An Invigorating Photo Shoot

I said, or maybe threatened, to post some other photos from Sue's wintry photographic extravaganza. 

It was a nippy day but not quite as frigid as much of our recent winter weather, so it was semi tolerable.

My digits did get very cold despite my special photo gloves. When you peel back the 4 fingertips that you need to manipulate the camera, they do get a wee bit frosty, even with the rest of the hands covered. Also, although they are described as winter gloves, I think that means for an American winter and not a Canadian one because they're not all that well insulated. (I do know that the northern states in the Great Plains have it pretty darn cold, but I trust you know what I mean. For the most part Ontario cold and New Jersey or Tennessee cold are not the same thing.)

My first photo, or at least my first non-Sue photo, was of the bench with the river ice in the background. This is similar to the few photos that I took in January, but I like to see the sweep of the ice on the river in the background.

I liked the arching branches in the background ↓ framed by other, nearer trees. I also appreciated that there was some snow on the trees.

I decided to zoom-in on just those trees.

Nearing the car after Sue was done, this ↓ was my final photo although on exiting the car and beginning my trek with Sue across the frozen tundra, it has been the first scene that drew my attention. I like the layers that give the photo depth, beginning with the grasses, and extending to the snowy trees and sky in the background, with intervening layers of ice and open water.

 

While it would be preferable to have time and tripod for a photo with such depth, I was getting anxious to get back into the warm less cold car, so I pressed the shutter and hurried along. I think I got a pretty good result, though.

It was good to grab a few photos after a long period with very little photographic activity. 

They call such cold, invigorating, and well, yeah, okay.