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Local images, Winter 2023-24 - Trail camera in the Montana woods.
First bluebird of the season, Red Lodge, MT.
 Early season bluebird, Red Lodge, MT.
 Snow melt dripping off my downspout chain. In the droplet is a tiny inverted view of my back yard.
 Sunspots on Leap Year, glass (neutral) filter.
 Sunspots on Leap Year, film (orange) filter.
 An annual winter event in Red Lodge, the Red Lodge Ales Dog Pull.
An annual winter event in Red Lodge, the Red Lodge Ales Dog Pull.
 This dog seemed more interested in looking good for St. Patrick´s Day than pulling the sled in the Red Lodge Ales Dog Pull.

Total eclipse road trip - Eclipse as seen from Texas.
Eclipse totality, prominences visible.
 Start of the partial phase of the eclipse, orange mylar filter. Some thin clouds in the lower half.
 Partial phase of the eclipse, orange mylar filter.
 Partial phase of the eclipse, switched to neutral glass filter.
 Partial phase of the eclipse, neutral glass filter.
 Partial phase of the eclipse, filter off.
Totality approaching, filter off. Despite the clouds, prominence visible at lower right.
 Totality approaching, filter off. Despite the clouds, prominence visible at lower right.
 Diamond ring as totality approaches.
 Totality.
 Totality.
 Totality.
Getting toward the end of totality, lower right prominence becoming more prominent.
Total Eclipse 2024		 Detail of previous image. Getting toward the end of totality, lower right prominence becoming more prominent.
 Zoomed out from previous two images. Getting toward the end of totality, lower right prominence becoming more prominent.
 Totality, slower exposure to show corona.
 Reprocess of previous image, highlights adjusted to show prominences toward the end of totality.
 Diamond ring reappearing.
Diamond ring reappearing.
 Back to a partial phase, orange mylar filter.
 A week after the eclipse, the moon is gone and there are more sunspots. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 Two days after the previous image, trying out new T-mount and eyepiece adapter with some high clouds passing in front of the sun. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 Another day, another sun image. Despite the clouds, this was the sharpest image I got on this day. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 Closeup of sun. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, 20mm eyepiece and Scopetronix MaxView I (with Barlow).
May as well finish off this album with a shot of the full moon. 6D, 500mm, 1.4x extender.
 On the trip down to Texas, young bison with a muddy face, Custer State Park, SD.
 On the trip down to Texas, bison in Custer State Park, SD.
 On the trip down to Texas, Bighorn ewe in Custer State Park, SD.
 On the way to the eclipse, blue bonnet near Wichita Falls, TX.

Bluebird and swallows, Spring 2024 - Bluebirds and swallows compete for the nesting boxes, Spring 2024.
First DSLR bluebird of the season, motion trigger.
 Bluebird, motion trigger.
 Bluebird checking out the box, motion trigger.
 Bluebird, motion trigger.
 Bluebird, motion trigger.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam, close focus.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebirds on trailcam.
 Bluebirds on trailcam.
Bluebirds on trailcam.
 Bluebirds on trailcam.
 Bluebirds on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebirds on trailcam.
 Bluebird squawks at robin on trailcam.
Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
 Bluebird on trailcam.
Tree swallows on trailcam.
 Tree swallows on trailcam.
 Tree swallows on trailcam.
 Tree swallows on trailcam.
 Cat checks out bird box in the early morning hours.

Backyard images, Spring 2024 - Images from the yard, spring 2024.
Magpie.
 Magpie.
 Magpie.
 Magpie with...something.
 Magpie, motion trigger.
 Magpie, motion trigger.
Red-winged blackbird.
 Red-winged blackbird.
 Red-winged blackbird.
 Grackle and red-winged blackbird squawk at each other for a moment before settling down to eat sunflower seeds.
 Goldfinch.
 Goldfinch.
Crow.
 Crow.
 Crow.
 Crow checking to see if the bluebirds are home.
 Crows hogging the birdbath, trailcam.
 Crow, motion trigger.
Crows, trail camera.
 Sparrow.
 Sparrow.
 Sparrow at the birdbath, motion trigger.
 Sparrows arguing at the birdbath, motion trigger.
 Unidentified, maybe a cowbird.
Unidentified, maybe a grosbeak.
 Turkey in Red Lodge.
 Meadowlark.
 Northern Flicker (male).
 Northern Flicker (male).
 Northern Flicker (male).
Northern Flicker (male).
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Deer with the lopsided antlers.
 Deer with the lopsided antlers (and probably blind in one eye) takes the fence.
 Deer on trailcam.
 Deer on trailcam.
 Deer on trailcam.

Hummingbirds, Spring 2024 - Hummingbirds, Spring 2024.
Hummingbird.
Hummingbird		 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird (male).
Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird finds the feeder.
 Hummingbird finds the feeder.
Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Hummingbird.
 Early morning hummingbirds on trailcam.
 Infrequent visitor to the hummingbird feeder on trailcam, probably a Ruby-throated rather than the usual Calliope.

