First sign of spring

First sign of spring, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Happens every year - the daffodils start to emerge and spring is just around the corner.

Winter trees

Winter trees, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Leafless trees, snow, and partly cloudy skies - a nice combination for monochrome. This was taken at Whetstone Park of Roses this past Sunday (2/12/12)

Puppy Love

Puppy Love, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

One from the archives for Valentine's Day. Here's Luna and Topper when they were puppies. They are siblings, but also the best of friends. It's interesting that Topper and Emma, our older dachshund, seem to have a more playful relationship than do the two sibs, but when they are sleepy, these two are inseparable.

Light and shadows

Light and shadows, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Yesterday, Steve and I went to Whetstone Park of Roses for a couple of hours of frigid photography. The temperature was in the low 20's (°F) with a wind chill factor much lower than that. It was sufficiently cold that I wore my heavy down jacket, several layers of technical cold-weather clothes, plus the down pants I used in the Himalayas. I was quite comfortable, all-on-all, and even became overheated toward the end of our photo shoot.

I wanted to experiment with light and shadows on snow, and the sun came out just for the occasion. In this photo, the shadow of the tree on the snowy slope plays against the sky and the actual tree itself. The color photo is beautiful, but I thought monochrome would be a bit more dramatic.

Another columbine

Columbine, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

The Arctic blast of cold air continues today, but we should be back to higher than normal temps the rest of the week. Here's another touch of spring to come...

Temptation...

Temptation..., a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Today we have a wimpy amount of snow on the ground, but our first real Arctic blast of cold air for the year. I've already come to grips with this warmer than normal winter, so I've started thinking ahead to spring and the beautiful columbines that will bloom in my garden. This one is from last May.

ICM at sunset

ICM at sunset, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

We're supposed to get a tiny bit of snow today and tomorrow - not enough to emulate a real winter, but better than nothing.

This photo was made using intentional camera movement in a grove of trees at sunset. It reminds me of fire and how fleetingly the light glows at sunset. It also reminds me that the seasons and years pass by all too quickly, and the winter will be gone (without much snow here) in just a few weeks time....

Algae

Algae, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

The intertidal zone is a brutal place to live, but these algae do very well along the coast of Oregon.

Barnacles

Barnacles, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Barnacles are such interesting creatures. During low tide, they seal themselves into their shells with a trap door that holds in the moisture. At high tide they have delicate fronds that pull in their food.

Emma

Emma, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Emma is so easy-going. She even tolerated being dressed in an over-sized hotdog costume for Halloween..... She seems rather happy about it, too.

Tree in the mist

Tree in the mist, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Every once-in-awhile I go back through my archive of photos that I've not processed. I found several from October that are worth taking another look at, figuratively and practically. This was of a back-lit tree highlighted at sunrise through a bank of fog. The color photo was a dull orange in color, so I thought monochrome processing would be a bit more interesting.

Winter - ICM

Winter - ICM, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

Europe and the US Rocky Mountains are getting all the snow this winter. Ohio is bereft of the winter season, and so I'm left with posting photos from January 13, 2012 - the only snow day we've had this year. Here's another intentional camera movement photo from that day.

ICM -sunset

ICM -sunset, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

I found another couple of photos to process from my January 7, 2012 shoot that focused on intentional camera movement. Maybe I should say "unfocused," though.

Jalopy

Jalopy, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

The old and rusting jalopy at Glacier Ridge Metro Park is always a good photographic subject, especially in the late afternoon sunlight that filters between the trees.

Luna

Luna, a photo by andiwolfe on Flickr.

I'm doing a project 52 over on Google+. This was last week's photo on a them of "eyes." Have you any idea how hard it is to get a dachshund to hold still long enough to focus on her eye for a photo? Richard had to give me some assistance by holding a treat, just out of reach. Luna did, eventually, snag the treat after I took the photo.