Some Cold Landscape and Scenery

[2naSalit]

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out in my neck of the woods. We got a good amount of snow and then it got really cold which froze a lot of the once wet snow to the trees for the classic winterwonderland effect.







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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Beautiful! What a lovely way to start the New Year!

[2naSalit]

18. Yes, Dear California Peggy

it is a nice way to start the year... It's what I love about this place but the exponential increase of disrespectful tourists and the onset of my 60s may well drive me away from here in the next year or two, sadly. I worked really hard to get here and now I am willing to walk away so that I will be one less person impacting the place... especially the wildlife.

This is looking to be yet another transition year.

*sigh*

[GentryDixon]

2. Love those Tetons.

Makes me so sad for all that is gone in my life. Fond memories do still remain from the time I was a very young girl spending every summer in Kelly ( I'm in my mid 60's now).

I still have a cousin who lives in Kelly, but it has been about ten years since I have been back. All the old folks are dead & gone, my sister sold her place, and time marches on.

Thanks for posting. 💕

[2naSalit]

3. I can relate.

Kelley is on the other side though, I took that picture from the Idaho side along US20 at the entrance to Harriman State Park next to the river. I hardly ever get over to the Wyoming side anymore. It's such an awesome landscape, too bad Jackson got hyper-gentrified, used to be a cool little berg.

I'm not far behind you in age and I am glad I could spark some fond memories with that picture!

[CrispyQ]

4. They are all beautiful

The second one, with the white snow against the blue sky is amazing.

[2naSalit]

6. That was all about timing...

I was up there the day before and missed a far better shot with clouds obscuring the middle of the mountains... I wasn't driving and couldn't get my buddy to pull off in the right spot. I took this one just before sunset while standing in the middle of the highway at the top of Targhee Pass looking East to Mt. Holmes inside YNP, took a couple of the Centennials (Mt Jefferson and Sawtell Mt) in the other direction, not uploaded yet.

It was a nice day, and cold.

[NV Whino]

5. Really nice exposure on those

It's really had to shoot snow.

[2naSalit]

7. Snow is probably the hardest

along with sundogs and into water. I have been trying to get a good shot of spawning trout when they're all red but the lighting is a bugger.

I've been working on snow for the last five years or so, since I got my first digital so I could afford to make mistakes.

I love the contours of snow near and far and I can spend days trying to get a good shot of ice. Either end of the day is best since the shadows occur with every flake or crystal, otherwise it's usually a washout.

[NV Whino]

9. Always expose for the highlights

You can usually bring up or open up the shadows, but once you blast out a highlight, it's gone.

Check out On1 software. They have a lot of good videos on the site even if you don't buy the reasonably priced software. Many of the guys use Lightroom in conjunction with On1.

[2naSalit]

11. I do need to look into

some kind of good editing software at some point. I have been using photobucket's tools because I only like to clean up a little and sharpen a little, other than that, if it needs much more, I should probably use a different picture. The camera has so many features that I should be able to take a good picture when I'm trying to.

Thanks.

[alfredo]

8. I like that pano of the Tetons.

Is it true that the Tetons were named by some lonely Frenchman?

[2naSalit]

10. LOL!

The word does mean teat or breast of a woman, according to my 1903 copy of Heath's French Dictionary.

It's only a pano by way of cropping, I wanted to crop out the snowmobile tracks and some of the extra sky to bring the peaks closer. They're about 85 miles away from where I stood.

[alfredo]

12. Pano was the easiest term

My part of the world lacks the vistas of the west

[2naSalit]

13. I must admit

my list of reasons for choosing to move here included the scenery. Everything can be pretty extreme here. I'm just glad I have a camera to play with, it makes me want to go outside a lot more.

[alfredo]

16. I lived in Colorado for a bit. I missed the embrace of the eastern hardwood forests.

[2naSalit]

19. There are some truly amazing places

all over this continent, I've seen a good deal of them having been a truck driver for almost two decades. There are places in the eastern forests I would love to be near but I seem to require a high elevation, I used to get debilitating migraines and when I moved here, 6,800+ ft elev., they stopped immediately. I never want to experience another one of those for the rest of my life. Not only do migraines give the sufferer the impression that euthanasia might be a viable option for relief, they are very expensive.

Choosing a new location will be interesting but kind of exciting too. Can't live in cities so I will still be seeking refuge in a rural setting... there's always something really cool in the natural setting and I am sure I won't have too much trouble finding cool things to take pictures of wherever I go.

[alfredo]

27. I have migraines too.

Allergies can spark them. If you are a veteran, get your migraines treated there. Imitrex works for migraines, and peppermint oil is a good temp pain relief for any headache.

[2naSalit]

28. I was using

Imitrex for a couple years, even had a self injector, pricey piece of work there. Once they stopped, that was it. Not a vet so I can't avail myself of any benes there. Mine were estrogen related since I have the female plumbing. But I am also allergic to mint of any type, including catnip! Toothpaste is a daily issue for me, sometimes I make my own and sometimes I just bite the bullet and use the least minty stuff I can find. Mint gives me headaches.

I'm much better now that I don't get migraines anymore but I wonder about relocating to a lower elevation, which is what I will probably do before too much longer. I had to go to the Great Lakes a couple months ago and it was not to comfortable for me there and I had to go to California last fall, most of the state, and I didn't like that at all (lived there a number of years and have no desire to go live there again). I'll stay in the northern Rockies, I like it here, besides, we've got wolves and I helped put 'em here so I think I'll stick around with them.

