Ryan Jordan

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Hard Times in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (Sigma DP2)

Hard Times, Bob Marshall Wilderness Sigma DP2, ISO 50, f/2.8, 1/800 sec. These arrowleaf balsamroot flowers won’t make it into Flower Photo Field Guides but they will have better stories to tell than the sissy flowers down in the forest. They look like how I feel whenever I go off trail in the Bob. Last […]

My Favorite Treks: The Trident Traverse from Cody, WY

Trident, Northern Massif from Mountain Creek, Yellowstone National Park Sigma DP1, ISO 100, f/11, 1/30 sec. Click for a little bit bigger. In addition to flanking the remotest spot in the CONUS, the Trident (the mass of peaks and ridges making up the Trident Peak Massif) may be YNP’s coolest peak, due its sheer size […]

Sage Sunrise – The 2.5 lb Backcountry Camp (Sigma DP2)

Sage Camp Sunrise Southwest Montana, Spring 2010 (Sigma DP2) Another campsite photograph, this time taken with the Sigma DP2, with the sun in the photo and no corrective Photoshopping to deal with the ungainly, but nicely colorful, lens flare. Mornings on sage flats are special in their own way because it’s the type of backcountry […]

Packrafting Camp, Beartrap Wilderness (Fuji Velvia)

A Packrafter’s Camp Beartrap Canyon Wilderness, Montana Nikon FM3a, Nikkor AI-S 28/2.8, Fuji Velvia 50 (Shot at ISO 100 and Push-Processed) I spent a few nights in the Beartrap Canyon Wilderness in April and I honestly can’t remember carrying my pack there. It’s like that, when it’s really light. Even with a large packraft, PFD, […]

Training Hikes with Boy Scouts: “M” Trail, Bozeman, Montana (Sigma DP2s Photos)

Turning the corner and heading home at sunset. (Click the photo to see it bigger and better, especially if you have an Apple LED monitor.) Sigma DP2s, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO 50. Our Boy Scout Troop (Click for Website: Troop 676 Bozeman MT) is training for a 50-Miler in the Beartooths this July, so we’re […]