Ice, Ice Baby.....

Icicles are forming, so here is a close up shot taken about half an hour ago with the point and shoot Olympus.

Snowed in Again...

It's another snowy blustery day out there today so I didn't get a chance to get out and take any new photos. Instead I'm posting one I took back from my film days; this photo was shot on Fuji Velvia. The storm is supposed to end overnight and be nice tomorrow so I'll be out there getting some shots.

More Frost...

There is more snow predicted for tonight into tomorrow; I don't think we had this much snow for the whole winter season last year. The weatherman says this coming Sunday there is a chance of rain and a possible high of near 50; Maine weather, go figure. This photo was taken on one of those bitterly cold mornings we had last week.

Winter is Definitely Here.....

I'm looking forward to a four day weekend this week and hopefully I'll get out there and get some new photos taken, I'd like to get to the coast. It's been a few years since I've been during the winter months. It's a big difference going in the winter verses the summer, there are a lot less people around.

Time to dig out...

It's bitterly cold out there today with the wind so I didn't go out to take any new photos. I also need to go and shovel the driveway after yesterdays blizzard. I'm posting a couple of photos again to remind me of warmer weather, they were both taken with my Olympus point and shoot.

It's Gonna Be a White Christmas....

This photo was taken on the same day as yesterdays photograph; it's pretty close to where I took the duck photos from earlier in the week. We're supposed to get another big snow storm over the weekend, so who knows, I may be able to get to use the snowshoes I bought last year. They're still brand new because of the lack of snow we had last season.

Same Subject; Different Look...

Here's a photo of the same two trees I photographed at sunrise the other day. This photo was during a snow storm.

More Duck Shots...

I decided to go back to the river today to see if the mallard and merganser were still hanging out. Sure enough they were so I was able to get some more photos of them. That is one lazy mallard, two days in a row it's sleeping. This time I brought my flash and the Better Beamer flash extender, it was overcast this morning so I figured the flash would help brighten things up. I was able to get closer to them today, I guess they've figured out I'm harmless. I actually waded in the water and I probably could've gotten even closer but the water was only two inches from the top of my boots by the time I stopped. I fell in the water a couple of years ago, in the same spot so I know how cold that water is. I also included a shot of the duck tracks in the snow.

Frosty Again...

It was another below zero night out there last night and everything was covered in a heavy frost this morning. I went back to the river where I took the photos last week of the ice covered rocks. This mallard and merganser were there and I guess it was so cold they didn't feel like moving much; they let me get to about 30 feet. As you can see the mallard was snoozing but the merganser was keeping its eye on me.

Yesterdays Sunrise....

It's snowing again today but before the clouds moved in yesterday morning I went out and took these sunrise shots. This is where I saw the turkeys on Friday but they weren't around yesterday; at least while I was there.

Another cold one.....

It was really cold last night; 3 below zero on my thermometer and everything was heavily frosted. I went back to where I photographed the muskrat last week to photograph these red winterberries. There was ice all the way across the river so I didn't see any wildlife but I did see a flock of turkeys on the drive over so maybe I'll go back this weekend and try to get some photographs of those, I've seen them in that field before. This morning I had my gloves on but the fingers froze anyway.

Autumn Abstract....

I took this photo earlier this fall while hiking in Greene, I used my point and shoot Olympus. Technically it's still the fall season but it sure looks and feels like winter. It was 6 degrees here this morning; the ground is covered with snow from the storm earlier this week and we're supposed to get more tomorrow. I'll be breaking out the cross country skis before I know it.

Before Shot...

Here is the shot of the apple blossoms before I applied some of the Photoshop effects. It finally stopped snowing so I'll have to get out this weekend and get some winter shots to post next week.

The storm continues...

It's still cold and snowy out there so I'm posting a photo that I added some special effects to. I learned the technique on another blog called Digital Pro Talk by David Ziser. Tomorrow I'll post the before shot.

Ice Formations..

The weekend was real cold and today we're having a major snow storm, maybe I'll get to post some winter shots soon. I went back to the river yesterday and because of the cold weather there were a lot of ice formations on the rocks. Here are a few shots I took before the snow started.