Here we go again... :) I'm finding that I have to do a lot of lightening of my shots in post-production. Given that it was really light (I mean, it was cloudy and snowing, but it wasn't, by any means, dark) out and I was shooting snow, I have to figure my camera was somehow overcompensating.
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| Airborne Squirrel |
Like I said yesterday, there were squirrels-o-plenty. This guy was chasing another one.
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| Chilly Squirrel |
This squirrel managed to look cold. Most of them didn't. They were fat and energetic and having at the seed someone tossed down. This guy... I don't know... he just looks chilly.
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| Standing Guard Over Seeds |
I think this guy was afraid I'd take his seeds or chase him off. He kept popping up like this and then going back to eat and popping back up to look at me. I love how he's all chubby in the belly, but he has this kind of ratty tail thing happening.
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| And They're Off... |
A geese-launch shot I forgot yesterday. I didn't color correct this one. I left it a little gray because it seemed to add to the scene for me. Also because it gives you an idea of how my camera was perceiving the *really, really* white snow.
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| Your Insane Photographer |
Here's a rare portrait of the (insane) photographer. I ran into someone else out there taking shots with his S.O. so I offered to take a picture of the two of them together, so he said he'd return the favor. I couldn't find my purple and gray hat, so I had the earband on. I had really, really wet hair by the time I got home.
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| The Bird the South Forgot |
Then there was this guy. It's not a good shot or anything, but it's an American Robin. What the *heck* is he doing here in this snowstorm? As a kid I was always taught that the robins returning was one of the first signs of spring. This robin? One for the first signs of SNOW MY GOODNESS, SNOW!
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| Looking for Mr. Tumnis |
There's shrubbery arch in the Hedge. I have no idea if this was crafted at some point or if it somehow naturally formed when branches tangled together overhead. Anyway, add a little snow and you have the entrance to Narnia, I swear.
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| Snow on the Weeds |
The weeds of the summer and fall are clearly dormant now, but the stems still remain and have been picking up snow on any surface that's horizontal or close enough for jazz.
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| You Can't Spin This Cotton |
It makes it look like we're growing cotton... in Chicago. In January. I love that in this shot, even at this size, you can see the snow falling.
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| Snow (on) Cone(flowers) |
Here's more of the little snow caps. I'm pretty sure these were either coneflowers or sunflowers in the summer. Now They're snowcone flowers. :)
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| Quiet |
This needs to be made into a card or something at some point. It just strikes me as ridiculously iconic "Winter".
There's more. (There's always more with me, isn't there? :) But that's enough for tonight. :)
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