fotographien

grand tetons national park, wyoming: brad and i did a ride through the park because it was closed to motor vehicles this time of year. we were pumping pretty hard, cruising along at a steady pace when we spotted these punks (female elk) hanging out by a pleasant little mountain scene. i think i cleaned out my front set of brake pads trying to dangerously come to a stop to get a photo. as it turns out, it was kind of an overcast day which made getting a decent shot of the snowcaps rather difficult because of poor lighting. and as chance would have it, for the bit of time i had to pull my camera out of my pack and snap the shot, something happened with the sun-- it cleared a cloud or something. this was exactly the shot i wanted, and it just so happens that we got some beasts in there as well.


highway 41 between whitehall and dillon, montana: these four shots were taken in sequence at varying points between on this particular 55 mile stretch of country road. sunsets have proven so difficult to take pictures of when you are hellbent on capturing certain elements, but the possibilities are endless. i find myself shooting as many photos as i can and drastically changing the settings between each shot. this can describe the variations in colors that you see. that said, it was this evening that certainly secured montana as the most scenic state thus far.


idaho border: brad took this photo with my camera as i was gazing up at at the sign. i can assure you this is not a habit we have-- that is, stopping to take photos of the "welcome to...." signs, but there was something about getting in to idaho that got me going. it seemed like something of an american lost frontier. i talked about this in an earlier blog i think. if you look closely it appears as though somebody torpedoed the sign with a few eggs maybe a couple nights before. that was probably my favorite part-- dont know why.

highway 95 approaching lewiston, idaho: this was when i was rattling off winter driving instructions to brad as we rambled along at 22 miles per hour. we were en route to spokane on this highway. what normally should have been a 6.5 hour trip from ketchum ended up taking 9.5 hours. awesome.

my top 5 most popular road albums up to this point:

1) magnolia electric co - nashville moon
2) watson twins - southern manners
3) wilco - being there
4) kings of convenience - quiet is the new loud
5) daft punk - discovery (tie)
5) hilltop hoods - the calling (tie)

other notables:

LCD soundsystem - sound of silver, eddie vedder - into the wild soundtrack, herbert - scale, caribou - andorra, ben folds five - an old live show recording i have from clutch cargo's in pontiac (brings back some good memories).