Spring's Profile - Limited Edition sunset

Spring's Profile - Limited Edition sunsetFor as long as I can remember, spring in the North Country has been heralded by the calls of red wing blackbirds. These early arriving birds are one of the first irrefutable signs of changing seasons, staking their claims to cattails in still frozen wetlands, optimistically singing winter's requiem. Here, a male sits in profile as Montana's Bridger Mountains wash away in the background during the last minutes of daylight. This 20x30 print has a fine

Unlike elk or deer which clear snow away from the ground with their hooves

but the end result this time is the best image I've ever taken

A Montana bull elk searches for grass beneath crusty snow on a south-facing slope where late-winter sun has exposed some forage

This island range is home to mountain goats and wolverines

done on archival metallic paper

and one heck of a sky show

mountain lake

My shooting technique that year was on par with any beginning photographer

to spend the night a stone's throw from what are perhaps the most iconic mountains in the Continental US

and hosts more than a dozen alpine lakes

An included

Montana night