Folks post some great photographs here; I thought we could start a thread or two just for photos.



Someone sent me this photo. If there were salmon jumping in the background - it would pretty much sum up what summer is like around here.
http://i221.photobucket.c..._eagle.jpg

The volcano to the east of town:
http://i221.photobucket.c...ano-1a.jpg


Bison near Kelly Island on the Bitterroot River at Missoula:
http://i221.photobucket.c...on/B-6.jpg

Not sure how many people appreciate our local eagles, but I know I love watching them grow. Here are but a few shots of this year's babies:

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee334/Pigmie08/PictureorVideo544.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee334/Pigmie08/PictureorVideo545.jpg

ttp://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee334/Pigmie08/PictureorVideo551.jpg

I hope those open for people. I have tons more photos, but will need to know if I'm "inserting" them into here correctly. Please someone let me know?

Look at the bottom of your compose screen for the hyperlink tags you need to make your links work. Took me a few to figure it out, too.

OK; I found that; but now I don't know what to do with it. duh??? I'm not as pc savvy as I'd like to be apparently.

Great pictures Linda. Thanks for sharing them.

To use the tags - just enter them in at the beginning and end of your link.

The url tags make a link active - the img tags load the image.

Thanks Hal. Am trying to do this again:

http://i533.photobucket.c...C00746.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C00753.jpg

Did it work that time??

P.S. - Nope. I just can't figure it out.............

P.S.S. - Heeeeeeeeeeeere we go again!!

THIRD TIME'S A CHARM!!??

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Nope

Use [

and ]

HEY LOOK EVERYONE!! I DID IT!!!!

Congrats!

I just can't resist this thread, so here are some more pics:

http://i533.photobucket.c...IMG026.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...030005.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...ure041.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C00624.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C00684.jpg

I hope others enjoy seeing these as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Linda did it so I figured I'd give it another try. This is a picture of my girls shoveling the sidewalk on Sunday morning.I hope it works.

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If you would all use (bracket)img(bracket) instead of (bracket)url(bracket) the picture should show up without having to click the link.

Look at the instructions at the bottom of the Compose Reply or Post Message box.

This was taken out on Tongue River Rd It was one of the first "stiched" photos I took with my new camera

That looks more like the Beaver Creek Road to me but I've been wrong before............

>> If you would all use (bracket)img(bracket). . . .

Most of the time I use url rather than img so folks don't have to look at my crap if they don't want to. I'm always in favor of taking the "opt in" route and giving people a choice.
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Great photos Linda. Here are some eagles back at you. I've posted this before, so it will be old stuff for some.

http://s221.photobucket.c...=slideshow

Here's a few more photos from tongue river Rd. Figured I'd better do a few more so i don't forget how I did it.

I sorta lucked out on Friday and managed to take a pretty decent picture with my cell phone on Friday when I was in San Francisco watching the Blue Angels practice.

I could be Ken I know we drove out Tongue River Rd for a long time then went to Custer National Forest and a few side trails out in that area. Is Beaver Creek Rd out that way?

Yes that is the Beaver Creek Road.I wasn't surprised to see your last picture-I've taken many pictures from the same spot.I personally think that is one of the nicest views in Se Montana,but I'm biased since I grew up there.

I didnt take this picture, but its one of my all time favorites. I hope you all like it too.
http://cloudcroft.com/photos/elkfire.htm


okay i admit it, i cant figure out how to post the image either.
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Levi, Thank you so much for the Blue Angels! What memories that brings back. I used to watch them almost every weekend when I was a very small child back in Maine. They would fly over the land behind our house, and our family would sit up on a hill behind the house and watch them all afternoon. I haven't seen them perform formally, so my childhood memories are special. What a way to spend a weekend afternoon...

Oh Hal. I want to go to Alaska, too!!!! I would feel like I've died and gone to Heaven with all those eagles to watch, photograph, and live amongst! I hope you realize just how very lucky you are!!

I just saw the Blue Angels for the first time last year and I have kicked myself ever since for not getting out to watch them every year at fleet week since I have been here. They are spectacular.

>> Oh Hal. I want to go to Alaska, too!!!!

Pack your bags & come on up. There's still plenty of elbow room - I don't expect it to get crowded anytime soon.

