2018 "Snaps" Around Glacier National Park

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tibber wrote:as always, like seeing what your up to when we can't be there.
Great photos but I like that last shot.
Thanks Tibber :)
I like that last one as well. Clouds were good that day.
Jay w wrote:These are great shots and could be really dramatic in B&W.

Slivered almonds...

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I didn't see your email until I got back home a little while ago.
Technically, I was hunting. In reality, I took my rifle "Big Bits" for a drive with a friend in his rig. 8)
Grim day. Icy on some of the back roads. Scary the way some of these morons drive out there.

I liked both of your renditions Jay. I need more time learning and working with the software.
Some of the older images I have look pretty good with just a little work.
Images of B&C and many winter scenes would look good in black and white.
I think I'd like black mats with bright white core for some my images of Bonnie and Clyde.
teapot57 wrote:Wow, Pete . . . These reflection shots are amazing.

Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Thanks Tina.
I had a bowl of home made chili just now for Thanksgiving dinner 8)

Yeah, that was a good day for pics. I was late getting there or I'd had more!
As I said above, I spent most of the day riding around in the woods, occasionally getting out to walk a patch.
We'll have good days this fall and winter. :D

Thanks all of you for stopping and looking.

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Made it out to Lake McDonald this afternoon. I arrived earlier than I did earlier in the week.
The light was better, good clouds and almost no wind.
I may have a couple more images worth putting up tomorrow night.

Pizza Bob and his wife invited me to hike out to Avalanche Lake tomorrow.
Should be a nice day so maybe more images from there.
:)

You'll notice the horizon in today's pics is "fuzzy". There was a thin layer of fog/mist hugging the surface of the lake.

I had trouble with my shadow getting in the way today.
Finally in this spot...
I took the tripod head off my tripod, laid down at the edge of the lake, holding the base of the head on the gravel at the edge of the water. :mrgreen:
It was the only way to keep the shadow out from this particular spot. It was awkward but I got "something" before moving down the beach to my "tree".


16mm lens at f16 focused to infinity. The rocks at lower left looked out of focus at first, but it's the cloud reflection 8)
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My shadow is in this image but blends in the existing shadows
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These 3 shrunken jpegs should all print well from the original 6000x4000 image. I did bump the saturation up some to try to bring up the color in the rocks,
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I love those shots Pete.
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paul wrote:I love those shots Pete.
Thanks Paul!
I am liking your trip report. I really need to get up to BOU while I'm still fit enough.
Maybe next year :)

pete :wink:

PS
I'll put a few more up from Lake McDonald.
Gonna put some below from today's hike to to Avalanche Lake with PizzaBob, his wife Sandy and son John. :)
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Hiked up to Avalanche Lake with PizzaBob and family today.
Twas an overcast, grim sort of day, but hiking was good.
Chilly with temps in the hi 20's, but no wind, so not so bad for being out.

We all brought MicroSpikes and glad we did. Lots of frozen snow and ice everywhere.
We didn't see too many people on the way up. On the way down, many people we saw said they "wish they had brought some kind of traction aids" 8)

The landscape was pretty much "black and white" other than the gorge area.
So I tried converting a few images to B&W.


Still some color in the gorge. Looking up creek here.
That water was so clear....and I'm certain--chilly!
8)
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Looking back down creek
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I decided not to try for a "boot shot" 8) Pretty slick on the snow/ice covered rocks.
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Cirque wall from log jam area at the foot of Avalanche Lake. Low clouds prevented seeing much of the top of the cirque wall :(
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The following were taken from the "beach" area at the foot of the lake.

This is a "color" image
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Same image converted to black and white. So you see? It really was a "black and white" kinda day 8)
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I kinda liked these.
These very high contrast images are difficult to get right---for me anyway. So good practice today.
Cropping helped these out. That BRIGHT white snow just tend to overwhelm the whole scene if I left it in.


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I thought a selfie would add a little color to the otherwise B&W scene.
"Center of Attention" thang. Ya know?

:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
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PS
Does this count as a "dead tree"? 8)

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Here are a few more pics from Saturday November 24.
These, like all the images above, are much reduced in size jpegs. All of them will look much better if printed full size.


Nothing to special or exciting about this one. Just more "practice" I guess... :)
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I don't believe I've taken any pics from this spot before. It's not too far down the Sun road from the Apgar picnic area.
However, I'll get back there with a different lens for more if I can. You get a good look down the lake but the view is distant.
And...It was a bit tricky getting down to this spot from the car park. Steep and icy down through the bushes 8)

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Cropped looks better imo
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Back to the beach area. I cropped my shadow out of this and the following pic
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From boat dock at Lake McDonald lodge. Saturday was a nicer day than last week when I was out here. Earlier in the day and better light.
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I wanted to tilt the camera 90 degrees for a portrait pano so I could get the hotel including the all of the trees and their reflection.
However the people you see kept coming out on the dock "rocking it". No way then to get multiple images to line up correctly. :(

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Pete, as always, thank you for the pics to keep us 'foreigners" up to date and enjoying GNP. I really enjoyed the Avalanche pics. Our first trip to GNP in 1991 went through Kalispiel, and our last hike before heading to the airport was Avalanche Lake, but a steady rain interceded. Our other trips have been via Great Falls, so Avalanche is still on our list.
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Pete, likewise, enjoyed the pics and it was fun to see Avalanche with snow. Soon I'll have to start asking if McDonald has frozen over yet.

