Snow Pictures for Folks Down South

Here are a couple of pictures taken of some crab apple trees around the house after the last snow we had this week (Tuesday night). By later that Wednesday morning, it was all gone. When it snows, it is so fry that is comes as a powder snow. You can just blow on it and it comes off. Now when it melts, it still makes things just as wet and slick. We are suppose to get some more snow today and this weekend. I need to get my butt up in the mountains and get some shots. Maybe I will do that this weekend.

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Snow and More Snow

No pictures today since I have not been out and about getting any. This is from last year up in RMNP.. We had over 5 inches of snow here in FTC today and a lot less in Denver. And it is just frigid cold, it was ZERO when I left for work on the truck thermometer display and the bank had a big ole -1 on it. And that is without the wind (which was basically zero thank goodness).

Have a good one

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Home Again for a Moment

State Capitol Building in Jackson, Mississippi. It is often seen in Marshall Ramsey's cartoon in the local paper with screaming eagle on top. No luck today. It is a beautiful building. I took these shortly after getting my first DSLR (Nikon D100). Would love to get some shots of it inside once again.

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In A Sea of Clouds

Nikon D2x Sigma 24-60mm Ridata Pro 150X

Today is from the Great Smokey Mountains area. I was up high on a mountain highway and above the clouds that morning as the sun was coming up and the mountains were just engulfed in rolling clouds. In a few miles of traveling down the road, passed thru these clouds and to just another view.

Longing for Home and those Huge Oak Trees

Nikon D2x Sigma 24-60mm Ridata Pro 150X

Nikon D2x Sigma 24-60mm Ridata Pro 150X

Oh for a familiar sight. Sometimes I miss being back in Mississippi. Yes, it has its faults and it has is pleasures. One of those pleasures is the satisfaction of being able to go to such historic places like Windsor Ruins. I was emailing with a friend there back home that did some work for me before the holidays and was talking about places to take pictures. There are tons of places to take photos and when I back home to either visit or to once live there again, I will be visiting Windsor Ruins once again. This was taken back in 2006 while I was driving around and decided on the spur of the moment to find this place once again that I had visited once before with my mom and sister. My sister never liked going to places like this, but I just loved places like this. I just love history. Guess it goes hand in hand with my love for photography.

Will someone buy me a 85mm PC-E Tilt shift lens for my Nikon, so I can get these right next time..

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Changes

It was time to make a few changes to the blog. Basically it is all new except for the content. Switched over to a different template and modified to taste. Allows me to post the photos in a better size and I think they show up better againest the black background with the white borders.

Future improvements might include the photos being in frames from photoshop.

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Water and More Water

American Falls from the Canadian Side

American Falls from the Canadian Side in B/W

Well today I think I will delve into the archives from back in 2006 from when I went up to Niagara Falls from when I was living in Cleveland, OH. Above are the American Falls from the Canadian side since that is the best place to view the falls from. Even the view for the Horseshoe Falls are outstanding from the Canadian side (The best view in my opinion). In the winter, the spray from the falls coat the trees that are near the falls with ice several inches thick, think more than 6". It is a great sight and the wait for them to light the falls is worth the wait. Get there before they light them, them watch the show.

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A Meeting of the Minds

Why can't people just meet in the middle sometimes. Diamond Reo is country group that record a song called Meeting in the Middle.

Well the real story is that I almost had a meeting in the middle with a good size Bighorn ewe (female bighorn sheep) this weekend at where I was shooting. We had only about 12-15 ft between us, but the nice thing was that it did not bother her and I am glad of that fact. I am really careful around wildlife as I respect them and want them to remain wild. Spent a good amount of time shooting her and I think her mom or her daughter.

Nikon D2x Sigma 150-500mm SanDisk Extreme III

Finally Got One

After several trips to RMNP and other places in the area, finally got to see some Bighorn Sheep with adult Rams.

A New Start to a New Year

Went today and renewed my Federal Park Pass for the year. One of the best bargains out there for people that visit a lot of the national parks and other federal lands that charge access fees. Here in Colorado, besides having access to places like RMNP here locally also allows access to Mt Evans when it is open. I figured today that if you just visit one park like RMNP one time a month for 12 months that is $240.00/ year. The park pass is $80.00/year. So do the math. Plus access to other parks and areas.

Well enough about that. Here is a 6x6 elk that appears he had too much celebrating last night at the elk new years party. You know those bull elk, can throw a heck of a party.

Nikon D2x, Sigma 150-500 SanDisk Extreme III media

It was taken in RMNP in the Horseshoe Meadow section along US34 in the park.

Have a nice day....