The tundra in the summer:
http://i221.photobucket.c...dra-1a.jpg

In the autumn:
http://i221.photobucket.c...dra-1a.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.c...dra-1b.jpg

Later I'll post a shot of it the winter - but it's pretty harsh looking : -)

Here's a couple of shots we took last Sunday.

How do I post a link that isn't on Photobucket? Or do I have to put more photos on there and then share them?

You will have to put them somewhere on the web. If they're on your hard drive the easiest thing to do is probably to upload them to photobucket and then link them.

As long as I'm at it, I thought I'd share some pictures from our motorcycle trip last July.









BTW, our 3ed annual mountain ride is already in the planning stage. It will be July 9 or 10 - 12. Let me know if you want to go.. I will post more closer to spring.

Is that the beartooth highway? That's on my long-term goal list of things to ride a bicycle over.

Levi
The first and last pics are on the Bear Tooth hwy, #2 is hwy 14A in the Bighorn Mtns between Lovell and Dayton WY. #3 is the Chief Joseph highway which connects the Bear Tooth hwy to the Belfry hwy.

The Bear Tooth is Harley Davidson's #1 scenic ride in the country.

Absolutely incredible...

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This photo was taken about 10 miles east of Miles City along the Baker Highway.



History of Big Horn Sheep in SE Montana:

They were once found across western North American from Alaska south into Mexico.The last known ram of the subspecies that originally lived in Southeastern Montana was killed by Evelyn Cameron's husband - north of the Yellowstone between Terry and Miles City.

Lewis & Clark wrote of seeing hundreds and hundreds of them in big herds when they came through the area.

The ones out towards the Powder River were transplanted there by Fish & Game in the mid-1950s. The are of a mountain subspecies and not of the Plains/Prairie species that originally inhabited the area.

The 1963-64 was extremely cold and snowy - the Big Horns out towards the Powder River/Baker moved into Miles to find food.
Around the same time that they transplanted the sheep, they also let elk loose in the same area - but the elk didn't avoid people to the same extent that the sheep did and they were quickly taken out by poachers. The Big Horns did so well that by the early 70s Fish and Game held drawings for one or two permits per year to hunt them and keep the numbers down.

A Spirited Race

http://i221.photobucket.c...ear-aa.jpg

Hal, That looks more like a "life or death" race to me!

Did you take any of these photos yourself?

I've been driving the Baker Highway and hearing about those bighorns my whole life and never seen one .

>>Did you take any of these photos yourself?

Some of them - a few have been sent to me by neighbors.

It's easy to tell which ones are mine, they're the ones that are poorly composed and often slightly out of focus. Susan is responsible for most of the ones that look as if they've been taken by someone who knows what they are going. Here's one she took of the Orthodox Church at Kokhanok (about 90 air-miles north of us). Kokhanok is a traditional, subsistence village - around 90% of the population is of Alutiiq and/or Yup'ik ancestry.
http://i221.photobucket.c...2_08-f.jpg
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Levi,

In the early 70s I used to see the Big Horns on a regular basis. Heading out from Miles, I'd usually see them just before dropping down into the Powder River Valley near the turn off to Ogdahl's place.

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Sorry folks, but I truly can't believe that nobody else has photos to put on here, and I hate to see this thread go by the wayside, with so much beauty around us to share and enjoy.

So, BUMP!!

How do you add photos to this link?

Kacey
Here's how I do it..
After you click the 'reply to message'
Copy the Hyperlink or Image compubable from the tags below the smilies, then paste in the area where you type stuff.
Go to your Flicker or Photobucket (or what ever pic page you use) open the pic that you want to post. below it should be a URL that looks like this; http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2625711960_6ce773d3e8.jpg, copy it.. back to your reply, Replace the ... between the ] and [ with your URL. then it will look like this http://farm4.static.flick...73d3e8.jpg or that when you click continue.

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The letters in [IMG] need to be lower case as well. I have learned this when trying to paste stuff from photobucket.

Hi Levi,

I may figure this out yet. I am trying to post from image shack without much luck. Hope you are having a Good Day.

Marshall

This is what you should type to display a picture...

Hi,

I am still just getting a box with the red x. I'll try again later. It is about time to start feeding critters.

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And now . . . the Wooly Lousewort
http://www.geocities.com/...ort-1c.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/...ort-1a.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/...ort-1d.jpg


Pedicularis kanei you ask? Yup, Pedicularis kanei.
http://www.nargs.org/potm...dec02.html

You have way too much time on your hands.

gvc's wife

>> You have way too much time on your hands.

