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Hiking Big Sky’s Beehive Basin | a 7 Image Story
Hiking Big Sky's Beehive Basin | a 7 Image Story Hiking the Beehive Basin trail in October makes for a beautiful day. It's not too hot; not too cold. A little snow adds to the natural beauty of the land. No wonder Beehive Basin Trail has been ranked in the top...
Yellowstone NP Wild | a 7 Image Story
Yellowstone NP Wild | a 7 Image Story Wild describes the essence of Yellowstone. It's a vast wild place providing habitat where Bison, Wolf, Elk, Coyote, Pronghorn, and Bighorn Sheep as well as Bald Eagle and Raven call home. Life's survival in wild Yellowstone is...
Peck Butterfly House | a 7 Image Story
Peck Butterfly House | a 7 Image Story The Peck Butterfly House contains hundreds of butterflies that fly, feed, and land in the enclosure. It's part of the 385 acre Peck Farm Park which offers a visitors an opportunity to slow down and enjoy nature including a...
Oshkosh Seaplane Base | a 7 Image Story
Oshkosh Seaplane Base | a 7 Image Story The Seaplane Base at the Oshkosh AirAdventure provides seaplanes calm waters to dock. It's nestled in a picturesque cove of Lake Winnebago. Pilots and passenger can stay the day or pitch a tent and spend the night in quiet...
The Sunday Drive | a 7 Image Story
The Sunday Drive | a 7 Image Story When I was a young boy growing up on a Midwest farm, my parents often took a Sunday drive. It became a bit of a tradition. Now, we did not go every Sunday, but fairly often. Sometimes, the purpose was to "look at the crops." ...
Everglades | a 7 Image Story
Everglades | a 7 Image Story Everglades NP is impressive not by its majestic scenery but by it's water. Its landscape is relatively flat. Moreover, the everglades is all about the water and swampy land. What's under the water. What's on the water and land. The...
The Badlands | a 7 Image Story
The Badlands | a 7 Image Story The Badlands are truly inspiring. There’s something rather spiritual about Badlands NP. Perhaps, it’s the stark contrasts, the native American influence, or the large expanse of rock formations. Taking time to reflect on the...
Fine Art | a 7 Image Story
Fine Art | a 7 Image Story My idea of fine art images consists mostly of black & white compositions with definite contrasts and contours. These images were converted to black & white from color since it makes better B&W images than shooting directly in...
Grand Tetons | a 7 Image Story
Grand Tetons | a 7 Image Story Are the mountains calling you? Rising sharply from the flats, the Grand Tetons contain pristine lakes, alpine terrain, and incredible wildlife. Fall brings deep colors to accent the already magnificent Grand Tetons Mountains. These...
Nevada City | a 7 Image Story
Nevada City | a 7 Image Story Nevada City, settled June 6, 1863, is today a restored ghost town in Madison County, Montana. The Bovey family restored it between 1945 and 1978. It's also a tourist attraction with fourteen original old buildings along with 94...
Minolta XTsi to Yellowstone | a 7 Image Story
Minolta XTsi to Yellowstone | a 7 Image Story This trip to Yellowstone was my first. My newest camera at the time was the Minolta XTsi Maxxum. It had several new electronic features, but the basic camera was more consumer than the more professional Minolta XG-9. ...
Kodak Signet 30 to Garden of the Gods | a 7 Image Story
Kodak Signet 30 to Garden of the Gods | a 7 Image Story My first trip to the Garden of the Gods with my first camera, the Kodak Signet 30, was an intense learning experience. Luckily, a few photos turned out reasonable well. In the Garden of the Gods, on a clear...
Pleasant Lake Kayaking | a 7 Image Story
Pleasant Lake Kayaking | a 7 Image Story Paddling along Pleasant Lake's shoreline generally turns up watercolor and wildlife. The Water Iris line the northwest shoreline. Naturally, the Swallowtail Butterfly visits them regularly. These magnificent large...
Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story
Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story Why fly to Alaska from the lower 48. Why not? After 10 years service, my company offered a sabbatical; an extra 8 weeks vacation taken at one time. Time to recharge the batteries. What better way to recharge than to fly;...
Minolta SRT-102 to Yosemite NP | a 7 Image Story
Minolta SRT-102 to Yosemite NP | a 7 Image Story My first trip to Yosemite NP was also my first trip with my new Minolta SRT-102 SLR camera. Although my previous cameras were 35mm film cameras, they were all rangefinders or viewfinders. Obviously, the camera was...
