Sunset in the Tetons (#2)

Since my last post was a shot taken in the morning in Grand Teton National Park I thought that I'd switch it up and post one from the evening there next. The Tetons are unique (at least in my experience) in not having foothills to block your view of the major peaks that make up the range. Especially in the national park it is rather flat and low-lying until that rather abruptly gives way to massive mountains, which is a treat for landscape photographers.

This shot came about on my last day in Grand Teton National Park. I'd been out wandering the park since the wee hours of the morning and had finally decided to call it a day and head back to camp for supper. Driving back I had both the mountain range and the setting sun on my left and the rays of sunlight sneaking through between the peaks kept taunting me. Finally I could take it no longer and when I saw this I found a turnout and parked and got my gear out again. By the time this was taken the sun was fully behind the mountains and the gaps were the only places still getting sunlight. Needless to say I cook supper by flashlight that night.

f/16, 1/25s

It was brought to my attention that I probably should have included more example shots in my recent post about filters, so I would like to somewhat remedy that now. This shot was taken using graduated ND filters, without those the foreground on this would have been almost completely dark and/or the peaks washed out and overexposed.