We did all of those things but then spent the afternoon at the Lewis & Clark Caverns, one of my favorite places in Montana. This would mark my sixth trip through the caverns (one of them was by candle light!) ... and I hadn't been through in almost 10 years.
Though no one came right out and said I *couldn't* bring a tripod, it was suggested to me that it would be a bad idea when I called ahead. So, I decided to bring my tiny snake-legged tripod. I tried the best I could to get some shots of various parts of the caverns and luckily our tour group was small enough that I wasn't holding anyone up. The guide was nice enough to let me stay on the tail-end of the tour and set up my camera (usually on the floor or a stair since you cannot touch the "formations") and take a few shots. I ran into a few problems shooting including seemingly constant movement of the camera on longer exposures. I would attribute that to movement or settling with the tripod, but I am unsure. After a while, I think I was able to do a good job of judging exposure times and the proper f-stop, so I did get a few keepers.
The following series of images chronicles that journey:










Caught this little gem coming into Butte during the grill-out earlier in the day.
Dann.
2 comments:
Those are some sweet photos you got there. I need to take a trip up to my brothers in Missoula sometime to do some fishing in the Blackfoot River. I love Montana.
Thanks Jason! This was my first attempt at cave-photography and I'm quite with happy with how most turned out.
Montana is an amazing place ... If there were tornadoes and more job opportunities ... well, I don't know if you could keep me away!
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