Montana is a treasure trove of photographic opportunities: The huge morning sky glows with eastern light and casts an enchanting blush across rugged mountains, lush meadows, and long-abandoned ghost towns. The stark badlands dazzle with a color palette that challenges the imagination. With 15 federally designated wilderness areas, 2 National Parks, 2 National Monuments, 20 National Wildlife Refuges, and hundreds of miles of wild and scenic rivers, there's more beauty here than any photographer could capture in a lifetime. So how will you find the most beautiful and rewarding places to photograph on a brief vacation? Let Gordon and Cathie Sullivan, Montana residents and professional photographers, guide you to their favorite places in the state (most of them easily accessible on maintained roads) and show you how and when to best capture them. When you bring Photographing Montana along, you'll have easy access to the authors' accumulated knowledge and expertise at your fingertips. The Sullivans share with you their favorite photo sites in places like the Bitterroot Valley, Glacier National Park, the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness, Makoshika State Park, the Absaroka-Beartooth Range, Yellowstone, and beyond. Whether you're interested in photographing wild horses, bighorn sheep, grizzlies, or wolves, or if majestic mountains surging skyward inspire your artistic sensibilities, you will benefit from this guide's wealth of helpful tips and technical pointers on lenses, filters, and more, and its creative suggestions on composition, content, and timing. Beginners and seasoned professionals alike will find the help, ideas, and suggestions they need to make the most of their time here.

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