Barn Charm

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Snowflakes

After it snowed the other day, I attempted some snowflake photos.  This first one was taken with the Nikon 55-200mm lens:

And, this close-up shot was taken with my newly-purchased Opteka macro lens attached to the Nikon 18-55mm lens:

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wondered how it is that snowflakes always have six points.  There’s a scientific explanation, of course, but its fun to just wonder!

Shadow Shot Sunday

From last fall…midday shadows at the Cordova Tower near Red Rock Lake in Iowa…

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Photo Edit

Was about to delete this photo yesterday but then decided to work on it in Photoshop…

Ended up upping the contrast, adding the ink outline effect and a canvas texture.  Just for the heck of it.   

Looks like a fall scene, but actually is from earlier this month.

Skywatch

Sunrise scene from a few days ago…

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Its Cold Out

Here’s a photo from a few mornings ago…

Yesterday, our weather was sunny, but very cold, so I stayed in the house except for doing calf chores.  Its the time of year for catching up on reading.

Fern

Am not in the mood to traipse around out in the cold outdoors with the camera, so here’s a photo I took last summer.   

I wish I could say this fern was growing in the yard here on our farm, but actually it was along the trail at Effigy Mounds National Monument near Marquette, Iowa.  As I get ready to click “publish”, the thought crosses my mind that the green of this fern will clash with the green background of this blog, but that’s the way it goes. 

Barn Charm

The sign reads “Livery Stable”, but it looks like a barn to me.  It is located at the Motor Mill historical site in northeast Iowa.  This photo was taken last fall.

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Hooray for Snow!

Because we now have snow, how about some snowy photos! 

This first one was taken through a window of our farmhouse.  The summery green of the yew fronds looked almost tropical to me…

Here’s a morning moon being stalked by frosty pine tree branches..

And, lastly, here’s some icy-etched coneflower heads…

Shadow Shot Sunday

A shadow shot from autumn of 2008…

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Before & After

The other day when snow was finally in the forecast I quick took this snapshot of some squiggly soybean rows…

Now with snow on the ground, the same rows look like this…

Creek Photo Edit

This first photo scene was taken out of the second photo…

Photo taken during that golden hour mentioned a couple posts ago.

Skywatch

A sunrise scene from last week…

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Snow At Last

Exciting news!  A few inches of snow blew in overnight leaving mini-drifts and random artwork…

Golden Hour

Yesterday I needed to run an errand and decided to try make it coincide with the “golden hour” when slanting sunrays of late afternoon provide wonderful lighting for photos.

This rusty old bridge seemed to match perfectly with the trees beyond.

Wolf Moon

January’s full moon is called the “Wolf Moon”.  It glowed bright in the western sky yesterday morning.   

I took the first photo with the 18-55mm lens and then switched to the 55-200mm lens for this next picture:  

I don’t have the right equipment to snare a good close-up moon shot, but it was fun trying!

Barn Charm

Snapshot taken a few years ago near Blairsburg, Iowa.  I drove over there to look at wind turbines and also found this round barn.

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January Scenery

Snapshots from a couple days ago…

“Why blog these scenes?”, you may ask…

 

‘Cuz there ain’t much else to take photos of around here this time of year…

Shadow Shot Sunday

Here’s a snapshot taken in springtime a couple years ago.  The painting on the shed doors is a winter scene, however.

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Morning Pink

The southwestern sky as seen on my way to the barn yesterday morning:

To the southeast it looked like this:

A few minutes later the sun climbed completely above the horizon and the pink tones disappeared.  The same clouds were still there but were only gray in color.