Iconic images are iconic for a reason; they are just great compositions at great places. Getting that trophy image may be on your wishlist. So you go to the right place at the right time and you get the right image. Now what? Can you get more than one image there? How about challenging yourself to get something a bit different? How about going to the right place at the "wrong time?"

          The image of the T.A. Moulton Barn on Mormon Row in the Grand Tetons National Park is just such an iconic image. I have been there numerous times. Each time there yielded the same situation; many, many photographers lined up to get that image. I have been there with some 100 or more other photographers. We all go early in the morning because that is when all the elements tend to work together to produce a nice image. On a recent trip there we decided to check things out at sunset; the "wrong time" for the barn. It was wonderful in the sense that we did not have to contend with other photographers. We could freely move around. There were but one or two other people.

This was the first time we were able to move forward and around without risking to be stoned by others. Yes, the great mountains in the background were now in shadow, but the clouds made up for it. It afforded me the opportunity to play around and to try something a bit different:

I really enjoyed the experience. The next time I am here I plan to go again for sunset. Get something a bit different; in different light, perhaps from a different direction. Yes, get the iconic image but then go at a different time and see what you get.