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Since the far southeastern shore of Jekyll Island, Georgia (USA) is now far behind me, I thought I would get back into the winter theme for a few uploads.

I took this during my late Feb. early March 2009 trip to Jackson Hole, a winter in which they received a huge amount of snow only to receive more over the 2010-11 winter season. And from the looks of it, from what I've been following on a weekly basis, the Tetons will receive another huge amount of snow this winter. I look at some of the Jackson Hole web cams every 2-3 days to see how deep the snow is getting from those measuring stakes they have, for example, at the Teton Climbers Ranch webcam.

The good news is that I'll be meeting up with a few of you for several days for my 2012 Jackson Hole deep winter photo shoot and we'll be stopping by this location and perhaps even walking out where this ice fisherman is ... oh yes, the ice will be checked for thickness before heading out on it. I'll be taking you to a few choice locations for winter shots to include a waterfall and yes we will get in sunrise and sunsets too with bison, elk and other wildlife in the snow.

I know you're eager to go so please try to spare your finger nails. We'll be there before you know it. And after that ... well...it will be a few more months and I'll see some of you again for my JH late spring wildflower photo shoot.

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The morning of January 14th 2012 I got up at 5:30 am...thank goodness the sunrise is later in the winter ! I was out the door shortly before 6am to make the 20 minute drive from the hotel to this section of Jekyll Island, GA (USA). The cold front was still around so I bundled up and turned the heat on in the car and took off. South I drove and over the beautiful bridge along the way and made my left for Jekyll.

Once I parked the car I made the short walk to the wide open beach as the first rays of light were now starting to come out. I walked to the location I had scouted the previous late afternoon as a few locals walked by with their dogs and I anchored my tripod and waited, sipping on a good warm cup of coffee as it slowly became brighter.

I started shooting around 10 minutes before actual sunrise and I moved to and from at least 4 locations before shooting this scene as my last set. It was quite a colorful sunrise that morning.

Time to relax and listen to ... Ryan Farish's Walk With You

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The morning of January 14th 2012 held a lot of possibilties on Jekyll Island, GA (USA) but I didn't have a lot of time to shoot and keep running to all the spots I wanted to shoot because of the quickly changing light so I took what I could and couldn't wait for my flight back to Kansas City to be over so I could go to work on the shots. I'm sure many of you have experienced the same feeling.

I would have liked a small pool of water around this but I missed the tide badly...oh well, at least the light was working for me.

Spring is not too far away now and soon it will be time to make your plans for the summer. Why not join me in my 2012 Jackson Hole, WY wildflower photo shoot in early July. If you do, I will lead you and the group to take sunrise shots like the one below. Hope to see you there.

Chilling to a Davol's "Lucky Day" ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrbUllxGs_U

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I was in the St. Simons and Jekyll Island area of southeastern Georgia for the past week. And when there I always make it a point to visit both areas at sunrise and sunset.

Of the two, Jekyll has Driftwood Beach which is the best sunrise shooting location between the two. The trick is to time it so that the tide is in around sunrise...which isn't easy, as the shooting at the right exposure to produce that nice swishing water around these trees produces one incredible photo after another.

Though my luck wasn't with me with regards to the tide at the right time I still had some great pre-sunrise light which I was real happy with.

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I have been on travel almost a week now in and around St Simons and Jekyll Island in southeastern Georgia (USA). I always make it a point to visit both of these islands each time I visit to shoot the sunset and sunrise along at Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island and sunset on St Simons Island.

St Simons is the larger of the two and has plenty of shops and restaurants. If you can stand the humidity here in the late spring and summer I'd say this is certainly a nice place to consider vacationing as the crowds aren't that bad and each island has its unique charm.

The pier is part of Neptune Park in the small quaint section of what might be considered the downtown section. To the north end of the park is the St Simons light house ... still active over all these years.

Equipment: Canon 60D, Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse filer, 2 stop Singh-Ray soft filter, Sigma 10-20mm wa lens.

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