Travel Images Photo Gallery: Yellowstone and Tetons, Wyoming

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Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Not as spectacular as when the water is in full flow, but still a mighty scene nonetheless.

Another Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone image, but this one, snow on branches, shot against the colorful backdrop of the Canyon walls.

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Into Yellowstone National Park for close-ups of Bison and more. It's tough going through the snow in the winter, so one often sees Bison using the roads to get about.

Center below, the 'holes' in the snow reveal how the Bison move their heads back and forth to clear the snow and find food.

Bottom, this Bison herd had just crossed the road and were heading back into the snowy wilderness.

Mammoth Hot Springs: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

Moody mist at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone.

The backlighting and dark background are what give this shot it's impact. If it had a light background it would be so-so.

'Us and our shadows' just waiting for spring to arrive. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that make the most successful shots.

A Pronghorn Antelope grazing in the Montana section of Yellowstone.

Us and our shadows . . . simple, and you might agree, effective.

Big Horn Sheep: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

Set of 3: A Big Horn Sheep ram in Yellowstone above, and left, another Ram just outside the Park. They graze in three accessible spots, so all you need is a lens in say the 200mm range and longer.

The Big Horn below is 'pawing' the snow to get to the food hidden by the snow.

Frost, Grand Teton National Park: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC
The frost on the young Aspen tree in the foreground stands out because I placed it
against a dark background. The rest is down to cold morning atmospherics and being there!
Shot in Grand Teton National Park.

It looks like an ice close-up, but it's actually falling ice crystals catching the light. There wouldn't be an image without the dark background.

A Bull Elk with a nice catch-light in the eye. One can't ask for more than that!

The simple, very simple.
Snow and shadow combine for a pleasant image.

Three Coyote studies:

One howling at right, and the other on the prowl below. I often ponder how the re-introduction of Wolves to the park has impacted them since 1996. Are they prey themselves, or do they benefit from what is left of the wolf kills? Maybe none of the above, or? . . .

Below, a Coyote oversees a fresh carcass in the Tetons as six other Coyotes, not in view, move in.

A lone Coyote on the look out for his next morsel near Mammoth in Yellowstone.

Coyote: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

Trumpeter Swans: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

A pair of Trumpeter Swans on the Yellowstone River.

Mule Deer in snow: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

1 of 3: On Travel Images' winter trips to Yellowstone there are spots just north of Yellowstone where my groups have pointed their long lenses at Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Mule Deer such as this these. It seems that some species aren't aware of their protection inside Yellowstone, but for us photographers we point cameras at them wherever we can find them!

The Mule Deer above strike a typical pose, and gives me a chance to prove that the right kind of image cropping is actually an enhancement!

Sometimes the animals are very cooperative as with this Mule Deer that able to be shot from the van by all of the group.

Mule Deer: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

You can find shots like these quite easily in Alaska, but in Wyoming during the winter it's rare.
I opted for space at left for the bald eagle 'to look into' and focused on the eye.

SnowShadow2: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

SnowShadow: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

Finding 'art' in the snow with shadows and texture.

An Otter surfaces for some cool air. They're more 'visible' in the winter months than the rest of the year in both Parks.

Yellowstone winter - Strict copyright John Baker Photographer LLC An An 'edge of the fog' image from Mammoth Hot Springs on the north side of Yellowstone.

Frosted trees in the Tetons provide a monochromatic moment to be savored.

Hebgen Lake winter, Montana: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

A long lens composition of Hebgen Lake, Montana, not too far from West Yellowstone when moving from Yellowstone to the Tetons.

Then in Idaho, this shot from near Driggs, has only the foreground in Idaho, as the remainder of the shot is in Wyoming.

Oxbow Bend winter sunrise: Strict copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC
The following morning is the first Teton sunrise. This is Mount Moran and Moon as seen from Oxbow Bend.

Oxbow Bend, winter. Grand Teton NP. - Strict copyright John Baker Photographer LLC
Then the wide view a short time later.

This is a large chunk of the range as seen from the middle of the Jackson Hole valley.

Bull Elk: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

A lone Bull Elk forages near the Gros Ventre River in the Tetons, while the two Bull Elk below 'joust' to get in shape for the rut on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson.

Shane Cabin, Tetons: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

We can't go without the winter perspective of Alan Ladd's 'Shane' cabin now can we?! The mountain is Moran.

The magnificent Grand Teton peak in cloud, but looking majestic as it juts from the valley floor.

Soft snow on a Pine branch.

When Grand Teton National Park was open in the 1920's there were a number of ranches that were allowed to remain. This is the entrance to one, and the gate makes a nice frame for Mount Moran at right.

This a Bull Moose, and above the eye you can just make out the base remnant of it's antlers which are dropped every winter.

Brushes with snow: Image copyright John T. Baker Photographer LLC

Part of the Yellowstone and Tetons photography tour includes a sled ride to photograph Elk on the National Elk Refuge just outside Jackson. This image was spotted close to where we boarded the sled one year.

OK, so it's overcast and snowing heavily. Are you going to stay in the van or get out and shoot?!
This shot has a nice 'Christmas card' feel to it, and is the reality of changing light and weather.