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Here, a shot of one of the many islands improving the surface of lovely Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana. Excluding the island, there are at least a dozen different hues in this capture, all of them pastels.
This shot was taken just after sunset from a vantage point on the shoreline near Polson, MT. The Mission Mountains make up the background here. The sky and clouds were a gift from Mother Nature, who is extremely kind and generous with me, and who
accompanies me on many of my photo adventures.
MRL's Night Gas train motors westbound along the Flathead River near Perma, MT with the Veterans unit leading.
Flathead National Forest, Montana
Area just south of Glacier National Park where the mountainous region borders the flat plains.
Somehow I don't think this area is as pretty now as it is in this pic!! After years of nature doing it's thing. I'm really chomping at the bit for Fall....can't wait to get out to some of these areas with Fall colors!!! Have a nice Saturday everyone. 👍
This isn't the best pic I've taken of Flathead Lake...it's amazing for me to see it in the winter...most the time it's frozen over so far that you'd think the entire lake was frozen! Spent many, many years on and around this lake. :) All the white along the shore in the water is ice floating ice! Have a great day everyone!
Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the contiguous United States, taking Red Lake (Minnesota) and Lake of the Woods to be north of the Mississippi River, rather than west of the river. With a surface area of between 191.5 sq mi and 197 sq mi , Flathead Lake is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe. The lake is a remnant of the ancient inland sea, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is 27.3 mi long and up to 15.5 mi wide. Flathead lake has a maximum depth of 370.7 ft ,and an average of 164.7 ft . This makes Flathead lake deeper than the average depths of the Yellow Sea or the Persian Gulf. The lake was raised 10 ft by Kerr Dam. It is one of the cleanest in the populated world for its size and type.
This is such a beautiful place...I haven't really tried taking any pics of Flathead Lake...it's so huge that I can't really photograph it! Glacier Park may be fantastic...but Flathead Lake and the Mission Mountains is....Wowsa!!!! That is Polson Montana in the left upper corner...I lived there for about 30 bittersweet years! This is definitely the area for photographs and when I lived here I hardly took any of the area...it was all of my kids and day to day life....I couldn't appreciate the beauty here until after I'd left...weird huh? lol
Well, my mushroom was eaten up so i had to look for a new one :) Found this guy near my first. Cheese! I have this shot in different arpertures (from 1.4 to 4) but wide open is my favorite. Minolta MD 50/1.4
Now wouldn't this be a fine place to spend the day with a kayak and some booze watching them roll by! Day Gas is nearing Dixon on the way east as they hug the banks of the Flathead River.
Snow covers the Middle Fork Flathead River with the Lewis Range in the distance near Essex, Montana in Glacier National Park.
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas is a spiritual site near Arlee, Montana, within the Flathead Indian Reservation
Headed out to Turimetta Beach with the Focus Flickr Group www.flickr.com/groups/northernbeachesnsw/ this morning about 15 of us and first light brought out some nice colours. Followed by an amazing breakfast at Driftwood at Narrabeen - Great to catch with some new faces this morning.
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Flathead Lake at sunrise—14mm gave the rocks real presence, and that first light brought everything to life.
Q: Do you wait for the perfect moment… or take what the scene gives you?
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This is a scene taken along Hwy 200 going towards Thompson Falls. Lots of fishing goes on along this river....some very beautiful spots! There are some rapids somewhere along here close where a lot of folks raft....fun in the sun!! :) Now I'm not a sissy by any means, but when I walked over to the river bank...I was greeted by a somewhat large snake!!! Yikes!
Large view is very nice....