Abandoned Grove
The Russian-olive does very well in Montana, and though it’s not a true olive tree it lends wonderfully to the landscape. Thick and thorny, they were planted by settlers in the region to act as windbreaks and natural fences. An abandoned grove along the Yellowstone River made for a great stop…
River Crown
Stopping along an icy creek in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park, I found myself lying at snow-level taking images of this rock with its frosty crown. I’d say it has a most favorable view of the Absaroka Mountains…
Blade of Light
A slit in the clouds reveals the blade of light which has pierced it… About as close to ‘straight from the camera’ as I could do, I performed only a noise reduction to combat the high ISO remnants. The darkness of the foreground was accented during conversion to sRGB, but there was none of the [...]
Placed on Pause
I’m always apologizing for missing posts, but maybe the best thing to do at this point is just to state that for the next several weeks my blog will only be updated sporadically. I wish it were otherwise, but my workload is dictating that non-essentials be limited as much as possible. Thanks for your patience [...]
Happy 4th of July
I’m a bit busy with the holiday, but wanted to get another post up. This is an unnamed reservoir in the Shields Valley on the way to the Martinsdale Reservoir. Happy 4th of July, everyone!
3D MT Style
You’ll likely recognize the scene from today’s shot, but I decided to give the 3D action a little whirl. Neil Creek got me interested in 3D not too long ago and I’ve been playing around with the technique as it applies to larger landscapes. I know most of you will not be able to see [...]
We Are All Hungry
I went hunting morels again on Monday with my friends Lauren and Mike. We revisited the same area as from Saturday, but it had been picked over pretty well. The problem now is that everyone in our area knows the season is upon us and the hills are full of people. Nothing [...]