Not sure if that's right for this time of year or not from that location (note dock I assume), but if Glacier is still "handy", is suspect you might be able to capture a night shot with the milky way over Mt Wilbur... just saying :-)
Not sure if that's right for this time of year or not from that location (note dock I assume), but if Glacier is still "handy", is suspect you might be able to capture a night shot with the milky way over Mt Wilbur... just saying :-)
When I was there it was stormy and mostly cloudy so not possible for Milky Way.
I live in MT and have spent at least a couple of hundred mornings at Many Glaciers. Yes, I am first a wildlife photographer but I often fall for the magnificence of the scene.
I have never had a perfect reflection lake surface anywhere in the Many Glaciers area. Many Glaciers has some of the most violent and bizarre weather you will every experience. When I do see photos like this I cannot help but think Photoshop. Very skillful in the cases presented here.
juststeve wrote:
I live in MT and have spent at least a couple of hundred mornings at Many Glaciers. Yes, I am first a wildlife photographer but I often fall for the magnificence of the scene.
I have never had a perfect reflection lake surface anywhere in the Many Glaciers area. Many Glaciers has some of the most violent and bizarre weather you will every experience. When I do see photos like this I cannot help but think Photoshop. Very skillful in the cases presented here.
Thanks for commenting! I was lucky to get nice reflections at times during my 72 hours stay at the Many Glacier Hotel. Perhaps you visited the area many times but was at wrong time or not at 5AM or late into the evening.
I have been there every hour from 4 am to 10 pm, spring, summer, fall.
Wind and weather can come into Many Glaciers from 4 possible routes, maybe more, wind being sneaky. The clouds in your photos indicate weather changes happening. At Many Glaciers, that means wind.
An indication of weather extremes at Many Glaciers, one morning three springs ago, I awoke at 5 to 40 plus MPH wind. Not much to do about photography in that sort of wind since it will blow over even compact 35mm cameras and tripods. I ignored a male grizzly within range because the wind makes for an ugly bear. At one point that day, I was rained on, sleeted on, and snowed on, all at the same time. That is Many Glaciers. Wind blowing weather in from three directions at once, and out the remaining direction.
juststeve wrote:
I have been there every hour from 4 am to 10 pm, spring, summer, fall.
Wind and weather can come into Many Glaciers from 4 possible routes, maybe more, wind being sneaky. The clouds in your photos indicate weather changes happening. At Many Glaciers, that means wind.
An indication of weather extremes at Many Glaciers, one morning three springs ago, I awoke at 5 to 40 plus MPH wind. Not much to do about photography in that sort of wind since it will blow over even compact 35mm cameras and tripods. I ignored a male grizzly within range because the wind makes for an ugly bear. At one point that day, I was rained on, sleeted on, and snowed on, all at the same time. That is Many Glaciers. Wind blowing weather in from three directions at once, and out the remaining direction....Show more →
No photoshop of reflection, I was lucky to witness the calm before or between storms. I can send you photos of raw files if you would like.
