Gloves on Bed (click to enlarge)
While in Montana we toured Daly Mansion in Hamilton. The grounds include an arboretum and botanical garden. Photographer or not, Daly Mansion is worth the stop. The tour is very informative and the mansion is full of little details for photographing.
One of the bedrooms has a pair of ladies gloves set on a bedspread. Given that these were cream colored gloves on a cream covered bedspread, I figured it would make a good black and white image. Once I converted the image to black and white, I realized that the creme color actually added to the image. Instead of black and white, the natural color gives the image a sepia type finish. As you see above, in the end I left the original coloring.
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Norris Geyser Basin Panorama, Yellowstone National Park (click to enlarge)
From Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin Museum, you can head north or south and walk among several geysers and hot springs. This is the view looking north from the museum.
The trail to the south of the museum is much longer and we thought it to be more interesting. If you walk the trail clockwise, there is a small hill at the end.
While the parking lot is large, it did fill up mid-morning (this was in August). Rangers closed the parking lot for about an hour as we were leaving to allow it to clear out some.
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Buddha Reflection
Here is an image of two of the Buddhas at the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas in Arlee, Montana. If you have read my previous post, you will know that the Garden has 1,000 Buddhas laid out in spokes around inside a circle.
This focus of this image is the detail in the front and back of each Buddha’s head. If you have the time, there are lots of great detail shots to be had in the Garden. Because this was a drive-by stop for us on our way to Glacier National Park, I did not get to spend as much time here as I would have liked.
If you are in the Missoula area, the Garden is definitely worth a detour whether you are a photographer or not.
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