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davidwayne wrote:Pete, as always, thank you for the pics to keep us "foreigners" up to date and enjoying GNP. I really enjoyed the Avalanche pics. Our first trip to GNP in 1991 went through Kalispell, and our last hike before heading to the airport was Avalanche Lake, but a steady rain interceded. Our other trips have been via Great Falls, so Avalanche is still on our list.
Hi David:

Thanks, I'll try to keep you "foreigners" as up to date as I can 8)
Avalanche Lake is a nice little hike. It's too bad that it's so crowded during the June-September season.
Snow in the spring and fall make it a beautiful hike, especially with fewer people around.
Still no sign of B&C
:(
Jay w wrote:Pete, likewise, enjoyed the pics and it was fun to see Avalanche with snow. Soon I'll have to start asking if McDonald has frozen over yet.

Jay


Thanks Jay. Yeah, Avalanche looks good with snow to highlight the cirque walls :)
As warm as it's been, I wouldn't look for Lake McDonald freezing over any time soon.
Raining today.


In other news...

I know everyone is kinda tired of seeing pics from Lake McDonald. I'm going to make an effort to get to more places asap.
Right now the major holdup is "Jaybird" had a massive "heart attack"(blown engine) requiring a transplant--new "long block".
The work should be done by 12/7. In the meantime I'm driving a rental Toyota Corolla which isn't worth a sh1t on snow and ice :(
So I'm reluctant to take it out of town. Scary enough last week when I was out at Lake McDonald.

On the plus side...'
I received my new "mat cutter" for matting pics.
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Got Jaybird back yesterday. New engine runs great.
Needing to run up 500 miles, I drove out to Lake McDonald.
COLD, and temps dropping quickly with the setting sun, clear air, and zero clouds.

Nice picture but kinda boring without clouds...imo.
However, my niece said the scene was calming and peaceful, or evoked a feeling of calm and peacefulness.
Whatever :)

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The sunset going home wasn't boring. 8)
Taken on MT40 about 1/4 mile east of the US2/MT40 junction at the Blue Moon.
Looking SW that vertical cloud formation above the sun was real, not some artifact.

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Turning 90 degrees to the left looking SE gives this view. I missed the best light. Driving through CFalls in rush hour traffic, I could see the colors change by the minute :(
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The first sunset pic above was taken 3 minutes after the pic immediately above. That's why difference in lighting.
I wish I had stayed longer. The color looking SW got a really deep red-orange color 3-4 minutes later when I was at the light. :(
The way to do this correctly is to park yourself in a good place, get setup, and stay till the sunset is done.
Duh...Ya think? 8)


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Sunrises like that are unusual and great to experience. It's always hard to communicate that in a picture, but fun to try.

That first shot of MacDonald, well, it's calming and peaceful, and evokes a feeling of calm and peacefulness. :D

It's always great to hear your stories and see the photos.

Jay

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Tomorrow I'll be going to my nieces house in Ft Benning Georgia to spend Christmas with my family.
My sister, who is the "matriarch" of what's left of our family requested everyone's presence for a family reunion for Christmas. 8)
I have 4 grand nieces and nephews and I was at a loss for presents. My niece said they have always loved seeing my pictures of the park, so...
Here I am matting 25 5x7's mostly animals since they like those best :)

This is the first time I've done "professional" type photo matting and I enjoy it--at least for now. :wink:
It's good practice for later on--at least I hope so.
I'm using precut mats for these pics. I recently bought a good quality mat cutter for later when I will get high quality prints from a local shop.
The shop is owned by Bob Burch who has a good reputation for quality work according to several local artists I know.
I showed Bob and his wife these Walgreen prints I matted and both liked them. In the right market and priced right, they believe they'll sell.
I sure hope so since I need to at least pay for my hobby!! 8)

Precut mats are ok for standard size images, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14 etc.
My mat cutter will enable me to mat many of the images I have that don't lend themselves to standard mat sizes, e.g. panographic images.
Plus I have on hand a selection of colors in addition to white.
So....we'll see if the new year will be good to me!
Hope so since I'm now "debt slave" to my sister!! 8)
Yeeeehaww!!!


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jayw wrote:Sunrises like that are unusual and great to experience. It's always hard to communicate that in a picture, but fun to try.

That first shot of MacDonald, well, it's calming and peaceful, and evokes a feeling of calm and peacefulness. :D

It's always great to hear your stories and see the photos.

Jay

PS, my ride has new rear shocks.....$1000 :shock:
Thanks Jay. Rear shocks for $1k? Yikes! Wait till I tell my sister. She just bought a 2017 Subaru :)

I always like your comments and advice.

Sunrises are tough for me. Sometimes the sunrise here in the valley are really good IF the clouds are good. Otherwise not so much.
The Swan Range mountains delay sunrise so that without clouds, the day is well underway and lit up before the sun clears the mountains.
Sunrises on the East side are much better imo. The wide open Big Sky seems to make a sunrise more "dramatic" clouds or not.
I'd love to photograph sunrises over there but it's too far to drive just for a sunrise 8)

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Pete - Your photos are an excellent gift for your nieces and nephews. Not only will they look beautiful hanging on their walls, they will forever have a reminder of their Uncle Pete and his love of Glacier NP.
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Carol Lynn wrote:Pete - Your photos are an excellent gift for your nieces and nephews. Not only will they look beautiful hanging on their walls, they will forever have a reminder of their Uncle Pete and his love of Glacier NP.
ditto that! such a wonderful gift.
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Pete,

Your photos make great gifts. Matting photos can be fun.

I hope you had a good time in Georgia.

Do the crows get hungry when you are gone?

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