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Trumpeters
April 23, 2020
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I like to photograph birds, but often don't make the
time or set up the camera properly. The birds also seem to know me by sight and get as far away as possible.
Last Sunday I put the long lens on, jacked up the camera's sensor speed, and hiked around a couple of the Job Corps Ponds at Warm Springs, Montana. I saw American Avocets, Black Necked S...
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Big Sky Country
April 10, 2020
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On April 6, 2020 I visited Hogback Road south of
Glen, Montana, in hopes of catching the rising almost-full moon. I parked and walked up the southernmost lower edges of the 'hogback' and found that to the east, the moon was caught up among low clouds hugging the Ruby and Tobacco Root Mountains.
While I waited for the moon, I looked about and saw...
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It's 2020, but Thinkin' 2021 -The Badger State
March 27, 2020
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I plan to produce a 2021 Head Frames Calendar with all new head frames photos. Here is a view of the Badger State head frame, one of the 2021 calendar candidates.
'Resting Pretty' shows the Badger State head frame with the Montana Resources waste dumps in the mid-distance. I had hoped to get a new view of the head frame from the northwest, but I...
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It's 2020, but Thinkin' 2021 -The Mountain Con
March 20, 2020
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I plan to produce a 2021 Head Frames Calendar with all new head frames photos. Here is a view of the Mountain Consolidated head frame, one of the 2021 calendar candidates.
'Walk in the Park' shows a view of the Mountain Consolidated Head Frame from a vegetated area east of the head frame. This area was where the foreman's house stood--it seems t...
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Hogbacks and Big Skies
March 10, 2020
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On March 6, 2020 I drove the Biltmore Road (starts from near Twin Bridges and becomes Hogback Road when you near Glen, Montana). The road's western end crosses several thrust faults that place old formations on top of young formations.
I stopped to catch a late day photo of lichen covered westward dipping gray limestone, most likely in the upper p...
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