Glacier National Park

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View from Continental Divide Trail

Posted by Steve Boer on September 9, 2013
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Our last stop in Glacier National Park was going up the Many Glacier road. We had lunch at the restaurant at the end of the universe, I mean, road. After that we went for a few short hikes around the area. This picture was taken overlooking the Many Glacier Hotel and Swiftcurrent Lake, just off of the Continental Divide Trail.

View from Continental Divide Trail
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/125, Aperture: f/16, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 10mm

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Ground Squirrels in Glacier

Posted by Steve Boer on September 8, 2013
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On our last day in Montana we spent some time in Glacier National Park again. Our first stop was at Logan’s Pass. We actually got there early enough to get a parking spot without having to troll around the lot like a shark looking for a stray seal. We hiked to the lookout for Hidden Lake which was nice except that it rained on us a bit which prevented me from getting some of the shots I had envisioned. These ground squirrels were so tame that they got close enough for Dawn to briefly pet one of them. I only had my camera about a foot away from them for this shot.

Ground Squirrels in Glacier
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/800, Aperture: f/5, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 10mm

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Avalanche Lake

Posted by Steve Boer on September 6, 2013
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Two photos today. Our second stop on our way back the first day was Avalanche Lake. The trail starts off with an easy walk around a boardwalk. About half-way through a trail branches off to make the full hike up to Avalanche Lake, so this is what we did. It was a pretty good hike. Not too strenuous, but fairly long. I took another long exposure shot of the little waterfall we found along the way. I just can’t help liking that silky look.

Small Waterfall
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: .6s, Aperture: f/29, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 22mm

Avalanche Lake
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/50, Aperture: f/25, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 22mm

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Saint Mary’s Falls

Posted by Steve Boer on September 5, 2013
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This was the first spot we hiked to from the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. It wasn’t a very long walk actually, but we had to park a ways down the road because the lot was full. I went below under the bridge to get this shot from a somewhat better angle than up top. Fortunately the falls were mostly in the shade which helped me to get a bit of a longer exposure. That’s how you get the nice silky appearance in the water. I could have used my neutral density filter to do that even more so, but I already took a fair amount of time as it was. Also, I think it looks a little more realistic if the water isn’t too smoothed out.

Saint Mary's Falls
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/5, Aperture: f/22, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 14mm

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View from the Going to the Sun Road

Posted by Steve Boer on September 4, 2013
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On the first full day of our vacation after arriving in Kalispell we drove to Glacier National Park and up the Going to the Sun Road. We knew we’d be coming back another day, so we drove in about half way and then started hitting some trails on the way back. It’s a very curvy mountain road that reminded us of the road to Hana on Maui. It was pretty fun to drive, but it would be really fun if only there was no one else on it… We were there on a Monday and all the places to stop were packed with cars. I can’t imagine what it would have been like on the weekend. Here is a shot from one point on the road. Thanks to my wide angle lens, you can actually see part of the road on both sides of the image. The scenery was pretty amazing, I will say that.

Going to the Sun Road
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/320, Aperture: f/16, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 10mm

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