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Day 363

Monday, December 27, 2010

Life down at the ice jam… (1/500, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) (1/350, f8, 225mm, ISO 200, +1/2 stop) (1/350, f8, 300mm, ISO 200, +1/2 stop) (1/750, f8, 250mm, ISO 200) Same as the photo above, just a little bigger Mallard… !!!TWO MORE DAYS!!! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 362: More Ice Jam!

Monday, December 27, 2010

A view of ice over the dam, before the jam breaks up! (1/1500, f8, 190mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop, four images converted to an animated GIF in JASC Animation Shop 3) A bunch of Coots who will be rudely surprised when the ice jam does break! (1/350, f8, 135mm, ISO 200, cropped from a single […]

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Day 361: Ice Jam on the Missouri

Monday, December 27, 2010

There is a large ice jam down on the Missouri River here in Great Falls.  It has flooded out part of River Drive down by the Tribune offices, and the water level is even with River Drive now.  The power company says it is ready for when it breaks.  I think I will go down […]

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Day 360: Christmas Dinner

Monday, December 27, 2010

The Roller Derby Princess, hard at work. Lugnut supervising the Kitchen Wenches. I’m not sure about this guy with the beard… Oh Boy!  Pyrotechnics!!! Wanna help me blow sumptin up, Papa? Ohboyohboyohboy!  Can I have some Prime Rib too, Daddy?  Pleasepleaseplease??? All in all a good dinner was had by all.  Even Dailydaughter #2’s Kugle […]

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Day 359: Christmas Day at the Barrow House

Monday, December 27, 2010

Harlee is becoming a Roller Derby Queen, errr…Princess…like her Mom! Knick Knack and Toots spend some quality time before the Great Unwrapping! Big Daddy Lugwrench gets to open a package. Toots, hard at work. Too much Christmas means a time-out.  I hope those aren’t her shoes… Oh Boy!  I think… Ummm.  Hot chocolate with marshmallows! […]

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Day 358: Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

A little Christmas sunrise started my day out by Fife, of course. (1/1000/ f8, 56mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) (1/250, f22, 47mm, ISO 250, +1/2 stop) Sitting on the tracks by the grain elevators.  I tried this photo a couple of ways. Sunrise… (1/250, f11, 112mm, ISO 250, +1.5 stops) …and Daylight. (1/45, f11, 135mm, […]

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Christmas Eve Bonus!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Nothing too Christmas-ie, but a nice black and white looking towards the North East corner of Yellowstone National Park. (1/1500, f8, 95mm, ISO 200) We had a fairly peaceful Christmas Eve dinner of fondue, lefsa, tomato soup and little smokie sausages in barbecue sauce with pineapple chunks.  Well, as peaceful as can be when Lugnut […]

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Day 358

Friday, December 24, 2010

A ruffled grouse from my Yellowstone National Park trip.  Taken out my car window, stopped in the middle of the road. (1/180, f8, 260mm, ISO 200 +1/2 stop) (1/250, f8, 240mm, ISO 200, +1/2 stop) (1/250, f8, 170mm, ISO 200, +1/2 stop) ~Curtis in Yellowstone! {!-{>

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Day 357

Thursday, December 23, 2010

I had to run down to Yellowstone National Park for work.  I found this guy while I was out looking for a ranger… (1/90, f16, 220mm, ISO 400) (1/90, f16, 270mm, ISO 200) 1/90, f16, 220mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in Yellowstone! {!-{>

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Day 356

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Here is another blast from September…when it was, you know, warm out…My tomatoes and peppers still on the vine! (1/90. f16, 120mm, ISO 400) They were getting ready to turn colors…but some didn’t make it any further than green. This one is set to be wallpaper. (1/30, f8, 127mm, ISO 400) This is the same […]

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