My Nephew's Visit

I didn't take these photos this month but I edited them this week so I feel like it counts. My nephew was visiting and I got some fun shots of them outside in the snow, watching the birds and playing King of the Mountain.

I love this shot but I'm not sure of the crop.  I feel like maybe I should have isolated my nephew more?  What do you guys think?

I took this shot for Kids Stuff magazine for an article about kids and birding.  I need the birds to be in focus.  It didn't matter if the kids were or not. My aperture was f/4 but I got away with it being a little higher because the bird feeder was so far away.  I made sure to select what I wanted the camera to focus on.

Gotta love fat snowflakes that show up well in photos!

Remember that if you want your photos to be large like these so we can get a good look at them, click on them while you're editing your post and select x-large!

Reminders

Farewell, January!  We hope February brings warmer weather and with it a chance to get out to photograph more!  I have found myself making excuses to not go outside and shoot--I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can get some good winter shots!

Reminder #1: The next Artistree Camera Club meeting will be this Tuesday, February 4th at 6 pm at Artistree.  Bring a friend!  We hope to have some more members join soon!

Reminder #2: You can bring up to five WINTER photos to share with the group for some gentle suggestions and many compliments!  You may post them here on the blog yourself or email them to Becky at rubsomedirtblog@gmail.com.  I can't wait to see what you all have been up to!

Reminder #3: I will be doing a brief mini-lesson on aperture at the beginning of the meeting.  This is one of my favorite topics!  Excited to share it with you!

Please comment below if you have any questions or suggestions.  See you Tuesday!

Finally warm enough for a walk...

but still cold enough for ice sculptures!

winter scenes

winter shadows

Winter sun...

Here's a moody picture for a gray, snowy day.

 

Frozen Bubble

Did you all know that you can freeze bubbles?  It was a challenge to photograph this because my kids could neither hold the stick still enough nor take the photo, so I had to do both.  After many missed attempts, I got this one.  I edited it a bit in Lightroom to add some contrast and lower the highlights to you could really see the design on the surface.

So fun!

Warm Thoughts...

Here are some coals from the wood stove to warm your thoughts on this frigid night!

Photo Walk Cancelled

Just FYI: the photo walk scheduled for tonight at Artistree has been cancelled due to frigid temperatures. Hope to see you at the next Artistree Camera Club meeting in February!

Snow photo plus a few from Acadia National Park this fall that I like

 Fog in Maine

 Schoodic Peninsula

 Baker Island Lighthouse

Sunset at Hadley's Point

 Sun setting on Isle au Haut