Gallatin River Ranch | a 7 Image Story
Gallatin River Ranch | a 7 Image Story The Gallatin River Ranch is a 5,900 acre ranch converted into a residential ranch community with a ranch style "old west" feel. Located in the Horseshoe Hills of southern Montana, northwest of Bozeman, MT, it has stunning views...
Solitude @ Wind Cave | a 7 Image Story
Each national park has a character of it’s own. “Solitude” describes Wind Cave NP above the ground, particularly in the off-season. At solitary Wind Cave, it’s all about the land and its wildlife; a nature photographer’s heaven.
Yellowstone Sepia Snow | a 7 Image Story
Yellowstone Sepia Snow | a 7 Image Story At this time of year I like to look forward to visiting Yellowstone in the winter, even if I am not planning to go. There’s nothing like Yellowstone in the winter. It’s my favorite time to visit. Yellowstone always provides...
Petri Color 35 to Europe | a 7 Image Story
Petri Color 35 to Europe | a 7 Image Story Although my trip included many places in Europe, it started and ended in London. Oddly, I really did not get much time for photographs except when in London. In preparation for my trip, I needed a new, smaller 35mm camera...
2018 MI Fall Color Tour | a 7 Image Story
2018 MI Fall Color Tour | a 7 Image Story Northern Michigan trees tend to show more reds than southern Midwest. This year the reds seemed to be somewhat muted; not as many and not as brilliant. Still, peak color is always beautiful. The highways northwest of...
Midwest Fall Color | a 7 Image Story
Midwest Fall Color | a 7 Image Story Northern Illinois fall color doesn’t contain as many reds as farther north in the U.P. Late afternoon light in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula adds to the soft flow of the river and a bit of fall color. As the afternoon drags, the...
Hyalite Canyon Hike | a 7 Image Story
Hyalite Canyon Hike | a 7 Image Story Late September can be quite cool around Bozeman, Montana. Obviously, this day was very warm as we started our hike up Hyalite Canyon. Of course, the weather cooled as we climbed higher along the trail. Although there are...
Somewhere in Time Mackinac Island | a 7 Image Story
Somewhere in Time Mackinac Island | a 7 Image Story Mackinac Island takes us back to an era where life moved a bit slower; a time when horses were the fastest way to travel over the ground. The island does not allow motor vehicles except for a couple of emergency...
Kayaking on Pleasant Lake | a 7 Image Story
Kayaking on Pleasant Lake | a 7 Image Story Kayaking on Pleasant Lake is, well, pleasant. It's a relatively small lake without much big boat traffic. Paddling along the shoreline on a relatively calm day makes for a nice serene break from the day's challenges. ...
The Great American Prairie | a 7 Image Story
The Great American Prairie | a 7 Image Story Thunderstorms rumble over the Great Plains frequently during the summer months. In fact, they are almost one of the trademarks of the Great American Prairie; ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest and from Canada...
Big Island & Kilauea B&W | a 7 Image Story
Big Island & Kilauea B&W | a 7 Image Story The Big Island of Hawaii is a land of sharp contrasts; naturally made for black & while images. Recent news headlines are filled with an erupting Kilauea volcano. These images show a more peaceful Hawaii with...
Snowy Rain | a 7 Image Story
Snowy Rain | a 7 Image Story A little snow, a little rain, and early morning light help make dramatic images. Add a few rocks in a mountain stream and little luck with the weather, you might find the image in your dreams. The opportunity came my way on a fall...
Yellowstone 1953 | a 7 Image Story
Yellowstone 1953 | a 7 Image Story Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Obviously, it was open to the public in September of 1953 when my relatives vacationed in the park. The park then was much like it is now;...
Sandhills on the Platte | a 7 Image Story
Sandhills on the Platte | a 7 Image Story Every year from mid February to the first week of April, most of the planet’s Sandhill Cranes converge along 75-mile stretch of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. The gathering represents the closest thing to the...
Wolf Park Wolves | a 7 Image Story
Wolf Park Wolves | a 7 Image Story Although I rarely capture images of captive wild animals, Wolf Park is an exception. It maintains a near wild environment for their wolf pack while providing a wild canid research and education center. Wolf Park is a...
Big Island Sunsets | a 7 Image Story
Big Island Sunsets | a 7 Image Story As much as winter snow looks so beautiful, warm beaches feel better to most people. The Big Island, Hawaii, has plenty of warm ( 80º+F) beaches, particularly along the Kona Coast. The Kona Coast, the western coast of Hawaii, is...