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Day 180! (Almost through half of another year…)

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

You can see the rainbow at Rainbow Falls! (Four photos stitched together in MS ICE) Rainbow?  Where? THERE! (Slightly re-saturated!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 179: More Benton Lake NWR!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Momma +3!!! (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 178: Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Sunday, June 26, 2011

A short notice Great Falls Camera Club outing to Benton Lake today.  The Eared Grebes had babies on their backs! Rock-a-bye Baby… (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) Uhhh, hey, quick, get off!!! (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) WHAAA-HOOOO-POOF! (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) Whew!  I’m glad THAT’S out of my system!  You can get back […]

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Day 175

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I got my Topsy Turby planters hung and planted about three weeks ago. I put in seven peppers this year: Bonnie Green Bell, Fajita Bell, Giant Marconi, New Mexico Big Jim, Serrano, Sweet Red Cherry, and Yummy Bell.  I got great photos from last year, but never actually got to eat any of the peppers […]

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Day 174

Sunday, June 19, 2011

A five photo panorama of Rainbow Falls and Dam, stitched together in Photoshop Elements 9. Just downstream is Crooked Falls with LOTS of water going over it!  A four photo panorama. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 173

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Here you can see the sloughing off below the two overlooks.  You can see on the left below the car where it has slid out from under the upper overlook.  They closed it for several months last Fall to fix it, but it has gotten a lot worse this Spring.  To the right of center […]

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Day 172…Flowers along the Trail, Part 5

Sunday, June 19, 2011

More flowers along River’s Edge Trail!  Horizontal photos are sized for wallpaper.  Click on them to enlarge, BACK to return here. Three variations on one photo. (1/350, f8, 135mm, ISO 320) *** *** (1/350, f16, 125mm, ISO 320, -1 stop) (1/1500, f8, 115, ISO 320) -1 stop) (1/500, f8, 112mm, ISO 320) So ends our […]

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Day 171…Flowers along the Trail, Part 4

Sunday, June 19, 2011

More flowers along River’s Edge Trail!  Horizontal photos are sized for wallpaper.  Click on them to enlarge, BACK to return here. (1/500, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/1500, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/1000, f8, 132mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/750, f8, 132mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/350, f8, 132mm, ISO 320) (1/500, […]

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Day 170…Flowers along the Trail, Part 3

Saturday, June 18, 2011

More flowers along River’s Edge Trail!  Horizontal photos are sized for wallpaper.  Click on them to enlarge, BACK to return here. (1/500, f8, 135mm, ISO 320) (1/3000, f5.6, 135mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/2000, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) The photo above and the one below are cropped from the same original photo. (see […]

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Day 169…Flowers along the Trail, Part 2

Friday, June 17, 2011

More flowers along River’s Edge Trail!  Horizontal photos are sized for wallpaper.  Click on them to enlarge, BACK to return here. (1/750, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, +1/2 stop) (1/750, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, +1/2 stop) (1/500, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, +1/2 stop) (1/1000, f8, 130mm, ISO 320) (1/1500, f8, 135mm, ISO 320, -1/2 stop) (1/1000, […]

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