Winter in Wyoming - Grand Tetons & Yellowstone 2010

Our winter trip to Wyoming offered outstanding photography opportunites inspite of less than normal snow. We started in Jackson and the Tetons. Pronghorn antelope usually migrate out of the area, but this year for some reason they were still around.





Moose are not uncommon in the Tetons, but this year we found them in record numbers. One group had fourteen moose.









Nothing beats the Tetons for winter scenery on a sunny day.





We also found a large group of Big Horns.



We visited the National Elk refuge. Every year thousands of elk spend the winter there.








We then traveled to Yellowstone for four nights at the Snow Lodge. We had not photographed any bisons in the Tetons this trip, but there were plenty in Yellowstone.







We found an eagle nest with a couple adults preparing their homes for this year's babies.





Trumpeter swans are more plentiful in winter than any other time during the year.



Landscapes in Yellowstone are also very unique in the winter season.









Once again, the winter in Wyoming and the Tetons and Yellowstone offered many outstanding photo subjects.

Bryce Canyon & Zion 2009

For my last workshop of the year, I traveled to Bryce Canyon & Zion National Parks in Utah. We started in Bryce.









We also hike down into the canyon for a different view.



There was a full moon while we were there and we shot one night by moonlight.





We arrived at Zion just in time for fall color in the canyons.







Zion has some of the best rock formations in the Southwest.











Once again Bryce and Zion proved to be two of Utah's best parks.

Acadia & the Maine Coast 2009

I continued my exploration of New England with a trip to Maine. The fall color remained very good and the weather continued to be very variable. We started with some great sunrises and sunsets.







Fall color was very good in the park, perhaps not even yet peak in some areas.














We also photopraghed many typical Maine scenes.


















We even found where Pooh lives.



The Maine workshop provided many good photo opportunities and many lobsters were consumed.

New Hampshire 2009

After Vermont, I traveled a short distance to New Hampshire. The fall color remained very good for the workshop. The temperatures remained colder than normal but photo opportunities were good. New Hampshire is less farms and covered bridges than Vermont, but we still found some to photograph.





There were many opportunities for fall color intimate landscapes.









Moving water with fall foliage opportunities were all around.















New Hampshire as uusal was full on autumn landscape opportunites. I'm off to Acadia and the Maine coast next.