Wild about Montana

We spent the 4th of July weekend in the Bear Paw Mountains of west central Montana.  The weather was outstanding and a beautiful morning beckoned me out to shoot the many varieties of wild flowers around our campground.  These are just a couple of my favorites from that morning.

Yellow!

A beautiful summer day and a trip to find wild flowers.  I did find a few including an elusive Ladies Slipper (in fact this is a first for me in this area).  The two photos may me also realize that I had a yellow theme going.  The two shots were also a chance to practice with my 60mm macro lens.

A Goldenrod Crab spider hangs out on a wild iris.

A yellow lady slipper along side the trail to Spearfish Falls.

May clouds aged

May clouds aged, originally uploaded by Sue Gannaway.

Storm clouds started rolling into Spearfish Yesterday. Here is a shot of Spearfish Canyon from Rosehill Cemetery. Again playing with some texture and aging effect on this particular photo.

Via Flickr:
Today's rain was predicated by rolling fog and clouds yesterday morning. Several shots overlooking the Black Hills from Spearfish.

Glorious Spring!

A great combination, a beautiful spring morning and blooming daffodils in one of our Spearfish Parks!
Here are a couple from this morning.  You can find more at my flickr feed.  

Butter cream daffodils shine in the sunrise

Bloom on black for drama!

Wyoming

Yesterday I made a side trip to Devils Tower through Hewlet.  As the storm clouds gathered I captured a couple of shots from around the area.

A Wyoming homestead under the gathering clouds.

Devils Tower from the north side of Hewlet, Wy

Spring?

We are starting to see some warmer temps between rain and wind here in Spearfish.  Today I traveled north of town to shoot a patch of purple crocus.  As you will see the one oddball was a 

yellow colored one on the edge of the small patch.  The garden also had a couple of cute little features that I incorporated into the photos.  Just a fun afternoon in the sun!

Snow and fog Bismarck, North Dakota

Last week I spent a couple of days in Bismarck, North Dakota.  While we were there the weather changed from sun to fog overnight.  Even though the weather was a bit colder than I am now used to, I decided to venture out and shoot some of the fog and ice at the Missouri River and the state Capitol complex.  Below are a couple of those shots and more are posted at flickr.com