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WC #400 Teton Moon (+repost)

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 27, 2009138 views14 comments

I overslept this morning

and ended up taking this sunrise/moonset photo through my hotel room window at the Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton NP. Better than nothing I suppose, but sure do wish I hadn't overslept, and wish I had a better camera back then, and wish there was world peace...

Digital Rebel XT
17-85mm f/5.6 IS @ 85mm
1/10, f/5.6, ISO 100
6-30-07 5:51 am

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 27, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Carol: Marvelous light on the peaks. The last time I was in the Tetons we had clear skies the entire time. I think I would crop this almost to the top of Grand Teton. Did you get any shots with a longer lens? >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on September 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Bummer, but at least your hotel room had a really good view. I'd recommend adjusting the levels in the sky to reduce that brownish haze and give it a bluer, crisper feeling.

Registered on March 29, 2008, 27 Posts, 1710 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 27, 2009 at 7:28 PM

I wish that all cars were powered by beer, and that the government mandated microbreweries on every street corner to replace gas stations. One can only dream...
Anyhow, this looks real nice to me Carol; i think a 4X5 crop of the lhs would look nice too, focusiong more attention on the moon and Grand Teton. Im headed up that way next month...hoping for some snow

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on September 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM

Thanks for the ideas guys. Here's a different crop and a bluer sky!

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM

Great repost!

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on September 27, 2009 at 11:35 PM

Wish and I did, small words that mean allot, You did well to look out the window and have a camera at all. very nice. Repost is tighter, hang me for a fool I like the first too.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 28, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Carol: The repost is excellent; just what I had in mind. Great job.

>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM

Love the repost Carol, but I like both comps. When I was at the Tetons there were fires and I could barely see them through the smoke. I'll just have to go back.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Ward on September 28, 2009 at 9:38 PM

Carol,
Wonderful image. I like the repost with the tighter crop. Great image.

Registered on February 26, 2009, 304 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on September 29, 2009 at 11:28 PM

Well ... life is rough sometimes ... sleeping late, waking up and having this scene out your window to start the day.

Honestly, I prefer the original version.

Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM

Killer shot!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM

I think I prefer the original Carol. I wish I could wake up and see this every morning! Nice capture.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 3, 2009 at 6:37 PM

I sure do like the original shot, Carol. I'll have to shed one small tear for you: sleeping late and waking up to this view?! Tragedy!
The repost is excellent, too; very dramatic. Both are perfect keepers, imho.
I was just there and the Tetons were all but obscured by a "controlled burn" in Yellowstone. How sad to have to go back.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on October 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM

OK, I will never ever again complain about oversleeping and waking up to a view like this! Interesting how the votes are split between the original photo and the repost. I'm just as split and can't decide which version I prefer. I definitely like the bluer sky though. I believe the brown cast from the original photo was from a fire that was burning somewhere outside the park. But I'm not complaining

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments