This was one of the first pictures I took on my photo safari Friday afternoon. The tractor operator was clearing the parking area at Columbia Grain International's elevator east of Plentywood, MT. I loved how the snow blower on the tractor was kicking up such a large plume of snow. As a result, my first and last photos from Friday both featured plumes!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday Photo Safari #2
The town of Wheelock, ND is full of deteriorating buildings and machinery and is going to be fun to photograph throughout the year. It was a bit of a challenge yesterday because the streets had been plowed out, leaving 5 to 10 foot walls of snow on each side of the road.
Friday Photo Safari
I took a road trip around Northeast Montana and Northwest North Dakota yesterday and shot a bunch of photos. This one took a bit of patience. When I first pulled up I noticed the block going up and down as they were tripping. Then I noticed the smoke from the rig's diesel. I had to wait a bit to get a nice plume of smoke in the shot, but I think it was worth the wait. Made for a more dramatic shot.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Photo editing
The photos of the girls basketball players shown here are the result of some creative editing. The original image is on the left and the edit is on the right. I would have left things alone, except I accidentally cut off #24's left arm from the elbow down and it looked strange to say the least.
What I did first was crop out the bodies of the other players as much as I could with just a rectangular crop in The Gimp (an Open Source photo editing program). That left the right arm and a bit of the toe of the other girl. The solid color background in the gymnasium made it easy to copy a portion of the red wall and paste it over the arm. I did the same on the floor, using the red lines of the lane to align things to cover the toe.
I'd like feedback on how natural the finished result looks.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
February 3, 2011 Photo Tour
On Thursday I had to run up to Scobey, MT with some paperwork. As I am in the habit of doing, I took my camera with me (hey, I even have taken it to church!). One of the best shots of the trip was only a mile from my front door. I captured a shot of our neighbor driving his truck down the road on his way home.
A little farther down Highway 5, I captured a shot of this old stone barn at Archer, MT.
The road construction work at the Redstone Hill is shut down for the winter and it gave me this interesting shot.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Scenes from Eastern Montana & Western North Dakota
In addition to shooting sports in the last few months, I've also enjoyed capturing some of the scenery in the region, from nature to work in the oil patch.
This snowdrift has been forming off the hillside next to the house on the farm.
The next two photos are of Patterson Rig 82 drilling in the Bakken Formation in Richland County, Montana, just south of the Missouri River.
This snowdrift has been forming off the hillside next to the house on the farm.
The next two photos are of Patterson Rig 82 drilling in the Bakken Formation in Richland County, Montana, just south of the Missouri River.
Been awhile!
I know, I haven't added any new photos here since last summer. Well it's time to change that. I've shot a ton of photos since my last post and have even bought myself a new camera (Nikon D3000) and added a Tamron 70-300mm lens.
I've been taking a lot of sports photos in the past couple of months. This first shot is of Rob Nyby of the Plentywood Wildcats channeling Michael Jordan (the tongue thing).
I've also had the pleasure of attending a few hockey games in Sidney and Williston this winter. Here are a couple shots taken when the Langdon Blades played the Richland Rangers in January.
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