Montana
Wintry scenes from Triple Creek Ranch.
November 2019 – Darby, Montana
Shot with Nikon Z 7
Window seat view of snow-capped mountains on final approach into Missoula, MT.
Nikon Z 7, 60 mm, 1/320s @ f/5.6, ISO 64

Snow flurries obscure a forest of pine trees outside Darby, MT.
Nikon Z 7, 70 mm, 1/320s @ f/8, ISO 2200

An array of pine trees standing tall along a Montana mountainside.
Nikon Z 7, 70 mm, 1/80s @ f/4, ISO 160

Layers of grass, pine, mountains, and fog in the late afternoon sun behind Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, MT.
Nikon Z 7, 55 mm, 1/60s @ f/8, ISO 125

Dirt road along a fenced horse pasture at Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, MT.
Nikon Z 7, 54 mm, 1/60s @ f/9, ISO 100

The last remaining leaves cling to an aspen tree on a chilly Montana day in late autumn.
Nikon Z 7, 280 mm, 1/125s @ f/4, ISO 500

Thorny twigs and a few remaining clusters of leaves and winterberries on a bush in the Montana mountains.
Nikon Z 7, 200 mm, 1/100s @ f/2.8, ISO 64

Sunlight illuminates a single pine tree in a dense Montana forest.
Nikon Z 7, 185 mm, 1/100s @ f/5, ISO 160

Old pine and hints of morning sun on a late autumn day in Montana.
Nikon Z 7, 135 mm, 1/50s @ f/8, ISO 640

A melancholy forest scene during a late autumn snowfall, Montana.
Nikon Z 7, 165 mm, 1/320s @ f/2.8, ISO 200

Winterberries shine in the late-year afternoon sun, Montana.
Nikon Z 7, 200 mm, 1/125s @ f/2.8, ISO 64

An aspen tree standing stall after the season's first snowfall, Montana.
Nikon Z 7, 30 mm, 1/20-1.3s @ f/13, ISO 64, HDR

No Name Creek runs through a pine forest on the edge of Triple Creek Ranch, Montana.
Nikon Z 7, 14 mm, 1/6-2.5s @ f/11, ISO 64, HDR

Forest floor in the Montana mountains dusted with light snow.
Nikon Z 7, 155 mm, 1/15s @ f/4, ISO 64