Snowy Owl, Polson, Mt 2012-01-15

A big thanks to BigSkyKatie for the tip on where the Snowy Owls are. I have since done some research and realize this news is well known from an article in the Missoulian. But without Katie I may well have missed it. So I have to give her the credit as she gave me the directions that I needed as I only had a couple hours Sunday afternoon to run down to Polson, definitely worth the 200 mile roundtrip.

East Glacier Park, MT -- Sunrise

This image was taken about 30 minutes after my previous post of the Two Medicine Lunar Eclipse.

Two Medicine Lunar Eclipse

Taken during yesterdays (2011-12-10) full lunar eclipse. This image was captured in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, MT. The wind was howling (as it almost always does on the east slope) so this image is just a tad soft.

Avalanche Creek -- 2009-08-02

I can't wait to do this hike again, one of my favorite places to go in the park. With all the snow in the park this year I am sure there will be plenty of runoff even in mid to late August. Got a late start this morning as I had out of state visitors that enjoyed this hike with me. Exif data shows 11:11am as the capture time, so it was extremely bright with a lot of shadows in the canyon. I tried to process a single image but could not do it justice to what I remember. So here is a 3-shot blended version.

Hope you enjoy this one and thanks for looking.

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Camera Info/Settings:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105m 1:4 L IS @ ??mm
3 exposures 1/5th to 3.2 seconds @ F20
No polarizer
ISO 100
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
HDR file processed with Photomatix Pro 3
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS4
Yes HDR
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Palouse Falls Canyon (Last Light)

Nothing earth shattering here but I felt that it was still worth sharing. This is a 9 shot pano (probably more images than needed as it appeared CS5 did not use 3 of them) stitched  in CS5 with content aware fill around the edges. This is from behind the fence at the viewing platform, I had one more image in this series but Chip Phillips wandered into the shot, he was of course checking out comps outside the fenced area where one misplaced step could lead to a 200' plunge.  I also checked out some of the comps from outside the fence but the light had all but faded at that point.

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Camera Info/Settings/Post Processing:
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Canon 5D Mark II    
Canon 24-105m 1:4 L IS @ 32mm
.4 second exposure @ F8
LEE soft .9 ND graduated filter
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
Singh-Ray LB Color Combo Polarizer/Color Intensifier
ISO 200
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
9 image Panorama stitched with Photoshop CS5
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS5
No HDR

Palouse Beauty Day1 Evening_02

Thanks to Aaron Reed & Zeb Andrews for a great weekend in the Palouse.  This image was from the first evening up on top of Steptoe Butte in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington. The views from up there are spectacular and must be seen to really be believed. The light this evening was extra special.

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Camera Info/Settings/Post Processing:
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Canon 7D
Canon EF70-200mm f2.8 L IS @ 75mm effective = 120mm
1/20 second exposure @ F9
Singh-Ray LB Color Combo polarizer
ISO 100
Exposure Bias: -1/3EV
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
No HDR

Let There be an Owl

This image is dedicated to all the Exposure Northwest participants who continue to have fun at my expense after the disappointment of missing the classic shot of an owl framed in the top window of a barn:)

I spent a couple of hours Monday evening after the workshop walking/circling a hedgerow/snowbreak  in the Mission Valley that I have been meaning to get back to since last year. I thought it was going to be a bust so I settled in for some last minute evening landscape shots. After a couple minutes of concentrating on landscape and the sky I looked over my left shoulder and to my surprise there he was a couple hundred feet away. He was not there previously.  I approached very slowly getting shots as I did so, he was not terribly nervous, just curious. I was able to circle the bottom of the tree that he was in but the light was fading fast so it was a little difficult getting a shot as  he was deep in shadow. Anyway this is what I could rescue of the image I liked the best.

He did not spook until these aggressive little blackbirds with red shoulders kept harassing him.

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Camera Info/Settings/Post Processing:
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Canon 7D
Canon 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS @ 200mm
1/400 second exposure @ F2.8
Singh-Ray LB Color Combo polarizer
ISO 200
Exposure Bias: 0EV
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
No HDR