Friday, August 24, 2012

Two Medicine - Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is one of my favorite national parks. The views will leave you in awe and wonder. Everything is green and beautiful. If you take Going-To-The-Sun Road and only drive it you will see epic scenery that will take your breath away.

This post will just have a few photos from mainly one part of the park. Two Medicine.

Two Medicine is not as traveled as Going-To-The-Sun Road is. Going-To-The-Sun Road cuts through the park and Two Medicine is in the South east of the park. There is only one way to drive into Two Medicine, and is is from the east. There are two major lakes at Two Medicine and you can get boat tours of one of them. The lakes are Two Medicine Lake and Lower Two Medicine Lake. The road ends at Two Medicine Lake.

On the road road up to Two Medicine Lake you pass Lower Two Medicine Lake and between the two lakes in a fun waterfall called Running Eagle Falls. This Water fall has an interesting feature about it. It comes out of a whole in the rock. The best part is that when the water is high it comes over the top of the rock two. The upper part will even hide the part coming out of the rock to where you cannot see it. When it is not quite so high there will be a narrower upper waterfall joining the lower fall. Someday I will have to come back and see it again.

photo panorama - Running Eagle Falls, near Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park
This next image show the difference that shutter speed can have on a photo. The first is taken with a faster shutter speed and the second has a slower shutter speed. The second one has a nice smooth moving feel to it and the first has a choppy feel to it. It is generally a good idea to go with a slower shutter speed when take a photo of a waterfall.

These two images are an example of what a difference shutter speed can have on an image of running water. The two speeds are not that far apart. But as you can see ,in the one on the left (1/30 second), the water is not as smooth looking or appealing. The one on the right (1/5 second) is much nicer. 
Running Eagle Falls, near Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

photo panorama - Running Eagle Falls, near Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

This first photo, on the left, is an 8 photo panorama and the second one, on the right, is a 5 photo panorama.


My wife and I in front ofRunning Eagle Falls, near Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

2 photo panorama - Running Eagle Falls, near Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

Spherical Pile of Rocks, Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

Two Medicine Lake Dock, Glacier National Park

Two Medicine Lake Shore, Glacier National Park

Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

13 photo panorama - Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

10 photo panorama - Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

Lower Two Medicine Lake, photo taken from road to Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park

Lower Two Medicine Lake, photo taken from road to Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park

12 photo panorama - Lower Two Medicine Lake, photos taken from road to Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park


Moon Setting over East Flattop Mountain 
Near Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park

It was a little difficult to find a place to camp in Glacier because all the places to camp were ful in the park. We need up staying at a KOA just outside of the park my Saint Mary Lake. Here are some photos of the moon going down that night. I personally enjoy the gif. Just so you know the KOA is a nice place to camp. This was a first for us.

Moon setting over East Flattop Mountain, Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park

Moon setting over East Flattop Mountain, Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park

2012_0061_animation_EastFlattopMountain_square, East Flattop Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana. I took this photo from the KOA by Saint Mary Lake where we were camping. This is a waxing moon setting as a gif amination
Gif of Moon setting over East Flattop Mountain, Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park






3 comments:

  1. Holy smokes. These pictures are awesome. I especially like the pile of rocks.

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  2. Were you using a ND filter to get the frothy water in those pics?

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