Our first hike in Grand Teton National Park was around String Lake (green line on map). The day before, fire crews had been fighting the Cathedral Group fire in the vicinity of Leigh Lake and some of the trails had been closed.
Before we had been walking very long, I was in the process of changing lenses on my camera and lost control of the larger lens, which rolled down a short slope… into the water. Water got into the lens, fogging it up and, later, when dried, left deposits on the inside glass surfaces.
Unfortunately, shortly after that, we saw a moose in the water where it was shoulder deep on him, dipping his head into the water to feed on bottom vegetation, but without the larger lens, there was no way to get a decent photo of him.
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Nice photos. Too bad you couldn’t of got a better shot of the moose.
I am dying to see a bull moose in the wild. The one we saw calmly munching away in the center of a freeway cloverleaf on the way out of Anchorage doesn’t count! These are great photos, Mike. Beautiful color on the Indian paintbrush.
These are gorgeous. Re the moose, I hate being in a situation where I don’t have the equipment needed to take a good photo! Frustrating.
Rose – yeah, I was pretty bummed out by it, but I tried to make myself not get really POed over it.
Betsy – We’ve had the opportunity to see a lot of moose in the wild over the years — mostly in the Tetons. This time, we saw the most ever — ten — during the 7 days we were in the park.
vered – Thanks. Frustrating, indeed, but I was fortunate enough that Karen suggested getting a replacement and that the store in Jackson had one. Karen made the point that the photographs ARE my souvenirs so it made sense to get it.
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