Randomness Adventures

These are some of my favorite random shots taken while on our adventures during some different road trips.

From a Ghost Town

Pony, MT

I think this is an awesome entrance to someone's ranch

I think the mustache is made from coyote tails. 

I like the lighting exposure of this photo

An old homestead

Another old homestead

An old school house built in 1901

Toston Bridge over the Missouri River

I like how the tree created a frame for this photo

Missouri River, Toston, MT

A huge eagles nest

Overlooking natural beauty

I love these old trees

Lesson of the week - Practicing taking photos while on belly, knees or back. 

I'm on my belly for this one 

I like the different dimensions and the cat tails in the middle

I'm on my knees for this one

Just a great shot of the mountains and sky here in Bozeman

**This week's practice tip is to take lots of photos of different subjects while on your knees, belly and back.  It helps you learn to see things more creatively and at a different angle, which adds much more dimension and elements to your photos. 

Birds & Beauty

One of my favorite outdoor activities is going on hikes.  Most of my photographs are taken while on hikes.  I enjoy taking photos of nature's natural beauty and of wildlife.  In essence, I love to capture the beauty in all of Gods creations.  

Here are some pictures I took while on a nature hike through Bozeman, Montana on March 21st.

Red-Winged Black Bird

I think these birds are just gorgeous!

Many, many Ducks were flying in for landings in this pond

I never got a great shot of them flying though.  Must need more practice!

You can see part of town in background - So pretty!

I love the vibrant red of their wings. 

Gorgeous Mallard

I look forward to the snow melting and the temperatures to warm up so we can go on many more hikes into the back country.  There are a couple places I have picked out that I am really excited to check out and photogragh.  Now if the weather would just cooperate with my plans! 

 

Nature Hike

My husband and I went on a couple different nature hikes this past weekend. I was able to get some pretty awesome scenic photos. That's my opinion at least! There were so many that I liked that I decided to display them in this slide show. I hope you enjoy.

 

 

Most of these were taken just down the street from my home, along the Gallatin River in Belgrade, MT.  A few were taken near a place we call Antelope, where Bill and his paraglider buddies go paragliding. 

 

 

ISO Speed & A Splendid Sunrise!

I have been practicing with my camera this week and learning about the ISO settings.   For those that don't know what ISO means, I will tell you what I have learned so far.  ISO stands for the International Standards Organization.  All photographic films are given a rating known as an ISO number that reflects their relative sensitivity to light.  The higher the number the more sensitive the film is to light.  Films with a higher number and more sensitive to light are faster.  Films with a lower number and less sensitive to light are slower. 

Here are some pictures I captured of the sunrise a few days ago.  All of these pictures were taken at the same time of day but each picture is using a different ISO number.  

These next few were taken about 5 minutes later

Aren't the colors just splendid?  The sunrise on this day was too beautiful not to capture on film. 

Now I'm off for some more studying and practice, practice, practice!

To Brighten My Day!

The ice is slowly melting

Can you see how thick the ice is? 

A Llama!

I love Llama's!

My most favorite thing of all to photgraph.

They are so beautiful!

Look at the Blue Sky!

Love the Blue Sky contrast with the white snowy mountain.

Beauty!

Perfect Mini Rose!

Awe... the birds are back! 

Love the blue of the sky in background

I thought this made a cool picture!

Ice melting off the pond!

You  see where its starting to melt along the shore line.

This just makes me Happy!

Just what I needed this week!  Signs of spring everywhere.  I love it!