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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Day 76

Monday, March 14, 2011

Two Greater  Scaups, Male (white) and Female (brown). (1/350, f11, 270mm, ISO 200) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 75

Monday, March 14, 2011

I always seem to end up with Redheads in my life… (All photos were taken at about 1/350, f11, 270mm, ISO 400) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** As usual, somebody screws up the landing… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 74: More Pen E…

Saturday, March 12, 2011

A quick shot from the Olympus Pen E, a 100% crop! (1/800, f11, 41mm, ISO 400, -1/3 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 73!!! At last!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

A Barrow’s Goldeneye, according to my book!  Just floating around down at Giant Springs State Park, in the Giant Spring!  On the upper left you can just see the start of the famous Roe River, shortest river in the World! (1/200, f9, 42mm, ISO 400, -1/3 stop, Olympus Pen E, 100% crop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! […]

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Day 72

Saturday, March 12, 2011

“I tell you, Frank, one minute we were catching a ride with that big ship, the next, here we are on this stinkin’ little  iceberg…”  “Irving, you old coot, I told you not to watch that movie after eating anchovy pizza!” (1/350, f11, 300mm, ISO 250, +1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 71

Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Dailylife Wife had a birthday recently and she received (a few days late…) an Olympus Pen E-PL2 digital camera.  I got a chance to play with it a bit… (1/25, f5.6, 42mm, ISO 1600) One of the things I got for her was an adapter allowing the use of my Canon EF lenses on […]

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Day 70 (1001st post overall!)

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Beavers help the City Parks Department keep the vegetation in check! (1/2000, f4, 95mm, ISO 160) Across the road from the BNSF Engine Shops. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Tree Photography

Friday, March 11, 2011

30 Magical Examples of Tree Photography For Your Inspiration From The Photo Argus… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 69: The Big Load in Missoula!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Some Korean built oil processing tanks are moving from Lewiston Idaho to Billings…They moved from Lolo Hot Springs to Missoula out on the Interstate last night.  Tonight they head towards Helena on US 12. These two are huge, and there are a bunch of them to come yet. There is a big ta-do about the […]

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Day 68: Down at Rainbow Dam and Falls…

Monday, March 7, 2011

(Nikon Coolpix L11) You know, for a relatively cheap ($89.95 at Sears) point ‘n shoot camera, with serious wear (memory card door is latched with duct tape…standard on many of my cameras!) and substantial dust spots on the sensor (NOT corrected in this shot…), this thing still takes some pretty good photos! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! […]

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