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Oxbow Bend this morning

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Posted by Rohn B. McKee on October 3, 2011 at 12:20 AM
80 cars parked near Oxbow bend 1 hour before sunrise this morning. Elbow to elbow, interlocked tripod legs. I was 5 min. Late and couldnt find a spot took my shots at the North end of Jackson Lake How many of you guys were there?

It was fun to see so many serious photographers.
Posted by Carol Nichols on October 3, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Rohn, how bad is the smoke in the Tetons now? I was there last year at this time and most of my landscape images look terrible due to the smoke.
Posted by Bill Bean on October 3, 2011 at 11:25 AM
In Alaska they call it Combat Fishing when the Sockeyes are running up the Kenai to the Russian River. Elbow to elbow at the confluence. I suppose we could use the term "Combat Photography" for this situation.
Posted by Bret Edge on October 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM
There is a prescribed burn in Death Canyon and depending on the wind, the smoke is either lingering in the valley below the Tetons or on the other side, over by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. I wouldn't say that it ruins all photos but it does make it a bit challenging at times. On the other hand, it did help to create some pretty amazing sunsets.
Posted by Aleksandra Miesak on October 3, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I'm with you Bret, I think it actually made the cloudless skies I had a little more fun to deal with and added some nice color at sunsets :biggrin:
Posted by Kurt Bowman on October 3, 2011 at 1:28 PM
I was there last Thursday and drove by on Sunday, but instead went to Schwabacher's point and that was also like fitting into a can of sardines.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM
It was fun to see so many serious photographers.

I think the non-serious ones get better photos :wink:
Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 4, 2011 at 1:41 AM
Combat Photography. It was like that when I was down on Mormon's Row there at sunrise. Where do all the photographers come from? It must be the rest of you guys! ha! Bill, Yes I know well combat fishing. I used to live on Kenai Pensinsula.
Posted by Aleksandra Miesak on October 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM
And yes, "combat photography" is a fitting term. When I was at Oxbow last Thursday I got snapped at for using a head lamp to not kill myself going down the hill in pitch black (I did turn it off as soon as I found solid ground) and then the same "mild-mannered gentleman" was freaking out at river otters for "ruining" his perfect reflection... Humanity at it's best! :eek:
Posted by Doug Koepsel on October 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Aleksandra, I heard the same comments rumbling in the dark when I was at Oxbow one morning last fall. Go figure.