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Mountain Bluebird
This bluebird was searching for insects in the snow, along with some other birds. I kept waiting and waiting to catch one flying, and this was the best one.
Shutter: 1/800sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 80
Focal 60.00mm
Photoshop: Brightened, cloned out specks of dirt in the foreground snow and background ice.

















Overhanging Icicles
This is an ice overhang on the Lamar River where the bluebirds were feeding. I wanted to capture the icicles, but also be able to see the snowflakes falling.
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f4.00
ISO: 80
Focal: 31.50 mm
Photoshop: none





















Mountain Prayer Flags
These are prayer flags on the top of Grizzly Peak at Red Lodge with the Beartooth Mountains in the background. I spent a lot of time trying to get both the flags and mountains in focus, and since the wind was blowing the flags around still having a fast shutter speed.
Shutter: 1/1250
Aperture:f4.00
ISO: 80
Focal: 28.10mm
Photoshop: Cropped to portrait orientation, took out tree on bottom left hand corner.















The Prairie at Sunset
This is the prairie at sunset. It was taken on the Nature Conservancy Ranch, and I really liked the amazing golden light and the stormy skies.
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f4.00
ISO: 100
Focal: 7.30mm
Photoshop: none





















Canada Goose
This Canada goose picture was taken on our class trip to Yellowstone in the Gardiner River. There was a pair that were feeding along the waters edge, and after many failed shots, I got this one coming up with his mouth open and water spilling out of it. I did have to crop it more than I wanted to get the other (blurry) goose out of the picture.
Shutter:1/400 sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 200
Focal: 60.00mm
Photoshop: Cropped other goose out, cropped to portrait orientation, brightened water drops.











American Dipper
This dipper was in the Gardiner River in Yellowstone as well. I liked this image because the dipper is looking into the river, the bubbles in the river make it interesting, and the bird looks like it is about to move (which it was).
Shutter: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 80
Focal: 60.00mm
Photoshop: none













Mallards Take Flight
I was taking pictures of the geese on the Gardiner, when Anne kindly spooked these two mallards and I was able to catch them. My shutter speed wasn't fast enough to stop the motion of thier wings, but it was fast enough to catch thier eyes sharply, so the motion looks good, instead of just blurry.
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 200
Focal: 60.00mm
Photoshop: Cropped in on right side, removed blurry bush from foreground.















Cloudforest
I had to put in one last Costa Rica picture. This one is a little abstract, but the way the sun was hitting the rain was incredible, and the slower shutter speed elongated the drops just enough to stand out against the bromeliads on this tree.
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 80
Focal: 60.00mm
Photoshop: none













Prairie Vista
This was taken while driving back from the American Prairie Foundation/the Nature Conservancy. The prairie was just starting to green up, and I really liked the cloudscape with the new green. The shutter speed is high for a landscape because it was taken from a moving car.
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f5.00
ISO:100
Focal: 6.00mm
Photoshop: Cropped up on the bottom to eliminate blur, cloned out reflections in the window.





















Say's Phoebe
This bird was one of several phoebe's flying around the American Prairie Foundation headquarters, but the only one that was in the grass instead of on the buildings. When I set this shot up the bird was sitting on a piece of grass, but as I was taking the picture it took off, but I still managed to get it in the frame! the bottom wing is a little blurry, but I like the expanse of grass for a background.
Shutter: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: f4.30
ISO: 100
Focal: 60.00mm
Photoshop: Cropped in a lot on the right side, removed a wire fence that ran through the center of the frame.