The Afterlife snowscape

The Afterlife snowscapeThis is a 2: 1 panorama shot with Nikon's 70 200mm f4 lens at 78mm. It's a natural image, with nothing superimposed, showing the crest of a ridge in Montana's Pryor Mountain range standing in front of the core region of our Milky Way galaxy. This shot took some planning, and a long drive in the very early morning hours of an April night to capture the scene I wanted. Augmented reality apps, like PhotoPills, allow me to scout locations at any time of

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dances in the sky over the Scandia Lutheran Church south of Malta

the land is always changing

I shot this image just after sunset in early January when a temperature inversion pushed dense fog onto the ground for a couple of days

winter months

But these animals are nothing if not tough

This is one of my favorite bird captures

are featured in this mid-morning panorama

Ice persists here well into July

and it's available as a standard print as well as on ready-to-hang aluminum

The cement steps and partial foundation are all the remain of this Central Montana homestead

freed from winter