the east pioneer and tobacco root mountains

[Beth]

the tobacco root mountains in montana. i was driving through the valley heading from bozeman to bannack state park when i saw this giant black cloud coming over the east pioneer mountains. a second band of black clouds was close on it's heels. by the time i reached bannack it was snowing pretty hard, especially considering it was june. you don't get this level of crazy on the east coast, at least not with the weather.

after bannack i headed back towards bozeman. by now the first band black clouds had rolled over the valley and was dumping snow on the tobacco root mountains to the east of me. the second band was about to hit the valley.

fuji 50r & 100-200mm lens

 

[JimFox]

Wow Pepper! Awesome black storm clouds! You know you have a storm coming when the clouds get this black!

I enjoyed seeing the progression of it too between the various shots. I think you have them posted in order or my favorites, though it's pretty hard to pick a favorite among these.

Now... the names of those mountains is pretty crazy! From your title I was expecting something from Tennessee or the Carolina's because they seem to do a really good job back there with crazy sounding names for places. So I was surprised this was up in Montana. Now, hopefully I can get up that way myself in the middle of August, and if so I hope I will be as fortunate with the storm clouds.

I also like the processing of these. I am guessing with the storm clouds it was a pretty monotone scene anyway? I like that these are about as close as a color photo can get to being a B&W without actually being B&W.

 

[Beth]

Wow Pepper! Awesome black storm clouds! You know you have a storm coming when the clouds get this black!

I enjoyed seeing the progression of it too between the various shots. I think you have them posted in order or my favorites, though it's pretty hard to pick a favorite among these.

Now... the names of those mountains is pretty crazy! From your title I was expecting something from Tennessee or the Carolina's because they seem to do a really good job back there with crazy sounding names for places. So I was surprised this was up in Montana. Now, hopefully I can get up that way myself in the middle of August, and if so I hope I will be as fortunate with the storm clouds.

I also like the processing of these. I am guessing with the storm clouds it was a pretty monotone scene anyway? I like that these are about as close as a color photo can get to being a B&W without actually being B&W.

thanks jim. montana has some pretty crazy mountain range names, just to prove my point there's even a range called the crazy mountains. can't wait to see what you get in montana. the second one is my personal favorite because of the snow coming down on the mountain and all of the different peaks.

i think these clouds were so dark because of the snow, it was 38 degrees on the ground but the snow stuck a little before melting. i can only imagine how cold it was in the clouds, but if it were rain i think the clouds would have been several shades lighter.

i added a matte curve in post and some blue toning to the shadows to make it feel a little more desolate. the green fields along the bottom looked weird and detracted from the photo so i took a lot of color out of the bottom. the mountains and clouds were just grey.

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat storms in one of my favorite places to visit in the shoulder seasons. Both early fall and late spring are capable of reminding you what this place is like in mid winter. I like the first shot with the more visible mountain range.

 

[Littlefield]

Nice , Tobbaco Root mountains is where that mountain man on the history channel chases mountain lions with his dogs. LOL
Don

 

[Beth]

Neat storms in one of my favorite places to visit in the shoulder seasons. Both early fall and late spring are capable of reminding you what this place is like in mid winter. I like the first shot with the more visible mountain range.

thanks alan. i usually go in late september/early october, but this year i was trying for some wildflowers. didn't find any... but no big deal, i got plenty of landscape shots to make up for it.

Nice , Tobbaco Root mountains is where that mountain man on the history channel chases mountain lions with his dogs. LOL
Don

thanks littlefield. never heard of that show, but it wouldn't surprise me at all in that area.

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Pepper!

@pepper

 

[BarryHamilton]

Great moods! Really like the 2nd image!

 

[Bob Denton]

Just wonderful!

 

[Beth]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Pepper!

@pepper

thanks again jim!

Great moods! Really like the 2nd image!

thanks barry. that was my favorite as well.

Just wonderful!

thank you bob.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Nice work. These would all look good as black and whites too.

 

[Beth]

Nice work. These would all look good as black and whites too.

thanks jim. you're right, they would look great in b&w. i'll have to give it a go.

 

[lionking]

These are very strong and dramatic.
Great work here.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Congratulations on the Daily Featured Post, Pepper. This brings back fond memories for me. I spent a summer mapping the geology of the Tobbaco Root Mountains At Indiana’s Field Camp.

 

[Vieri]

Great series, thank you for sharing! Best regards,

Vieri