Posted by Jack Brauer on January 31, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Here's a shot from Friday morning of the Grand Teton, as seen from the summit of Table Mountain. This sunrise was the highlight of an overnighter winter camping trip I did Thursday night.
Posted by Rajeev Thomas on January 31, 2010 at 2:23 AM
One amazing shot Jack!! Excellent colors all through out the sky and details in the shadows.... the last shot on the link is also great. Very unique shots from Tetons... only a mountain man like yourself can do this...
Posted by Bret Edge on January 31, 2010 at 3:19 AM
That last photo of alpenglow on Mt. Moran is simply stunning, Jack. Make a huge print of that one.
Posted by Darren Huski on January 31, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Lets see, on Thursday, Jack got up early and was high up in the Tetons, I got up early and went to the office and worked in a cubicle. Yeah, thats so much the same thing....
NICE. You pulled it off man. When we briefly talked about this idea last week, the thought of that long approach with all that snow sent me into mental pain managment. I don't think I could have made that trip. In fact, it makes me nauseous to think how much work you endured.
Your images look stunning. Did you bring a wide lens? Your Teton shot seems close enough that a 18-20mm range may have looked pretty cool with that crazy sky. Also did you endure any avy danger?
BTW, I was up on Hallett Peaks-RMNP summit for three hours Friday evening. The full moon and incredible lighting made for my best winter trip ever. I'll post some later.
Kane
Posted by Morris McClung on January 31, 2010 at 10:01 AM
More impressive work from you, Jack. Your hard work paid large dividends on this climb. The sunrise shot would be my favorite, but they are all great.
Posted by D J Kuklinski on January 31, 2010 at 10:56 AM
WOW, the sky is what does it for me! Very impressive!
Posted by Jim Casteel on January 31, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Great set of images! Looks like you had a fun trip.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on January 31, 2010 at 12:38 PM
A killer trip gallery, Jack. Incredible mountain scenery, but the moonlit trees is my top choice.
Posted by Jack Brauer on January 31, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Thanks for the comments!
Kane - The hike was grueling, but with two people it would have been much easier... to trade off putting in the skin track. The hard part was plowing through the snow first. You would have enjoyed the trip!
I did bring wideangle lenses and took some wider variations of this photo. However the foreground ridge has a strange shape that made for a comp that I'm not sure of... I think I prefer the tighter zoom. Here's a two shot pano for comparison.
Posted by Bryan Maltais on January 31, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Great stuff as usual Jack. I like the panoramic, and those sweet lenticular clouds that decided to float behind the peak.
Jack, I like the pano however your zoom shot is my favorite. Now, for that foreground ridge; in the past Ive shot low light panos that I had to split a snow covered ridge to be stitched later. The problem Ive had, sometimes my camera's exposure meter just micro misses the exact exposure for multuple images, and with low light snow, the slight variations really show after the stitch. A good blending helps but its just not an easy stitch. Plus that rounded ridge can give even good pano stitchers fits.
Kane
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 31, 2010 at 4:49 PM
All stunners, and I agree the tighter shot of the Grand is better than that most excellent pano. I really hate to sound like I'm not satisfied, but I sure would like to see an image or two of what the Grand looked like around the same time Moran was getting hit with that alpenglow. I even would like to see some after-sunrise shots, even if it was cloudy. Don't get me wrong, these are fantastic. So good, in fact, that I just wanna see MORE!
Posted by Jack Brauer on January 31, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Hey Todd, the sun was directly behind the Grand for this sunrise, so no alpenglow for this scene... the moonlight shot on my website will have to suffice! I was contemplating staying another night to try to get some sunset alpenglow light on the Grand (my main goal for the trip), but the cloudy skies on the horizon (and my lack of food) convinced me to pack up and take off. I must admit I was pretty bummed when I was nearly back to the truck and the skies cleared and the Grand lit up with bright pink sunset light... d'oh!!! I guess I'll have to go back another day.
Very nice images Jack. I say it was worth the hard work. I've backpacked into this area in the summer so I can imagine the difficulty with the snow. I was wondering why you didn't include more of the lenticular cloud on top of the Grand. Looks pretty interesting.
BTW, that's impressive/aggressive forsight and planning Jack. Do all that work to get The Grand with such a short optimal light window. Not much room for error when the sun is rising behind the Grand!
Now that I realize your efforts, this image seems even more impressive.
These are all just fantastic! That first one you posted here is my fav by far. I've always wanted to see some sunrise shots of that range from high up, thought about doing something in the summer, kudos for doing this in the winter. All around great stuff.
Wonderful shots. Looks like that all that work on the slopes paid off for you on that trip up!
Posted by John Mumaw on January 31, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Excellent and unique views of a beautiful area!
I also prefer the tighter zoom, but like every single one because of all of the effort you put into capturing them.
Awesome, Jack! My first impulse is towards the pano, but upon closer reflection I think I prefer the tight shot posted here. The Mt. Moran image is bloody good as well!
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Check out some more photos from my trip here: http://www.widerange.org/gallery/table-mountain-winter-camping/
Thanks for looking!
Keep living the good life man!!
And great pics too!
Your images look stunning. Did you bring a wide lens? Your Teton shot seems close enough that a 18-20mm range may have looked pretty cool with that crazy sky. Also did you endure any avy danger?
BTW, I was up on Hallett Peaks-RMNP summit for three hours Friday evening. The full moon and incredible lighting made for my best winter trip ever. I'll post some later.
Kane
Kane - The hike was grueling, but with two people it would have been much easier... to trade off putting in the skin track. The hard part was plowing through the snow first. You would have enjoyed the trip!
I did bring wideangle lenses and took some wider variations of this photo. However the foreground ridge has a strange shape that made for a comp that I'm not sure of... I think I prefer the tighter zoom. Here's a two shot pano for comparison.
Kane
Now that I realize your efforts, this image seems even more impressive.
I also prefer the tighter zoom, but like every single one because of all of the effort you put into capturing them.