Odd . . . coming from someone with the time to look at and comment on this stuff ; -)

http://www.geocities.com/...hens-4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/...Lake-1.jpg

"Pedicularis kanei" WHAT A COOL PLANT!


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Cryptantha virgata miner's candle


















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You're right, Hal. I have no life outside of MC.com.

gvc's wife

ok..my photos are just in a file on my computer. do I have to post them to a site in order to get them on here?

That is the easiest and safest way to to it. I use photobucket (free) and me.com (Cost $100/yr.). Others use flicker. Upload your photos to one of those sites and then link them to this site with the img tags.

Those are great photos Richard - thanks for sharing them.


Low Bush Cranberry - a.k.a.: Lingonberry, Mountain Cranberry, Cowberry & etc



Yes, good ol' Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingonberry
http://plants.usda.gov/ja...ymbol=VAVI
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Misc photos:
http://www.geocities.com/...oat-1a.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/...lows-4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/...ver-1a.jpg

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Some of those pics are amazing. MG, I'd love to have the bridge one in my house!

Given that cameras these days take such good pictures, what is everyone's opinion on the status of photography as a "limited" art form? (Meaning that photographers were/are very good at great shots, but almost anyone can take a quality picture now if you have the ability to at least see the beauty you are snapping.)

Hi,

I'll try again see what happens, since I am still getting the box with a red square for the image. Yahoo, it worked!!



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There ya go MRH.. Beautiful shot.

Here's 1 from Spotted Eagle, 2 from Scanlan Lake, and another for the hell of it.









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And now the Mustela erminea

Wish I could say I took this photo, but someone sent it to me



Get your weasel FAQs here::
http://www.adfg.state.ak....easels.php

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Hiding in the trees.


A little frost this morning.

A couple of the large mule deer bucks running around Helena.
I have no idea what the Magpie is doing in the second photo.
http://i403.photobucket.c...CT0229.jpg
http://i403.photobucket.c...CT0224.jpg
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MG, the Bison Bar photo is fantastic!

gvc's wife

Thanks gvc's wife..
Look what floated by our back door today..







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Where do you live? Is that Albuquerque, NM? I know they have hot air balloons.

Miles City also has a resident hot air balloonist.

It was here in Miles City yesterday between 3:30 & 4:30

Anyone have Christmas or holiday photos to get me in the holiday spirit?

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I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack (with more photos, that is):

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05483.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05478.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05474.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05368.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05367.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05363.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.c...C05351.jpg

These are all local or within a 75 mile radius.

"Anyone have Christmas or holiday photos to get me in the holiday spirit?"

Here you go Kasey... a Caribou Barbie just for you. Think of it as what you DIDN'T get for Christmas, which likely brings a smile to your face.





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Richard,
Thank you so much! It's a wonderful gift. I will treasure it always!

I call this "Above Thinking".

I have a question, for digital photographers. I had a friend years ago that had a film camera that you could roll the film back and do a double exposure. In the example I am thinking of he was taking pictures of fishing boats at sea, then over the same film would take a picture of the owner of that boat. It would appear almost like a ghost over the original photo. My question is, does anyone know how to get this same effect using digital imaging software? I can put a picture in picture but it doesn't have the same effect.

Digital Focus: Double-Exposure Tricks
Dave Johnson
Apr 13, 2004 1:00 am

Feature: Create a Double Exposure With Layers

http://www.pcworld.com/ar...ricks.html

Undisclosed location in the Beartooths


The Elephants Perch in the Sawtooths


Kids by my house


My 9 year old daughter took this one


all done on a Pentax Optio 30

This is a little of what I am trying to accomplish, it still isn't what can be accomplished with double exposure. This is a picture of my nephew and his boat. I took the boat picture at sea from my boat, then used layering in paint to put his picture in both pix are digital.

Steve; I really like the photo your daughter took. She has a very good eye.

Oregon Coast

Reindeer moss and lingonberries



May Willows

You guys have lingonberries? I am so jealous.

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I hope this works just a picture i snapped of outside me home and just redid it just a bit..






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Took this the other night in my backyard right in town.

A very lucky picture that i captured.. probably once in a lifetime shot..