May- The Month of Transition

I'm totally not sure what happened to March and April. For all of us here in Montana it was winter extended. Long and drawn out! Next thing I knew it was May!

May! The fifth month of the year but what May is more of is a month of transitions. Migrations near end. Snow leaves, waterfalls come. Flowers bloom. Birds are all caught up in nesting and mating rituals, animals are having their young. The intensity of it all is overwhelming to many and yet goes on without being noticed by others.

Some how in a blink of an eye Montana changes from this stark, drab landscape of post winter season of mud to a colorful sea of activity. One month. Thirty days.

As a nature photographer, there must be a plan in place or it is like the fox chasing the geese. You miss it all. Luckily as this transition unfolds the light of day lengthen and changes. I have a plan. I always have a plan, but the plan must be flexible. Nature is wonderful but nature is smarter than us human-kind and often does not go along with my plan.

So for me, the plan is where do I go to capture the best opportunities of maximizing my chance to capture the best I can capture to bring back to show my viewing and purchasing friends. Some places that is a simple choice....point A, or point B and if not point C. In my part of Montana, it is not so easy during the month of transition.

Everywhere you go something is happening. That is great, until you are deciding where to go. So regardless where I head on my pre-dawn outings I can see grizzlies, moose, elk, deer, black bear, all kinds of birds, massive waterfalls, silent alpine lakes, carpets of wildflowers, dancing butterflies and some of the most awesome landscapes one can find before the transition month is over.

Each outing will be a surprise because one never knows what is around the bend in the path of discovery and adventure! Follow along!