While visiting a ranch with a student group in Paradise Valley Montana, we went for a ride into the hills with the rancher and his son. At one point we got off our horses so the rancher could explain the dilemma the Yellowstone wolf population posed for h
While mom is scratching, one of her cubs peeks cautiously from behind a tree. No, the mother is not waving, she is holding onto the tree so she can rub her back.
As the sun dipped below the horizon it lit the undersides of the clouds in brilliant color. The building in the lower right is a dory making factory, now used for tourist demonstrations as well
Early mission church near Taos, NM. A real compositional challenge as there were cranes and workmen working on the church and I had to find a spot where they wouldn't be seen in the image