The weather around here has been pretty lousy lately for photos.
Here in the Flathead it has been a mix of rain and snow, barely an inch on the ground at my place.
The sky was blue with nice white clouds in the valley when I left home around 2:30 so I thought there might be a good sunset.
However, nearing CFalls, I could see the darker clouds were already banking up against the Divide with the next approaching weather front.
Lots more snow in the park than here at home.
Liz and Katherine, two of my favorite rangers, were at the gate.
Walking down to the lake at the lodge, my picnic table "snow gauge" indicated about 8" out there.
A short break in the cloud bank to the west allowed a
brief moment of strong low angle sunlight for this shot.
Once the gap in the clouds closed the light was gone, so I left for home.
There was another break in the clouds by the time I arrived at the "framing tree" beach so I stopped for a look.
I got these two shots before the clouds moved in again.
The sky looks nice looking east, but when the thick clouds in the west blocked the sun, the light went really flat and the sky grey.
The "framing tree" has been getting beat up recently. I don't know if it's visitors or weather. I suspect the former.
I liked this shot. Nice light on the clouds and reflected in the lake.