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A big thanks to BigSkyKatie for the tip on where the Snowy Owls are. I have since done some research and realize this news is well known from an article in the Missoulian. But without Katie I may well have missed it. So I have to give her the credit as she gave me the directions that I needed as I only had a couple hours Sunday afternoon to run down to Polson, definitely worth the 200 mile roundtrip.

This image was taken about 30 minutes after my previous post of the Two Medicine Lunar Eclipse.

Taken during yesterdays (2011-12-10) full lunar eclipse. This image was captured in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, MT. The wind was howling (as it almost always does on the east slope) so this image is just a tad soft.

I can't wait to do this hike again, one of my favorite places to go in the park. With all the snow in the park this year I am sure there will be plenty of runoff even in mid to late August. Got a late start this morning as I had out of state visitors that enjoyed this hike with me. Exif data shows 11:11am as the capture time, so it was extremely bright with a lot of shadows in the canyon. I tried to process a single image but could not do it justice to what I remember. So here is a 3-shot blended version.

Hope you enjoy this one and thanks for looking.

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Camera Info/Settings:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105m 1:4 L IS @ ??mm
3 exposures 1/5th to 3.2 seconds @ F20
No polarizer
ISO 100
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
HDR file processed with Photomatix Pro 3
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS4
Yes HDR
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Nothing earth shattering here but I felt that it was still worth sharing. This is a 9 shot pano (probably more images than needed as it appeared CS5 did not use 3 of them) stitched in CS5 with content aware fill around the edges. This is from behind the fence at the viewing platform, I had one more image in this series but Chip Phillips wandered into the shot, he was of course checking out comps outside the fenced area where one misplaced step could lead to a 200' plunge. I also checked out some of the comps from outside the fence but the light had all but faded at that point.

This should be viewed larger!

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Camera Info/Settings/Post Processing:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105m 1:4 L IS @ 32mm
.4 second exposure @ F8
LEE soft .9 ND graduated filter
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
Singh-Ray LB Color Combo Polarizer/Color Intensifier
ISO 200
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Lightroom 3
9 image Panorama stitched with Photoshop CS5
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS5
No HDR