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"Ponderosa Moonset." The crescent moon sets behind an ancient ponderosa pine tree. How many moons has this tree witnessed? Behind the lens. There are worse ways to spend one's nights than watching the moonset over "Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge." The refuge is a peaceful valley in northwestern Montana, about 40 miles west of Kalispell, not too far from where Tracy and I live. Creating this photograph meant spending two nights sitting out in the grassy hillside above Dahl Lake. On the first night, the moon failed to cooperate and set in the wrong location, just missing the tree. So I returned the next night, learning from my mistakes and adjusting my camera location accordingly. Low clouds moving in and out meant changing my aperature settings every couple of minutes, until the sky finally cleared around 2 AM. Then I could sit back and enjoy the deer feeding below me, the bats feeding above, and the occassional odd duck quack. Not a bad way to spend a midsummer's night...
"The Occultation." Venus slips behind the crescent moon during a rare occultation. Behind the lens. This is a composite of six images captured at two-minute intervals. The camera stays on the tripod and never moves.
"Mt. Reynolds Moonbow." The moon carves a path over Mt. Reynolds, in Glacier National Park, Montana. Behind the lens. This was one of many full moon nights that I've spent working up on the side of a mountain, somewhere in Glacier National Park. The park turns into a different world on these wonderful nights. It's easy to see everything around you during a full moon and, if the wind is laying low, you can hear everything for miles around. It's quite mesmerizing and somewhat addictive. The only downside is, if the moon sets before dawn, then you're climbing down a mountain in the pitch black night.
"Apgar Moonset." Lake McDonald reflects the full moon as it slips silently behind the Apgar Mountains, and the village of Apgar, in Glacier National Park, Montana. Behind the lens. This is a good example of how the moon sometimes changes color as it approaches the horizon. While photographing this spectacular moonset at around 3AM, I kept thinking, "I should wake up everyone sleeping in Apgar -- they're missing this!"
"Lake McDonald Pearls." The reflection in Lake McDonald makes a pearl necklace out of the moon’s path across the sky, from moonrise to moonset. I started this photograph at about 11 PM and finished around 4 AM. Behind the lens. This is one of our most technically challenging photographs. On the previous night, I was photographing the moonset from the other side of Lake McDonald. Standing on the gravel beach, in the silent glow of a full moon, I studied the moon's path and then stared across the lake. Back to the moon, then back across the lake. Over and over. Suddenly, this image appeared in my head. You know what that meant -- I had to return the following night and stay awake AGAIN if I hoped to create this image before the weather forecast brought wind and the surface reflection was lost. I showed up early the following evening, took my compass readings, and set up my gear. A handful of tourists overcame their shyness to ask why I was sitting there next to my camera but not taking photos. I tried my best to describe the moonbow that I hoped would happen later that night -- a scene that I had never actually seen anywhere but inside my head. Most of the people I talked to nodded politely and at least pretended to comprehend my challenged description. "You mean you have to stay up all night?!" Yes, I said, knowing just how strange I must have seemed to them. But for this photograph, strange was worth it...
"Chief Mountain Moonrise." A full moon clears the horizon and rises silently past Chief Mountain, on the east side of Glacier National Park, Montana. Behind the lens. Many years ago, I photographed the full moon rising behind Chief Mountain. The image didn't justify the reallife event, so I mulled it over. And over. Almost twenty years later, I finally created this image of the same celestial event. For me, this photograph begins to hint at the mysterious way that we respond to certain locations, like Chief Mountain. Finally, after all these years, this image begins to do justice to the mountain that is a sacred site to the Blackfeet Indians.
"Wild Goose Moon & Stars." The setting moon shines a spotlight on Wild Goose Island in St. Mary Lake, during a summer's night in Glacier National Park. Behind the lens. This is another one of those locations in Glacier National Park that has been photographed by every visitor and every professional photographer in the world, I suspect. But none of those photos look anything like this. Early evening stars above the moonset, with high thin clouds for a touch of color. If you try a little harder, photography doesn't have to be the same old scene over and over!
"Many Moons Ago." The moon's path across the sky changes every night. Here the moon's changing path is captured from a single camera location on five consecutive August nights. On the fifth night, I also photographed the sunset from the same camera position. Behind the lens. This was an incredibly difficult image to create. The weather forecast called for five days of clear skies (very unusual here), starting on the night of the full moon. I set a sturdy tripod on a friend's deck, and planned the image. Each night, every five minutes, I took three moon images -- one dark, one light and one normal. On the fifth night, at sunset, I asked Tracy to canoe across the lake. I then selected the best moon exposures for each night, assembled the moonbows, and layered in the canoe image. So this image literally started as many hundreds of photographs, all taken from a single point. The end result is a five-night long exposure that captures an inspiring celestial event.
"Ponderosa Moonset."

