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Day 230: More Yellowstone!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Firehole Lake Drive and the Great Fountain Geyser. Click to enlarge; BACK to return! (Three photo panorama stitched together in MS ICE) Wait for it… (1/750, f8, 28mm, ISO 125, -1/2 stop) Here it comes! (1/750, f8, 90mm, ISO 125, -1/2 stop) Awww… (1/750, f8, 90mm, ISO 125, -1/2 stop) Whoa! (1/750, f8, 90mm, ISO […]

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Day 229

Saturday, August 20, 2011

There was vibrant sunset tonight.  Not much in the way of clouds to light up, but it was nice. (1/1500, F5.6, 300mm, ISO 160, -1/2 stop) (1/750, F5.6, 300mm, ISO 160) This is interesting not for the beams of sunlight, but for the beams of dark…they are the shadows of the mountains the Sun set […]

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Day 228

Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Great Falls Camera Club met out at the old Steam Museum and had a shoot this morning.  We had two models along.  This is Abbie. (1/500, f8, 28mm, ISO 160, -1/2 stop) She worked hard for the morning, even when in jail! (1/60, f4.5, 56mm, ISO 800) Stage directions… (1/180, f4.5, 50mm, ISO 800, […]

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Day 227: Three days of Amber, pt. 3

Friday, August 19, 2011

My niece Amber needed some photos done, and for some reason they called me… (1/350, f8, 122mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 226: Three days of Amber, pt. 2

Friday, August 19, 2011

My niece Amber needed some photos done, and for some reason they called me… (1/350, f5.6 135mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 225: Three days of Amber, pt. 1

Friday, August 19, 2011

My niece Amber needed some photos done, and for some reason they called me… (1/1000, f4.5, 53mm, ISO 400, +1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 224: After the Moonrise…

Monday, August 15, 2011

After the Moonrise the lightening storm to the South headed North…some of these aren’t in the best focus, mainly because I was hand holding the camera a four to eight seconds exposure.  I declined to get out of the nice, safe Honda Faraday cage in the middle of the storm to set up my tripod.  […]

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Day 223: That Big ‘Ol Orange Moon, again…

Monday, August 15, 2011

All of the previous posts moon photos were taken with my Canon 400mm f5.6 L lens.  This one was also, with the addition of my Kenko 1.4 teleconverter, making it into a 560mm (sans autofocus). (1/180, f8, 560mm, ISO 800) It looks pretty good full sized so click on it.  Really an Ompha Lumpha moon… […]

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Day 222

Monday, August 15, 2011

I was walking into Fife* this evening when I saw this nice sunset. Then I turned around… *** *** *** *** *** *”One does not just walk into Mordor!” ~Cutis in /\/\onTana! {!-{P

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Day 221: Old Faithful, pt 5

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Somehow, after lunch and some shopping, it was time for ice cream. (Apple iPod) Toots seemed to enjoy it. It was Buffalo Chip. We didn’t explain what Buffalo chips were… “Hey Papa!  They gots Angy Burds here!” (Canon 40D) “See?  They go like this!” !!! ~Toots at Old Faithful! {!-{>

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