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Meeting Minutes and next meeting 4.11.2024

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Our next meeting will be April 11, 2024, the 2nd Thursday of each month, at the Whitefish Library at 6 PM.   We had a nice meeting last month.  You can see some of the images below. Marguerite showed some images from the Ski Joring practice.  I showed a few images over Glacier and some from Oldtime images from Somers Dee showed some images from some of the winter activities that she likes to do.  Ice skating, walking and skiing in the snow! Gary brought in some photos from Antelope Canyon and Arizona at Rex and Ginna's place.  

Meeting Minutes and next meeting 3.14.2024 at Whitefish Library 6 PM

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 Meeting Minutes and next meeting 3.14.2024 at Whitefish Library 6 PM We had a nice meeting, last night at the Whitefish Library.  We saw some old faces and new faces too.  James Haring was telling us he started coming to club when his son was 3 years old, now he just graduated college.  Amazing how time flies!  Steven Mitchell brought his star tracker that he is trying to sell.  He bought it for $399 and is selling it with a lot of extras for $300.  If you are interested in buy it please reach out to him.  bigforkphoto3@gmail.com Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack – Motorized DSLR Night Sky Tracker Equatorial Mount for Portable Nightscapes, Time-Lapse and Panoramas. Below is a sample photo that he shot with it with his DSLR and a 100-400 lens of Orien's belt. Steven Mitchell showed images from wild horses near Cody Wyoming, northern lights from Glacier, his cat and the wild mile. Sidney Stone brought images from his travels to Patagonia, Lake McDonald and up-close texture sho

Next meeting 2.8.2024 at Whitefish Library 6PM

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 Next meeting 2.8.2024 at Whitefish Library 6PM Last meeting was cancelled due to the cold temps and blowing snow.   Check out this Ferde Greene photo below from 1929 in Columbia Falls.

Meeting Minutes and next meeting 1.11.2024 Cancelled due to Cold Weather

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Cancelled due to Cold Weather We had a nice holiday meeting at the Whitefish Library.  Next meeting will be January 11th, 2024, 6 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month.  Hard to believe we are into 2024. Below are some of the photos that we saw last month. Dee showed images from winter.  Glad she has been able to find it!  Ice skating on the North shore of Flathead and climbing up Big Mountain. It was nice to see Val at our December meeting.  She brought images from the park, of the sky and things around town that peaked her interests. Tony showed a nice collection of night shots, a wide variety of bird shots and wildlife shots. He went over to Lake Coeur d'Alene, where this year over 400 eagles have been spotted for the migration.  Check out this site that has been tracking the numbers.  I finished up with my photos from the Holy Land.  Next meeting I will bring the rest of the photos from our journey to Jordan.  This is the birthplace of Jesus.  A Greek Orthodox church has been built o

Meeting Minutes and Next meeting 12.14.2023 at Whitefish Library at 6PM

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Our next meeting will be a holiday meeting, the second Thursday of the month Dec. 14.2023.  Bring a snack or sweet to share with the club, if you would like, as well as photos to share. Last Meeting we met at the Whitefish Community Library, and it was nice to be back to a simple life.  Although I was unprepared and did not bring a laptop, Dee saved the day.  She went home to get the laptop from her house.  Only a slight delay. Frank showed the club some great snow ghost shots, bison from the range and a shot of barrel racing Sidney showed us images from his photography workshop down south in Utah, I believe.  Close up desert shots, pictographs and a comparison between black and white and infared.  His teacher carries this frame around and uses it to look for shots that he likes.   I showed images from Egypt, before going I was unaware that it is an unsafe place, or that we would have a full time security guard with us traveling to the sites.  Our first guard was very nice and down pla