The crescent moon sets behind an ancient ponderosa pine tree. How many moons has this tree witnessed?

Behind the lens.

There are worse ways to spend one's nights than watching the moonset over "Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge." The refuge is a peaceful valley in northwestern Montana, about 40 miles west of Kalispell, not too far from where Tracy and I live. Creating this photograph meant spending two nights sitting out in the grassy hillside above Dahl Lake. On the first night, the moon failed to cooperate and set in the wrong location, just missing the tree. So I returned the next night, learning from my mistakes and adjusting my camera location accordingly. Low clouds moving in and out meant changing my aperature settings every couple of minutes, until the sky finally cleared around 2 AM. Then I could sit back and enjoy the deer feeding below me, the bats feeding above, and the occassional odd duck quack. Not a bad way to spend a midsummer's night...
The crescent moon sets behind an ancient ponderosa pine tree. How many moons has this tree witnessed? Behind the lens. There are worse ways to spend one's nights than watching the moonset over "Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge." The refuge is a peaceful valley in northwestern Montana, about 40 miles west of Kalispell, not too far from where Tracy and I live. Creating this photograph meant spending two nights sitting out in the grassy hillside above Dahl Lake. On the first night, the moon failed to cooperate and set in the wrong location, just missing the tree. So I returned the next night, learning from my mistakes and adjusting my camera location accordingly. Low clouds moving in and out meant changing my aperature settings every couple of minutes, until the sky finally cleared around 2 AM. Then I could sit back and enjoy the deer feeding below me, the bats feeding above, and the occassional odd duck quack. Not a bad way to spend a midsummer's night..." href="javascript:openLB(1636079958,'',XLarge,'',512,768);">"Ponderosa Moonset." The crescent moon sets behind an ancient ponderosa pine tree. How many moons has this tree witnessed? Behind the lens. There are worse ways to spend one's nights than watching the moonset over "Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge." The refuge is a peaceful valley in northwestern Montana, about 40 miles west of Kalispell, not too far from where Tracy and I live. Creating this photograph meant spending two nights sitting out in the grassy hillside above Dahl Lake. On the first night, the moon failed to cooperate and set in the wrong location, just missing the tree. So I returned the next night, learning from my mistakes and adjusting my camera location accordingly. Low clouds moving in and out meant changing my aperature settings every couple of minutes, until the sky finally cleared around 2 AM. Then I could sit back and enjoy the deer feeding below me, the bats feeding above, and the occassional odd duck quack. Not a bad way to spend a midsummer's night...
"Ponderosa Moonset."

The crescent moon sets behind an ancient ponderosa pine tree. How many moons has this tree witnessed?

Behind the lens.

There are worse ways to spend one's nights than watching the moonset over "Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge." The refuge is a peaceful valley in northwestern Montana, about 40 miles west of Kalispell, not too far from where Tracy and I live. Creating this photograph meant spending two nights sitting out in the grassy hillside above Dahl Lake. On the first night, the moon failed to cooperate and set in the wrong location, just missing the tree. So I returned the next night, learning from my mistakes and adjusting my camera location accordingly. Low clouds moving in and out meant changing my aperature settings every couple of minutes, until the sky finally cleared around 2 AM. Then I could sit back and enjoy the deer feeding below me, the bats feeding above, and the occassional odd duck quack. Not a bad way to spend a midsummer's night...
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