bkendall

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Moraine Lake may be the most perfect place on Earth.

A panoramic image of one of my favorite places on earth.

Anderson Falls illuminated by a big, bright moon.

A warm Montana sun begins to burn through the river fog by an old ranch.

Reynolds Mountain under a rising moon in Glacier National Park.

I made this image on a particularly cold night in December.

Cold temperatures and Anderson Falls make for a beautiful scene.

This was the end of a long and perfect day on my vacation.

A cold night. A supermoon. A cool bridge.

Triple Falls is one of my favorite places on earth. I made this photograph one night when the traditional upper edge shot was not available due to a

My take on the classic shot made famous by Ansel Adams.

Bowman Lake is one of my favorite places to wake up to in the world.

I could see the beams of this bridge lighting up the powdery snow in beautiful light columns from blocks away.

The end of great day reflected in Columbus, Indiana's architecturally stunning city hall.

I was a lacrosse coach for a few seasons and, as much as I love coaching, I loved working my mind's eye and the camera a little bit more.

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Aperture f/16.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100

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Contest Finalist in Isolated Cabins Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Lonely Cabin Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in The Color White Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Vol 23 Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Covers Photo Contest Vol 30

Contest Finalist in Beauty In Ruins Photo Contest

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Very nice winter shot. Congratulations on being Featured.

I WANT TO BE THERE! Beautiful!

Fabulous shot!

Wonderful show scenery capture.Congrats!

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Beautiful capture!

WOW...Stunning..Congrats! ")

So beautiful!

One of my favorite places to visit year around! Fantastic picture!!

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Gorgeous

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So beautiful!

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Gorgeous winter scene. Is this in Jackson? Congratulations on your feature.

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fantastic shot !

Beautiful, makes me want to get my coat, hat and gloves on!!!

Beautiful

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Fantastic shot, congrats

Beautiful capture.

Simply beautiful!

Picture postcard perfect!! Thanks for sharing your art!

beautiful looks like the Rocky Mountains

Love this shot

Great shot!

Great capture of the Morman Row Barn. Great winter scene

bellissimo panorama!

Beautiful!

Beautiful.....Congrats!

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Simply breathtaking! Reminds me of the beautiful Swiss mountains I visited a few years ago.

Great Shot! Look´s like a painting of Bob Ross!

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nice phototure.

A stunning shot. Never have seen a shot in the winter. Great!

I'd trade Florida for this with you any day! Gorgeous. Congrats.

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What a beautiful photo - congrats on your photo finalist award!

Very nice capture

Astounding

Wow!

Obsessed! Amazing!

Tranquility

Nice classic winter landscape ! Western scene!!!

Could look at this all day

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on Jackson-Moran Road right outside the southeastern corner of Grant Teton National Park commonly known as the Mormon Row Historic District.

Time

This photograph was taken just after sunrise. It was a cold and windy that day and the road leading to barn was closed due to snow drifts. I had to hike in and saw a really curious coyotes making for a memorable morning.

Lighting

Initially I was afraid that the lighting was going to be flat because of some heavy clouds hanging in the east and I was getting too cold to stick around for hours, but the sun came over the top of one cloud providing a nice light and even light across the foreground with some nice highlights on the Tetons.

Equipment

I was using the Nikon D700 with a Nikon 35mm f/2.0D lens, a MeFoto Roadtrip tripod and a shutter release. I opted for the 35mm lens because it has a little more compression than my trusty 24mm and worked perfectly to frame the tree on the left.

Inspiration

I was inspired to take this photograph because I had visited Mormon Row in autumn and loved the rustic barns coupled with the rugged Tetons. I had seen many images of the barn, but very few in the winter. I had wanted to get colorful morning light cast on the Tetons, but I missed the golden hour light by about fifteen minutes. I am still really happy with the image and would love to get back to Tetons in the winter or early spring again some day.

Editing

I used Photoshop and Lightroom to patch up a few foreground areas that lacked snow and added some contrast and graduated neutral density filters for the final image.

In my camera bag

For landscape photography, I normally have a DSLR body (currently the Nikon D800), a 17mm Tamron f/3.5, a 24mm f/2.8 Nikkor, a 35mm f/2.0 Nikkor, a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor and a 80-200mm f/2.8. I never head out without a light and sturdy tripod, a cable release, a circular polarizing filter and a neutral density filter.

Feedback

The best advice that I would give any photographer is to pre-visualize your images and be willing to work hard for those shots. When I find a landscape that I want to capture, I explore the scene, imagine how the light will fall at sunrise and sunset and then pre-visualize what I'd like my final image look like. Once I have that image in mind, I do whatever I can to get it. This often leads to getting up really early or staying up late, hiking in the dark, enduring cold temperatures, scrambling up rocks, getting scrapes and bruises and having to do it over and over again if the light isn't right. The struggle of getting the images because part of the story of the image and adds to the overall effect of the final image.

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