Forest wildlife and vegetation, Spring 2024 - Trailcam images from the Custer Gallatin National Forest and other images from the area, spring 2024.
Cinnamon-colored black bear yearling on trailcam, Custer National Forest.
 Black bear yearling with mama in the background, trailcam, Custer National Forest.
 Cinnamon-colored black bear yearling on trailcam (infrared flash), Custer National Forest.
 Black bear mother on trailcam (infrared flash), Custer National Forest.
 Black bear yearling on trailcam (infrared flash), Custer National Forest.
 Mountain lion on trailcam.
Coyote with something in its mouth on trailcam.
 Coyote on trailcam.
 Coyote on trailcam.
 Deer on trailcam.
 Deer on trailcam.
 Deer on trailcam.
Deer on trailcam.
 Moose on trailcam.
Trailcam Moose		 Elk on trailcam.
 Prairie crocuses, out in the woods.
 Prairie crocuses, out in the woods.
 Prairie crocus, out in the woods.
Flower on the trail.
 Flower near the Red Lodge fairgrounds.
 Bee, Palisades Trail, Red Lodge, MT.
 Bee, Palisades Trail, Red Lodge, MT.
 Bee, Palisades Trail, Red Lodge, MT.
 Bee, Palisades Trail, Red Lodge, MT.
Tree moss out in the woods.
 Snow Creek, 15-second exposure with neutral density filter.
 Snow Creek, 10-second exposure with neutral density filter.

Local images, Summer 2024 - Images from the yard and surrounding area, summer 2024.
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (female), motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), trail camera.
Northern Flicker (male), trail camera.
Northern Flicker (female), trail camera.
Northern Flicker (female), trail camera.
Northern Flicker (male), trail camera.
Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger. This is a demonstration of Photoshop´s AI noise reduction. The image was shot just before dusk at ISO 20000.
Northern Flicker (male) flicks water in the air, motion trigger.
 Northern Flicker (male), motion trigger. Late in the evening, ISO 5000, Photoshop AI DeNoise used to reduce noise.
 Hummingbird. The diagonal line is a spider´s web from the house to the feeder.
 Hummingbird.
Bluebird, motion trigger.
 Bluebird male and fledgling, trail camera.
 Bluebird female, fledgling and male, trail camera.
 Deer checking out birdbath, motion trigger.
 Another view of the deer getting a drink at the birdbath, the device is the motion sensor for the DSLR.
 Fawn sprinting past the camera.
Blackbird, trail camera.
 Blackbird, trail camera.
 Blackbird flees from the lawn sprinklers, trail camera.
 Robin, motion trigger.
 Robin, motion trigger.
 Robin, motion trigger.
Robin, motion trigger.
 Robin on trail camera.
 Robin on trail camera.
 Robin getting its picture taken by trail camera (previous image).
 Robin really, really close to trail camera.
 Robin using the bird bath, motion trigger.
Robin diving in, motion trigger.
 Robin fledgling, trail camera.
 Robin, motion trigger.
 Robin, motion trigger.
 Snow Creek, 13 second exposure. Compare to next image.
 Snow Creek, 1/8 second exposure. Compare to previous image.
Moss in the national forest.
 Bright partial rainbow with a faint double.
 Bright partial rainbow.

Montana Highline, July 2024 - A drive across northern Montana, July 2024.
White-faced ibis, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
 White-faced ibis, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
 Avocet, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
 Meadowlark, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
 Dragonfly, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
 Dragonfly, Bowdoin NWR, Montana.
Beaver Creek Park, Montana.
 White Pelican, Beaver Creek Park, Montana.
 Blackbird, Beaver Creek Park, Montana.

Parade, Red Lodge 4th of July - Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Red Lodge, July 2 & 4.
Home of Champions Rodeo Parade. These riders represent the three ranches which are primary sponsors.
Home of Champions Rodeo Parade.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, old Lincoln.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Yellowstone bus.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, license plate NIFTY56.
Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Smokey.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Love Bug.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Mayor of Red Lodge on pooper scooper duty following the horses.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Boys and Girls Club.
 Home of Champions Rodeo Parade, Flyover.

Rodeo, Red Lodge 4th of July - XTreme Bulls July 1 and Home of Champions Rodeo July 4, Red Lodge.
XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1. This was the winning ride by Jackson Ward, 89 points.
 XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1. Bullfighter Ezra Coleman distracts the bull from a fallen rider.
 XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1.
 XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1. This is a fuzzy image but it shows bullfighter J.D. Harrell getting tossed 10 feet in the air. When he came down he landed across the back of the bull before sliding off. He popped right back up, and he must have been OK because he escaped the very next bull chasing him across the ring. Note the expression on the ambulance driver.
 XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1.
 XTreme Bulls, Red Lodge, July 1.
Home of Champions Rodeo, bareback bronc riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bareback bronc riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bareback bronc riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, steer wrestling (1 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, steer wrestling (2 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, steer wrestling (3 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4.
Home of Champions Rodeo, team roping, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, team roping, Red Lodge, July 4. Too close to get a good throw.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, saddle bronc riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, saddle bronc riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, mutton busting, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, mutton busting, Red Lodge, July 4.
Home of Champions Rodeo, barrel racing, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, barrel racing, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bull riding, Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bull riding (1 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bull riding (2 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4.
 Home of Champions Rodeo, bull riding (3 of 3), Red Lodge, July 4. Bullfighter Ezra Coleman distracts the bull.

Fireworks, Red Lodge 4th of July - July 4 Fireworks, Red Lodge.
Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. Actually these are fireworks people were firing off in the neighborhood while waiting for the official show, just behind our house from my vantage point down the street.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. More neighborhood fireworks while waiting for the official show.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. Tight crop of previous image.
Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. Tight crop of previous image.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. Tight crop of previous image.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. Tight crop of previous image.
Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4. The camera was on a tripod, of course, and I was shooting 4-second exposures. During the show, I decided I needed to nudge my camera just a bit to the left, and happened to do it while the shutter was open. It would be hard to replicate this intentionally.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
 Red Lodge fireworks, July 4.
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