I love getting up early for pictures. The color one can see if you look hard enough is surprising. The color of the mountains at sunrise is reflected in the water. But you really only see the color if you lay flat in the snow so the angle of view includes the mountains. That combined with a slow shutter speed gives great feel and look to the image. The one down size is how cold it is.
I have more images that I will try and upload after the weekend.

This is another shot, taken 8-29, from the one of the areas that I scouted last fall. However, due to the rivers running so high this summer this small pond was not around. The water level is back down and this pond is now cut-off and will slowly dry up. But until then I have a nice reflection to work with. I hope it stays long enough to get a little ice, just one more element to add to the shot.
I thought is morning I was going to get the great shot. Hiking in I could see some clouds and even low fog. But the as sunrise drew near, the clouds covered the peak and other clouds behind me blocked the sun from giving the scene the extra punch of color. Maybe next time.
The last two mornings I've heard one elk bugling. He only bugles once. Still very early, but fall is getting close. The bison herds are growing bigger. The Jackson herd must have been strung out over a mile. The bulls are getting very vocal but not a lot of fighting yet.

Good landscape shots don't involve a lot of luck. It takes patience and scouting.
I scouted for a new morning location for a picture of the Grand with water in the foreground. Last fall I hiked the entire length of a stream and found 3 spots that might work. This summer I've been checking on them to see how they change. In the spring and early summer, the water in the stream was high enough that it was covering the rocks. Last fall the rocks were exposed and something that I felt made the picture interesting. A couple of weeks ago the water level had dropped to show them, so this was the first round of test shots. Now I have to be patient and wait until the skies have clouds at sunrise to add the finishing touches. Sunrise happens to fast just to be lucky and happen upon a scene. I've waited 10 months just to get this shot. It might be another 2 months before I get the rest of the elements to make the complete image.