Can’t complain about the weather, it’s certainly looking like winter now. I only wish it would be like this all winter through…

Since none of the trails are open yet, I decided to take the car and search for photo ops. I soon came across a flock of black grouse that didn’t take flight when I drove by, they normally do but now they endured me even when I reversed my car and opened the window to take some pictures. After a few frames they finally took off, but I did get my first black grouse pictures, even if it was with a landscape lens.

It was a very dark day, I had the camera on ISO 400 and I struggled to get shutter speeds fast enough to freeze the falling snowflakes. The days are also very short now, so I did some evening photography to make the most of the wonderful conditions. Unfortunately about half of the streetlights in Loos are orange so the snow takes on a funky colour, I can’t decide if I like it or not. The dark blue background is courtesy of the last remaining ”daylight”.

We might be getting a little bit of sunshine tomorrow, that is also something to look forward to!