[alfredo]

29. Sounds like you had them bad. Stay where the pollution is low, and the mountains high.

I got my migraines from my mom. She called them "sick headaches."

[2naSalit]

30. Heh

"sick headaches" is exactly what they are. Puking only makes them worse. I came to the conclusion early on that euthanasia could be an acceptable option during those episodes, after a while they came on so fast that I didn't have time to deal with them before they became severe. I was in grad school at the time and I could be working in a computer lab, suddenly realize I was "in trouble" and by the time I could log out and get out the door, it was too late for anything but an injection. I suffered with those for about five years, never want to ever have another.

[alfredo]

31. Mine would last up to four days.

Booze, weed, chocolate, cheese, and tomatoes were triggers for me. And yeah, euthanasia would become a viable solution for me too.

[2naSalit]

32. Mine did too...

I hated it when I would have to go to the campus clinic two or three tines in a day... Thankfully they had a "no waiting" policy for migraine sufferers. I started out with the mildest meds and quickly blasted through those to Imitrex in a matter of two months. It certainly altered my outlook on life and death and how I would perceive these things.

[alfredo]

33. Before medication, I'd tough it out. I was a rural route carrier.

That would mean 6 hours a day behind the wheel of a noisy jeep. There were times I'd have to pull over and take a nap. Some days I could barely stand.

[2naSalit]

34. Oh, I became totally debilitated

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could not walk, think or open my eyes... even my eyelids weren't thick enough to shield the extreme effects of light. I tried to go without meds and that just wasn't an option.

Edited to add not'cause the original sentence wasn't making sense.

[alfredo]

35. Yours were much worse than mine. I'm glad you found relief.

[2naSalit]

36. I did via the meds at first

and then by moving to higher ground until the point where my body calmed down and menopause happened... that was like gaining parole from paper corporations and big pharma.

[alfredo]

37. I outgrew my allergies. I did spend some time in the Denver/Boulder region.

That brought relief from my allergies, but a good job offer brought me back to Kentucky and its pollen. Now, I can walk outside any time of the year without suffering.

[2naSalit]

38. My mint allergy is not going away

ever. I seem to be more sensitive with age. i used to be able to eat spearmint candy and use the old spearmint toothpastes and even drink the tea up to about my early twenties. Now I can't even get near catnip or stand in a checkout line for long if there's a gum display in the area. Flying on planes sucks due to closed recirculating air system so I avoid that and having a job where I encounter the GP all day has it's rough spots when gum chewing breath-minted individuals appear in my proximity... seriously, my eyes water and burn. It's just part of my charm.

[alfredo]

39. Let's hope that cameras don't come in minty fresh flavors.

[2naSalit]

40. Indeed.

That would be the end of my photography habit.

[alfredo]

41. Samsung has Kimchi scented cameras, that's why they have failed.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Nice shots!

I really like the 2nd one with the bit of pink to it. Great light.

[2naSalit]

20. It got more intense with the pink

shortly afterward but I was in transit and stopped just to get the shot before I missed it like I did the day before. It turned out nicer than I expected.

[Solly Mack]

15. Nice!

Too cold for me though. I'm a big baby when it comes to the cold.

[2naSalit]

17. It's finally, after decades

starting to make me stay in a bit more. I normally spend a lot of time outdoors, even in severe cold... it's warmed up to -10F right now, but a few problems with spider bites on my face make me more sensitive about going out for fear of damage to my flesh. Your face is the hardest thing to keep covered, especially if you wear glasses since they get steamed up in the first second then it's a struggle thereafter.

I may be migrating out this year so I'm getting all my photos in winter together. I'll still be in the general region but not at such a high elevation, I'll probably go down about 1500ft... depends on where there's work I can still do. It's a hard choice but getting older makes life a little harder to sustain in a place like this.

[niyad]

21. so beautiful and thank you for sharing. on the other hand, . . . brrrrrrrr.

[2naSalit]

22. It is cold.

But it makes for some really awesome effects for pictures!

It's a whole +2F and it's still before noon! We might get up into the +20s later on but that will be for a duration of ten to twenty minutes, then it's time for the sunset. I need to go to the store down in town today so I'll be firing up the vehicle at the height of the warmth!

We're often the coldest spot in the lower 48.

[niyad]

23. you are more than welcome to it!! temp here right now is 46!!! yay, after some very

cold (but no snow) days. and I do know that the weather here is wonderful compared to a lot of the country (no earthquakes, no tornadoes, no blizzards, no floods)

[2naSalit]

24. Wow. last winter was a lot like that...

hardly any snow and too warm for around here in winter. Not sure where you are but I grew up in northern New England, gotta have snow in winter or I feel really out of sorts. I spent several winters in southern Calif. and I just didn't feel right. I guess I need to hover around the 45th parallel to feel at home!

I have, especially after a summer in the Anza Borrego desert, come to realize that you can do something - many things - about being cold but there are few things you can do to find relief from severe heat.

[niyad]

25. I love the Anza Borrego --so beautiful. located in fundie/militaryville now (otherwise

known as colorado springs). not terribly fond of the cold, or the heat.

[2naSalit]

26. Hmmm

I was a military child, I stay away form that stuff now. I'm too close to YNP now and after what I saw working there in uniform the past two summers, I'm ready to bail out of here, the place is getting ruined by human saturation and I just can't bear to watch the decline. There are a couple locations west of here that are looking more attractive with far less tourist numbers... there isn't much in the region that isn't tourist oriented unless you're a rancher, farmer or mine worker.