Fog Over The Snake River Photo

Photographer’s Note

Snake River Overlook, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

It had rained throughout the afternoon before and continued with thunder, lightning, and plenty of rain during most of the night. In the morning fog was thick and heavy along the Snake River making for some really dull images at sunrise. This image was taken about an hour after the sun rose at the Snake River Overlook where Ansel Adams made his famous image of the Teton Range.

leonorkuhn, katya11, timleahy, jhm, kebek, Marlis, Moratallo, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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DLM (6447) 2005-10-26 21:09

Hi John,looks like a little of Ansels magic was in the air ,this is very nice,a wonderful soft and pleasing image with nice composition.
Well done.
Dave.

leonorkuhn (13501) 2005-10-26 21:12

Hi John,
Very nice composition. I like these sharped mountains in the background. Great POV, colors, light and DOF.
Well done.
Leonor

mpb001 (4600) 2005-10-26 21:42

Very nice shot, John. Super contrast, color and composition.

katya11 (334) 2005-10-26 21:49

John,
This is a very nice picture! I like the framing you have done to it also. The composition is magnificent with the tall mountains, blue sky and lake, and the bit of fog. Very nice. I also like how you added the dark trees in the foreground, it adds depth to the photo.
Thanks for sharing,
Katie

ahmetgedikli (21589) 2005-10-26 22:53

Very nice shot, colors and sharpen. I like your picture.
Thanks for sharing, Well done!
Ahmet

Tone (101) 2005-10-26 23:32

perfect postcard

barrufeto_77 (25619) 2005-10-27 1:13

Hi John.

Excelent foggy photo. Nice POV.

Regards, Oscar.

Danzi (2403) 2005-10-27 1:49

Fantastic shot John!

Your composition in Grand Teton National Park is again beautiful. I like contrast between fog over the Snake river, moutain and sky. Great POV, light and DOF. I love the colors in your photo and note is good too.
I enjoy it a lot and thanks for sharing!

*Denis

sam224 (5851) 2005-10-27 3:47

Once more a great mountain shot. Excellent depth and I love the blue tones in the clouds in foreground framing the image.
Very attractive composition.
Well done!

feather (49848) 2005-10-27 3:57

You must have a fantastic scanner as I would never have known but just noticed it was film.
This is another fine mountain view. The mist is tantalising as it makes us really look and try and figure out the shot. I assume the blue at the bottom is the reflected sky in the river. Beautiful!
Kath

jocasta007 (0) 2005-10-27 4:44

Beautiful colors and a great DOF. well done!

timleahy (2189) 2005-10-27 12:38

Very nice shot John. Very good composition. I like the colours also. Mountains look a little fuzzy? Trees in foreground help give a sense of depth and distance. Well done!

...tim

sarju (5308) 2005-10-27 22:46

Hi John
I would say that I have trekked quite extensively in the Himalayas and never have I been able to capture a scene like this with clouds in the valley ...
I like it very much ... I would have liked to see a bit more sharpness, besides that there is no suggestion that I can offer you
tfs .. cheers ... sarju

jhm (81731) 2005-10-28 12:51

Hi John,
I like misty and fog, also low clouds above the river, specially atmosphere always, edge to righthand give nice perspective, but the moutains in background against the blue sky make your image very attractive.
Have a nice weekend,
John.

john_c (24635) 2005-10-28 23:02

Hi John,
A superb landscape shot. The fog is well captured and enhancing, including the little ridge in mid-frame. Your scanner served you well here, as the resolution is remarkably good. It also appears that you made good use of a polarizer. The framing is excellent.
Very fine work, John.
John

danby1 (3689) 2005-10-31 10:03

nice shot john, good composition and colours, nice POV with the trees in the foreground, colours are great! well done thanks for sharing! good one!

nbournas (3223) 2005-10-31 12:35

Very pleasing nature shot. The fog is very nice in the foreground and the colors just right. TFS.

rajhema (1863) 2005-10-31 16:21

one fabulous capture. I'd been there and its a remarkable place to take such picture. You are lucky to get water still. I could not

kebek (5434) 2005-11-04 5:17

Serwus John !
Exceptional light over the tops, great clarity and well carried composition make this Work extraordinary. Once again, lovely mix of deep blue and gray tones - so pleasent for eyes.
Be well,
Mat

Marlis (2274) 2005-11-04 10:30

hello John,
beautiful shot- excellent POV- not your usual- I like it. Wonderful composition with the fog hanging at the base of the range.
Great colors.
Marialuisa

Elric (560) 2005-11-04 19:07

Beautiful photo of an amazing place. The timing (fog) and the POV are perfect. I think though that it would work better if you had aimed a little lower and had less sky keeping the mountains on the line of the first third. Ggreat work anyway, TFS.

Moratallo (170) 2006-03-31 14:00

Yesss, I know. 8-)

I've been there... and I love it.

Adams' classical picture is one of those images that make people get interest in photography, and in nature.
I'm looking forward to going there again, and I hope I can get the king of lihgt you got.

Congratulations.

drago (4826) 2006-03-31 18:50

A fantastic landscape,beautiful colours,well done!

alainh (35349) 2006-06-20 4:37

hello John
you live in a great and fantastix country.
i like a lot this kind kind of atmosphere you capture here
have a good day
alain

pady (4800) 2006-09-16 15:49

What a beautiful place. Great blue both in the sky and in the water. Well composed.
Greetings from Pierre-André

pboehringer (770) 2007-05-03 1:49

That is certainly a very special moment to get a photograph of this view. The fog gives a nice dramatic view. Yes, the old master Ansel was almost everywhere and got the credit for the best shots. He certainly deserves it, but your is a very nice one too. I kust miss some sharpness. I guess that has to do again with the scanning process.
TFS, Peter

umbrellaphotos (1901) 2007-08-13 10:19

Hi John,
A great image over the Snake River at Grand Teton. Such an amazing place isn't it? You've captured this scene well and it looks like you were up fairly early to get it. Great composition.

The image itself is a bit unclear, but perhaps that is because it is a scan from a slide.

Great capture,

Brian