<![CDATA[Thomas Stanton Photography - Just Something I Saw]]>

<![CDATA[Thomas Stanton Photography - Just Something I Saw]]>Sun, 20 May 2012 13:28:51 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Grizzly Bear]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:04:33 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2012/05/grizzly-bear.htmlFriday morning I went into an area to photography a Ruffed Grouse. I found one that used a log that had a clear view. But just as I was heading in I caught sight of bear ears coming over a hill. It was the sow with 3 cubs. I spent the morning shoot them as they moved along a moraine. The cubs were wrestling with each other a lot. When they came upon a small group of elk, the sow made a run at them. The elk ran off, but the bear didn't chase them it when to the area the elk had run from. It was checking to see if any calves were hidden in the sage brush. It didn't find anything.

Grizzly cub

Grizzly sow and one cub

Grizzly

Grizzly and Tetons

Grizzly, I removed the ear tag in photoshop.

]]><![CDATA[Rare sighting]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 09:12:55 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2012/05/rare-sighting.htmlWhite-winged Crossbills normal range is the Northern Canadian Rockies, so I was surprised to find one last Wednesday. A male and female were mixed in with a group of the more commonly found Red Crossbills. White-winged Crossbills will sometimes move this far south during the winter, but this pair has decided to stay.

While hiking about I also ran across a grizzly and 3 cubs. I saw them before they saw me, but their sense of smell is so good that in a few minutes their noses were in the air and started to move out of the area.

White-winged Crossbill

Grizzly sow and three cubs. The top of the third one is just visible between the sow and two cubs. It was digging around in a hole.

Greenwinged Teal

]]><![CDATA[Pine Siskins]]>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:43:33 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2012/04/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit2.htmlI sat along a small stream to watch what kind of birds were in the area to come and drink. Nothing much in the way of new arrivals. But I did see a few White Winged Crossbills. I saw them all three days, so they might have a nest in the area. I also found a Great Horned Owl nest. Didn't look like any thing has hatched, but it should be soon. When they do I will post some pictures.
The one thing I watched and was surprised about were the Pine Siskins eating grass. It is a sparrow sized bird that moves in large flocks and feeds mostly on seeds. So I was puzzled when I saw it eating grass in the stream. I looked it up and they sometimes eat grass, not a lot, but on rare occasions.

]]><![CDATA[Start to the 2012 season]]>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:25:12 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2012/03/start-to-the-2012-season.htmlThe snow is disappearing quickly and the birds are returning, time to start shooting again.
This past weekend I finally went out for both days. Cold and overcast, it wasn't the best but it felt good to be out.
The following are just a few shots, it was to cloudy to get anything good.

]]><![CDATA[Slow winter shooting]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:36:02 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2012/01/slow-winter-shooting.htmlI am not going to update my site very much this winter. I don't get out as much with the camera as I do from spring to fall. The low temps make it very hard on my equipment and I don't want to keep replacing it. I might post a new picture once a month, but not much more then that.
I will post on a more regular basis in April.

From Taggart Lake

]]><![CDATA[End of a good year]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:30:30 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2011/12/end-of-a-good-year.htmlWinter takes a bit out of my hiking. It was a month since my last update and I haven't had to many chances to get out.
On Christmas day I walked/snowshoed back to an area near Jenny Lake. The temps were nice and in the upper teens, blue sky and no wind. Not much for wildlife. One maybe two moose had been bedding down in one area, but I never saw them. A large flock of Rosy Finches were feeding in some tree tops but I wasn't able to get any shots before they flew away to another tree. It was just a great day to get outside.

This was the shot I used for the holiday cover of the Daily. It is the Tetons at first light and ice.

]]><![CDATA[Early morning color]]>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:37:58 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2011/11/early-morning-color.htmlI 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.

]]><![CDATA[Winter]]>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:24:02 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2011/11/winter.htmlWinter has hit the valley. This shot was from 11-9, which was the only day I was able to get out. Icy roads kept me home the weekend before and a snow storm kept me in my cave this weekend. I think in the winter I will only be posting every other week (if anyone really cares).

]]><![CDATA[Fall is almost over]]>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:32:13 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2011/10/fall-is-almost-over.htmlAfter the snow last week, most of the color has left the valley. Elk have been very active and now the moose are moving around chasing cows.

Bull elk crossing stream

Elk

Small bay along Bearpaw Lake

]]><![CDATA[Snow in the valley]]>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:06:31 -0800http://thomasstanton.com/1/post/2011/10/snow-in-the-valley.htmlSnow has finally arrived. It was not a lot and by Sunday everything was gone, except high up. Animals are even more on the move and some color is still hanging around. Great time of the year.

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