Fun With Fog

Foggy Night.

What a great night. I anticipated the fog but I didn't expect how much. It was a blast.

+5C And Mainly Sunny!

You'd never know by the following photos that it was 5 above celsius with a 20km wind. That's what the forcast was when I went to bed last night. I got up this morning to 50km winds gusting to 70kms!! It was actually close to 1 above though but the snow was so thick I could hardly see across the street! Hmmm...can someone please tell me what we have weather forecasters for? Sure all the global warming has caused imbalance and all that stuff. So"they" say. It's ridiculous. They predicted 5 above and sunny on my last day off as well. Well...it was sunny. Unfortunately it was -15 and that wasn't even factoring in the windchill. It must have dropped below -20. It was off by just a few degrees. A 20 bloody degree difference is not accurate weather forcasting. I always check the forcasts before I go to bed. It helps plan my day of shooting. When it turns out that I might as well just chuck darts at a dartboard to predict the weather, it gets a little fustrating.

So basically I've had to learn how to adapt. It should be one of the commandments of photography anyway. Actually, I think it is. Actually...I'm not even sure there is any commandments for photography. The point is (if there really was one) you can't really rely on anything when you put a camera in your hand. Just go out and shoot as much as you can. Whenever and wherever. You'll learn to be ready for anything. That being said...I think I turned in some of my favorite images from this winter today. So, thanks, to all you weather forcasters out there. Thanks for broadening my horizons. You have a strange way of doing it but thanks just the same.

Trains

Another subject I'll be trying to work with this year. Always loved them. We'll see how this goes.

Attack Of The Squirrels!

Sure...looks harmless enough. But I bet as soon as you turn your back, he's going for your....

Work In Progress

I'm determined to do a series of old style black and white photos. Just grabbed an old file I had and started working at it. It may be a little over done but it's a start. I think I need to go out and specifically shoot scenes for it. We'll see how it goes.

I Hate Winter!

I'm getting cabin fever. Really. If I see anymore snow now, I'm going to buy a torch and start melting it myself. It's bad enough looking at the stuff but I have to work at getting myself inspired to go out in it. Here's hoping the weather gets better soon. In the meantime...more pics.

I Love The Light

I'm not one to boast about my photography. I do it because I love it. A simple shot with my 50mm 1.4 lens while having dinner out one night gave me one of my favorite shots. Can't put my finger on it but I just love the light in this one. (My waitress certainly was wondering what the heck I was doing. Yes. My camera is with me almost everywhere)

More Bison

Took about a hundred and thirty shots this day. I cropped this one closer and that was the only one I liked. Go figure. I knew it was time to stop shooting when I actually couldn't feel my finger on the shutter release. Brrrrr....I believe it was worth it though.

This day was actually warmer than in the photo above. I thought a 200mm 2.8 lens would be a great thing. It is. But why do I want a 400mm now? I like cropping with the lens as opposed to cropping in Photoshop. The detail isn't as good as I would like but I believe it still works. But if anyone has a spare Nikon 400mm...feel free to send it to me. :)