For a few years, it was pretty common for us to visit family in Utah, and on most trips, I always made a point to head north of Salt Lake City, and stop in at Antelope Island State Park. It’s funny because this oasis, as I call it, is just minutes from suburbia, heavy traffic, and tons of people, but you’d never know it out here.
There are almost always birds and critters to photography, from raptors to waterfowl, pronghorn and bison, plus a few coyotes mixed in…it’s just a great place to spend some time with a camera.
On this morning it had rained the day and night before. You always feel fortunate when you can catch the first light of day and the clouds are slowly breaking up but there are enough of them left to give the scene a nice dramatic tone. This summer had been particularly dry here so there was no water in Farmington Bay…just a bit of rainwater from passing storms. Frary Peak in the looked great in the sunrise light.