Cold and Stormy

Those are the words that describe January, 2014. Photography was tough due to the cold and I didn't get out much. the highlight of the month was the sea caves that have been in recent posts. Last Sunday I shot my first video of the year. It was a blizzard but what better opportunity for some action video. After all how many photographers, or any sane people, go out into a blizzard to get some pictures? After talking to my daughter she asked if the shots were taken with the weatherproof, waterproof GoPro. My response was " I wish I had thought of that instead of using the expensive 7D."

Technical: manual exposure, 2 second interval for about 10 minutes

Winter Color

Today is starting gray and windy which reminded me of this shot from a few years ago.  Most of my black and white shots are taken during the winter, making the most of the contrast range.  I'm not getting many new images this month, the shutter finger is getting twitchy.

Common Redpoll

January is a great month for photography of birds at feeders.  The challenge is finding a natural setting and getting them to hold still for a fraction of a second.  Currently in New Ulm the environment could be March except for the cold temperature.  This was taken last January.