Glacier National Park
 Exposure time: 1/200s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 38.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 I had never known of the National Bison Range until I was driving north of Missoula and saw a sign which urged the managment of the range be turned over the local Native Americans. I then saw a sign which indicated a good photography opportunity and decided to investigate. I am glad I did. The mountains in the background are the Mission Mountains. |
 Exposure time: 1/1250s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 420.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 One of the many bison on the National Bison Range. |
 Exposure time: 1/200s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 51.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 The drive through the National Bison Range is very steep and over 18-miles long.The number of bison in the park is second only to Yellowstone. In addition to bison, the park has antelope, deer, big horn, and bear. |
 Exposure time: 1/80s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 20.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 The highest point in the National Bison Range provides this view that looks across the Missoula Valley toward the Mission Mountains. At one time this valley was under Lake Missoula. |
 Exposure time: 1/2500s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 The National Bison Range also offered the opportunity for viewing antelope. |
 Exposure time: 1/1250s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 As I proceeded along the road toward the exit of the bison range, I saw this doe resting in the grass and stopped to take a picture. It was then I noted the other deer in the area and took the picture which was to be the front of this year's Christmas card. |
 Exposure time: 1/1000s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 Just down the slope from their mother these two fawns hid in the grass. I noticed the one facing me but did not see the second one until I looked through the telephoto lens. We have a large, framed copy of this picture in the department office at Utah State University. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 38.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Flathead Lake is between Missoula and Glacier National Park. It is a major recreation area for northwest Montana. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 3.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 16.3mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Upon entering the park, one of the first views was of Lake McDonald with the sunrise shinning on the hills north of the lake. This was Sunday morning and the area was overcast. |
 Exposure time: 1/80s Aperture: 2.8 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 51.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 One of my wishes was fulfilled on the first day when, about five miles into the park, I looked beside the road and saw a black, furry face looking back at me. It was a sow black bear with two cubs. |
 Exposure time: 1/80s Aperture: 2.8 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 45.7mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 As I snapped pictures that the bears started to cross the road. I had been told tha the bears were a problem in 2004. There was a very poor berry crop in the high areas of the park and the bears had been coming into town and lower areas looking for food. |
 Exposure time: 1/40s Aperture: 2.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 36.1mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 You can now tell that mom and the kids had successfully made it across the highway. The road is Going to the Sun road which is the main highway across Glacier National Park. The lake in the background is Lake McDonald. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 3.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 14.9mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 The combination of McDonald Creek and the mountains at sunrise was a photographers dream. I whished that I had a photographer with me. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.8 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 9.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This is another view of McDonald Creek as the sunlight hits the mountains. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.8 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 11.7mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 If you look carefully you can see a waterfall coming down this mountain into McDonald creek. |
 Exposure time: 1/100s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 17.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This is one of several waterfalls that flow into McDonald Creek before you start the climb to Logan Pass. |
 Exposure time: 1/50s Aperture: 2.2 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 21.7mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Heading on down the road you travel beside McDonald Creek for about 10 miles. Going to the Sun is 50 miles long of which 35 miles are a pleasure. The other 15 miles are full of terror if you don't like heights. I don't. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 14.9mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 One of the most memorable views is of Bird Woman Falls. It is fed by a glacier which you can barely see above the clouds in this picture. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.8 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 51.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This is a closeup of Bird Woman Falls. |
 Exposure time: 1/40s Aperture: 2.2 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 13.4mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 There is an area on the road called the Weeping Wall. This falls goes under the road just to the east of that feature. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.2 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 13.4mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 To give you an idea of the road, this is a view of McDonald Creek and the highway from about half way up the mountain to Logan Pass. Note the U-shaped valley carved by glaciers during the last ice age. |
 Exposure time: 1/80s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 17.1mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 There are so many mountains in the park I could not learn the names of all of them. I think this is Mt. Reynolds. |
 Exposure time: 1/125s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 25.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 As I said, I am not sure of all the mountain names. I think this is a view of Mt. Reynolds from a more eastern point on the road. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 9.8mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Just as Lake McDonald runs beside the road on the western side of the park, Saint Marys Lake does on the eastern side. |