and stop and I'd love to see the other side of the river. Is there a fourth image that could be added on?
Regards, Ken
Posted by Brett Deacon on October 6, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Guy, fantastic capture!!
I was there the same time as you and never saw anything like what you saw here. Now I wish I could go back! Out of curiosity, what time in the morning did you capture this?
Posted by Guy Schmickle on October 6, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Thanks for the kind words everyone!!
Ken - my thought process here was that the river was the stopping point for how wide I went on the right. I did not have a fourth image over there as it would've included people, cars and a road.
Brett - this was actually shot at 12:30 (who says you can't shoot in the middle of the day!). I was actually just scouting the area for the next morning as this was my first trip to the Tetons. When the sun finally broke through the cloud deck, I couldn't resist shooting the midday pano.
Posted by Jesse Speer on October 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I love this Guy. One of the better pano comps I've seen from the spot - and I've seen so many. Half an hour later, I drove up and started hiking around the hillsides to the right of your scene. This sure makes me wish I was lounging in the parking lot instead, holding a beer and my cable release. Kudos on a well-executed Oxbow image. Seriously, perfect comp, great color, amazing location ... what more do you need?
We obviously should have coordinated an Oxbow meeting!
Posted by Scott Bacon on October 6, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Perfectly luminous. Wow!
Posted by Arthur Lund on October 6, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Fantastic photo. An alternative to all the people, is to put a canoe in and paddle around
the horn of the island on the left. You leave them all behind. I have not done it in the fall, but did in the summer. I will never forget it.
Going around that island to the left, I saw mother moose and baby, bald eagles, pelicans, otters, fish, elk, sandhill cranes, osprey, and witnessed fight over a fish between a bald eagle and and an osprey. The fish landed just on front of my canoe. It was the "wildest" one hour that I have spent in the outdoors. Picture brings back many fond memories.
Art Lund
Posted by Rajeev Thomas on October 7, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Guy...perfectly executed!! Beautiful colors and clouds add drama.... very well done!!!
Discussion
24 repliesKebler this year before the rain and wind and snow was Very dusty.
As for that pesky sensor dust, there must be something about Oxbow that brings out the dust bunnies. Every year, I wind up cloning til my mouse batteries die because of that place! Something about those fall colors and electronics...
Harold
This certainly makes up for any other shortcomings you may have had on your trip.
Easily the best Fall image I've seen to date. Outstanding capture and 'development' here, Guy!
Joe Rogers
Regards, Ken
I was there the same time as you and never saw anything like what you saw here. Now I wish I could go back! Out of curiosity, what time in the morning did you capture this?
Ken - my thought process here was that the river was the stopping point for how wide I went on the right. I did not have a fourth image over there as it would've included people, cars and a road.
Brett - this was actually shot at 12:30 (who says you can't shoot in the middle of the day!). I was actually just scouting the area for the next morning as this was my first trip to the Tetons. When the sun finally broke through the cloud deck, I couldn't resist shooting the midday pano.
We obviously should have coordinated an Oxbow meeting!
the horn of the island on the left. You leave them all behind. I have not done it in the fall, but did in the summer. I will never forget it.
Going around that island to the left, I saw mother moose and baby, bald eagles, pelicans, otters, fish, elk, sandhill cranes, osprey, and witnessed fight over a fish between a bald eagle and and an osprey. The fish landed just on front of my canoe. It was the "wildest" one hour that I have spent in the outdoors. Picture brings back many fond memories.
Art Lund
Edit: Actually, here's a link to the same image on my PBase account...
Oxbow Bend Pano
and a bonus pano that's compositionally similar to Brett's (but shot earlier)...
Oxbow Bend At Dawn