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Category Archives: PAD 2011

Day 113

Two cinder cones out in the desert. East Butte and Big Middle Butte. *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 112

Not something you see every day…stop signs for trains… *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 111

The Idaho Potato Museum and Gift Shop in Blackfoot…I didn’t get a chance to go in. A “big baker”…in need of a little touch up. The museum is in the old Blackfoot railroad depot.  That is the 2011 Ford Escape Hybrid I am driving for work now! *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 110: Hell’s Half Acre

Looking out of Hell’s Half Acre, a large lava field several miles in each direction.  This is a hand held HDR photo. (1/250, f9.5, 80mm, ISO 400, +1/2 stop, three photos and one +2 and one -2 on either side) ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 109: Idaho Sunset Panorama!

From five photos… (1/45, f9.5, 95mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) This is looking out over Idaho Falls into the desert and the Idaho National Lab. ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 108…a couple from Idaho Falls…

I spent most of the last three weeks in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  They have windmills! (1/1000, f8, 50mm, ISO 125) (1/1000, f9.5, 50mm, ISO 125, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

Day 107

A brief interlude… (1/250, f11, 130mm, ISO 500) Curtis, soon to be back in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 106: Skagway part 7

Out of the final tunnel and into a world of cloud…. An interested observer: the Dailylife Wife! Snow and water… …Right of Way Storage… …rocks and cloud… Details of the train: At last!  We’re at the top of White Pass! Next:  Switching ends! Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

Day 105: Skagway part 6

Back to Skagway, the White Pass and Yukon Railway, and the fog… The View. Into the soup. More View. There seems to be something different here… The fog is above and beside… Oh.  The fog is below, too. Tunnel. *** ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

Day 104

Last weekend the Dailylife Wife and I took a run up to the Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge north of Great Falls. A Western Meadowlark in full song. (1/500, f9.5, 500mm, ISO 500) A Redwinged Blackbird attempting song. (1/1000, f11, 500mm, ISO 500) One for Oma… *** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>