Yes, we have had a few days with “snow” but for the most part our temps have been around freezing or above. Today, mid-January, we are receiving rain with just a touch of flakes mixed in. Our last really cold weather, to the best of my recollection, were some single digits in November or early December but since then we have stayed mostly in the 20’s for cold numbers. So to share wintry images the archives have been visited more often than usual.
Here we are back in 2018. This waterfall usually offers some nice structures as the tumbling water freezes. And on a really cold day the rising mist from the crashing water coats all around with a nice frosty dressing.
Such an unusually beautiful shot!
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Thank you, Stephen!
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Excellent overall, including sharpness from fore to rear and an apt title.
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Thanks, Steve. f/16 and focus 1/3 into the frame works occasionally well.
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Beautiful photo. Wonderful shapes and colors and technically well done. Thanks.
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Thanks, Mike and Christy.
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You’re welcome.
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Lovely shot, Steve. Yes, it has been a bit of a non-winter this year. Of course, it isn’t over yet!
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Thanks, Eliza! Yes, if the forecast is to be believed we’ve got some winter coming this week…at least during the night….cold temperatures but not much precip.
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Great image Steve! So far here Winter has been mild and only a little snow that only lasted a few days. But quite a bit of rain so going out to photograph locally has been pretty muddy.
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Thanks, Reed! Yes, winter isn’t what we expect lately. Hopefully it isn’t the new normal but with climate change that is a possibility.
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Wow, that is beautiful – but you’ve made me feel cold! 🙂
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It isn’t nearly as cold here as the picture, Ann. For someone who does not enjoy being cold I sure am complaining about a lack of it lately. 🙂 Thanks!
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This one is super, both for the icy waterfall and the foreground branch. It’s been warn here, often in the 40s, hardly ever cold enough for icy conditions.
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When I got up this morning, mid-January, the temperature was 37°. I’ve got to decide whether to go out looking for attractive mud this morning. Thanks, Tom.
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Wow, that really is an impressive sight! It’s been a pretty warm winter so far, though an early morning wind can still seem pretty cold. On a hike today I found many skunk cabbage poking up through the leaves. Granted, I’m not exactly sure when they usually come up, I know they’re an early one.
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Thanks, Todd! Skunk cabbage doesn’t get much rest. I’ve found it as early, or late depending on one’s perspective, as December.
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What an extraordinary image. I’m not sure how you managed to combine such sharpness (the hanging branch, parts of the background) with the smoothed swirls and flow, but it’s one of the photos I love looking at again and again.
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I focused on the branch, approximately 1/3 into the frame, and closed down to f/16, for the front to back sharpness and 0.3 secs kept some swirl shape but allowed for smoothness as well. This waterfall has provided some nice ice formation over the years. Thanks, Linda!
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Serious cold there, Steve, cold you might not wish for but I can see why you would. Like Linda, I love the sharp focus on the branch against those swirling waters and the warm and cool colors.
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It’s been so not cold here that I am wishing for some serious cold. Not everyone would agree or appreciate it but I feel a definite lack of ice photography this year. Maybe with everything that changed yesterday our weather will as well. 🙂
There were several other compositions at this waterfall but the hanging branch shouted for attention.
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