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Day 105

Sunday, April 13, 2014

A change in the weather: 14F, snow, ice, and sunshine! The railroad Trestle above Rainbow Dam. (A five photo panorama: Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) (1/250s f/8.0 ISO320 70mm Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 100!

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Three variations on a goose and a bridge. (1/180s f/8.0 ISO200 155mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) (Nothing new here…these are all the same photo…) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 97

Sunday, April 6, 2014

An industrial siding.  I decided to make two versions of this photo.  While the top one is nice, I really like the bottom one, which  is converted to Black and White from the original image. (1/250s f/8.0 ISO250 135mm +1 stop Canon 7D) Black and white, converted. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 96

Sunday, April 6, 2014

“Hey Guys!  Wait up!” (1/2000s f/8.0 ISO320 300mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) Trumpeter Swans, leaving. (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO320 300mm +1/2 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 90

Monday, March 31, 2014

The old railroad waterpower at the Giant Springs bottling plant. (1/6000s f/8.0 ISO320 109mm -2 stops Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 86

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Looking South East from Wiremill (Rainbow Dam?) Road.  I always knew it as Wiremill, but the signs now say Rainbow Dam Road. From Left to Right: The back of the Rainbow Dam Power Complex; the BNSF Trestle above Rainbow Dam; straight down the road and across the river is Giant Springs State Park; in the […]

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Day 84

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Wheat train. (1/2000s f/4.0 ISO100 6.8mm (35mm eq:32mm) -1.3 stops Nikon Coolpix P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 76

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Ever wonder what happens to the railroad cars >>after<< a derailment?  They come here: (All photos taken with a Nikon Coolpx P7100) I don’t know which derailment these grain cars came from. Not a lot left that is usable, except as scrap.  Just stack them up like blocks! The only thing you won’t find here […]

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Day 74: The Goat Lick Avalanche!

Friday, March 14, 2014

The snow came down the ravine and scoured the sides. (All photos taken with the Nikon Coolpix P7100) This is to the left side of the ravine.  You can often see Mountain Goats here.  They come of the salt and minerals in the rocks below the highway. All the snow went under the bridge, ending […]

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Day 73

Friday, March 14, 2014

I was coming home from the Flathead when I stopped to take a few photos of the avalanches at Goat Lick along US Hwy 2 and Glacier National Park.  The slide came down the ravine on the north side of the road and went under the bridge and down to briefly block the Middle Fork […]

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