Right / Left / Straight Ahead

Kevin, Montana

Right / Left / Straight Ahead - 03 August 2009. It's impossible to transmit the utter vastness of the northern Montana landscape - but it is fun trying. Double click on the image. Pentax SP w/35mm F:3.5 Super Takumar.

Cowboy Singer

Chama, New Mexico

Cowboy Singer - Chama New Mexico - Saturday: 11 September 2004
Off on the front of the train the whistle sounded the five minute warning.
One of the conductors introduced himself and gave a briefing about the upcoming trip.
Our car was just opposite the train station platform - a local cowboy song performer was meandering through a beautiful instrumental piece on his Martin guitar. It drifted in through the open windows and mixed with the excited conversations in the car.
The conductor asked for a few moments of silence to observe this third anniversary. People on the train got quiet. The guitar fell silent.
The whistle sounded again, the slack went out of the couplers, and we were underway.

Canon FT-QL w/85mm F:1.8 Canon FL

Broom - East Glacier, Montana

Broom - East Glacier, Montana - 30 July 2009. I will be the first to admit that I frequently am attracted by detail, that I find delight in picking out a detail in an image and moving in on it. I came to this conclusion while shooting this Burlington Northern and Santa Fe engine at East Glacier. I liked photographing the engine - but found the shadow of the broom on the orange of the engine cowling more interesting. - Asahi Pentax SP w/35mm F:3.5 Super Takumar.

The Bounty - Circleville, Ohio

The Bounty - Circleville, Ohio - 14 June 2005. Sony Cybershot

Best Out West - Hardin, Montana

Best Out West – Hardin, Montana - 20 May 2007 – Going over all the pictures I have of grain elevators, this is one of my earliest and prettiest. Asahi Pentax SP w/200mm F:4.0 Super Takumar.

The Source - Browning, Montana

The Source - Browning, Montana - 07 August 2009. This place is on the main drag of the Blackfoot Indian Reservation capital. Every night, the emergency room sees and treats the human wreckage of what gets served here. . . A night ambulance call to Icks or the parking lot / sidewalk outside usually nets us an alcohol waistoid.

Bison Hunter - Central Ohio

Bison Hunter – 12 October 2006. Well – it certainly isn’t as bad as shooting him point blank with a 38-calibre High Wall Sharps Buffalo gun. John Westenhaver – the entity on the left was using a Canon AE-1 (if memory serves). He was also a Hell of a lot closer to even an intensely domesticated Bison than I would ever consider. What I find probably the most amusing about this image is how much hair is on the right – and how little is on the left. Leica M-2 w/100mm Canon F:2.0.