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Very light snowfall today, but all the more wind. A wonderful winter’s day, in other words. It was also a bit dark today, so there was very little contrast. A few times I nearly tripped on the snow drifts because it was just simply impossible to see where the wind had piled up the snow.…
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December 2007 was actually not half bad. A year ago we didn’t have any snow on the ground, but now we have plenty enough for skiing and snow mobiling (as always, I’m only doing the former). There were a couple of warm spells that threatened to ruin it all, but we had enough snow to…
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I had been planning to spend the Christmas holidays in the mountains, but the weather conspired against me. I was sorely needing to get out there though, to experience some proper snow in a beautiful setting. I finally got my chance, even if just for one day – so I contributed some CO2 and drove…
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Canon 300 f4L IS, ISO 640, f4 @ 1/160There’s not a lot of light but there’s even less subjects to shoot. So the squirrels are getting fat on the seeds and nuts… Under these lighting conditions, I have to contend with long shutter speeds despite a high ISO. The 300mm lens has Image Stabilisation (IS)…
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Now that the obligatory play with words is out of the way, let’s concentrate on the picture. We have plenty of roe deer around here, but somehow I’ve just never managed to photograph one. They are very skittish so they will bolt at the first sign of a human being, while they have no problems…
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I think I should rename my blog. It’s nothing but squirrels anymore… I have two problems with my squirrel perches. The biggest problem is that they are shaded most of the day so light is nearly always at a premium. I’m lucky to shoot at ISO 400, 200 hardly ever and let’s forget about ISO…
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So I went for a long walk today to admire the snowcovered landscape, and all I’ve got to show for it is this squirrel image from home*. There just isn’t anything stunningly photogenic right here in the village, even if the snow looks absolutely gorgeous. They started preparing the snow mobile trails today, so weather…
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It has been snowing all day. It is also very windy – my snow meter is only showing a 0.5 cm increase in snow cover so the snow is blowing off in some places while piling up elsewhere. This will make a serious dent in my weather statistics! But statistics aside, I have thoroughly enjoyed…
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November 2007 would be the month that winter arrived. This is a very positive surprise, as the past winters have taught us to expect black Christmases rather than early winters. Well, there’s still a few weeks to go, the big thaw can still strike… even if December starts with a new snowfall front. * *…
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I know I’ve posted a lot of squirrel images lately but at least I hope that they are improving…