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Western Montana 24 images Created 11 Oct 2013

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  • During a visit to Missoula in 2009 I headed up to Lolo Pass on the Montana/Idaho state line along Route 12 with a small group of photographers/friends to capture some of the morning light. In the July morning a nice layer of dew drops were present around the area near the pass which I photographed for quite some time before moving on to other subjects in the area.
    Dew-Drops.tif
  • Visiting Lolo Pass on the Montana/Idaho border, I came across a small stream near the pass and watched the water slowly move over plants in the bottom of the stream. Using a slow shutter speed, I pointed my camera towards the water to capture the slight motion of the stream against the elements on the bottom.
    Flowing-Water.tif
  • This was also taken a few summers ago in Glacier National Park and not far from where I saw the baby mountain goat. Looking to the east on the Hidden Lake trail in mid-July there were still patches of snow around Logan Pass and the trail took us over some of those patches as well. Now that fall is here the park will start to close down at the higher elevations as the snow will soon start to fly in northern Montana.
    Glacier-National-Park-Summer.tif
  • Just outside of Arlee, Montana you will find the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas. These buddha sculptures surround the central figure in an eight spoke Dharma wheel. just to the north of this there is a small hill you can walk up which are covered in prayer flags. On the day I visited there was a little breeze which allowed the flags to move with the wind. Using a slower shutter speed I captured the colors and motion of the flags as they fluttered in the wind.
    Prayer-Flags-Montana.tif
  • Glacier National Park is quite the different spot to visit in the winter months. Over a course of a few days I came across many variations in the weather which made it fun to explore as well as photograph. This morning at Lake McDonald is was quite foggy which gave a different then the view quite common across the lake. Using the conditions I spent a good amount of time photographing from the shoreline and capturing the mood.
    Foggy-Morning.tif
  • As I walked through Caras Park in Missoula, Montana one morning while visiting there was a storm which was starting to move into the city. As the clouds started to get darker I noticed the canopy in the park standing out against the storm clouds. Finding a nice angle I captured the peaks of the canopy as it rose into the threatening clouds of the day.
    Canopy-under-Storm.tif
  • You may not know it but the entrance into Glacier National Park once went over the Belton Bridge as seen in this image. The Belton Bridge was built in 1920 and for a couple of decades was the method to get visitors over the Flathead River from Highway 2 into the park. Now this is a walkway over the river and a quiet location you can watch rafters pass below or just relax. During a winter visit I found pristine snow in this location which made for a fun place to photograph along the water. I found this spot looking back towards the bridge and the snow covered mountains in the distance.
    Old-Entrance.tif
  • In February 2008 I headed to the Glacier area for a few days of photographing and ventured into the park some of those days. The park is quite different in the winter with just a small portion of road open in the park, and the number of people you see being counted on two hands however it is quite magnificent. This image was an afternoon at Lake McDonald looking towards Stanton Mountain on some fresh snow which wasn't hard to find at all, well minus the fresh powder with animal tracks I encountered just after this location.
    Glacier-National-Park-Winter.tif
  • In the winter of 2008 I was at Glacier National Park photographing and enjoying the scenery. After a day of snowshoeing up the road I was heading back and stopped at the west end of Lake McDonald just after sunset. As the night settled in I captured the quiet winter evening in the park which is quite different then being there in the summer.
    Winter-Glacier-National-Park-Lake-Mc...tif
  • In 2008 I headed to Glacier National Park and explored the park in the winter months. This is quite different than in the summer due to much less of the park open and the numbers of visitors quite less at this time. On this day I believe I saw around 10 people in the park while exploring on snowshoes. Lake McDonald is pictured in this image from the shoreline just prior to sunset on a pleasant day to explore Glacier.
    Clear-Winter-Day.tif
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  • In the Flathead Valley of Montana the Mission Mountains sit to the east of the valley floor. This barn is quite known by photographers and capturing the scene with some nice light and snow in the mountains is what makes the image. As I headed up to the location from Missoula, I found a location which allowed me to position the crops for the summer growing season in the image as well.
    Cooper-Barn-Montana.tif
  • Located in Western Montana, Missoula is a little then the eastern part of the state. While living there for a few months during the fall I hiked up part of the hill to the east of the city to capture the fall colors changing around the University of Montana. Over the course of a couple of weeks it was a morning routine to go to this spot and photograph and after a while some of the regulars would stop and chat. There were a few locations I photographed from to show the clock tower with different backgrounds.
    Fall-Colors-Missoula.tif
  • Driving down a dirt road outside of Missoula, Montana on a fall morning I passed through an area of fog. As I emerged from the fog, I noticed a small barn in a field on the left side of the road. I stopped to photograph the small barn and when walking up the road for a different angle noticed an area by a gate where you could look down the length of the fence. As I composed this image, the early morning light started to glow as it passed through the fog providing the magically light found in this image. Prior to leaving Missoula I would visit the spot a handful of times but was never able to recreate this morning.
    Western-Missoula-Sunrise.tif
  • As I spent the fall in Missoula, Montana I had climbed the hill next to the University of Montana many morning to photograph the fall colors. On a Saturday I made my way towards the M itself and climbed a little beyond. It was here I came across a couple taking in the football game as their dog took a little nap.
    Cheap-Seats.tif
  • As like many other cities Missoula does a First Friday Art Walk and for this one I set up my camera outside of Gallery Saintonge during the event. With the old building in the city and the modern inside to the gallery I thought the contrast between the two worked nicely for this image.
    Gallery-Window-Missoula-Montana.tif
  • This was taken at Glacier National Park in Montana. Just for a change I transformed it to a black and white image which I think tells a little different story in comparison with the original image in color. With the rocks leading us out to the lake and onwards to the mountains it is not a mixture of colors but something which blends the scene together as one just after sunset on this evening.
    Evening-Lake-McDonald-Montana.tif
  • This was taken at Glacier National Park in Montana. Just for a change I transformed it to a black and white image which I think tells a little different story in comparison with the original image in color. With the rocks leading us out to the lake and onwards to the mountains it is not a mixture of colors but something which blends the scene together as one just after sunset on this evening.
    Sunset-Glacier-National-Park.tif
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  • In late summer of 2007 when I was living in Missoula, I headed to Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge in the Flathead Valley one evening. With the fires in the area that summer I didn't know what to expect in terms of sunset but thought I would chance it at this time knowing the water levels would be lower allowing for the s-curve flow to show at the location. The fires to the west helped add some color to the sky on this evening in the Flathead Valley.
    Ninepipe-NWR-Sunset-Montana.tif
  • Setting up at dusk one evening in September I waited for traffic to pass by my spot on the side of the bridge. The bridge is located at the west side of Glacier National Park as you cross the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Being so late in the evening, there were few cars and those were leaving the National Park after spending the day enjoying the many offerings you can find at Glacier.
    Bridge-Glacier-National-Park.tif
  • The early morning light drew me in for this image. As I walked through a small town I noticed this light on the bench sitting along the wall. Using the low angle of the light I able to position the bench so the shadow continued to flow into the image. The illuminated while wall help provide some negative space of the scene so your eye follows the bench into the image and out along the sidewalk.
    Benched.tif
  • Towards the end of the summer one year living in Missoula, Montana I was able to capture the sunset over the city. It has been a pretty active wildfire season in the area, but by the end of August the skies cleared of the smoke around the city and evenings like this returned to the city.
    Sunset-over-Missoula.tif
  • It was an early June morning as I made my way to Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge just south of Missoula. As the early light made its way through the light fog in the valley I found an interesting shoreline to capture the soft light as well as the reflection on the quiet ponds.
    Lee-Metcalf-NWR.tif