Various Scenes, and Wildlife Of The Vermilon River.

 This post is again about colour in my homeland, and water. First colour: the weather has been so changeable that it's been difficult to keep up, but by in large, the temperatures have been unseasonably warm. This has resulted in heavy fogs of the pea-soup variety, and dripping forests. Now you can in this sort of  wet stay home, or go out, and enjoy the peculiar colours. All you have to do is learn to photograph it.You probably know these tips, but I'm going to repeat them. After all sharing information is part of the blog tradition. All the hints relate to the fog,of course not the sunny photos.

Opposite is the Upper River, which is extremely photogenic, but the fog adds a sense of mystery and mysticism to it.In fact, if a troll suddenly materialized you wouldn't be too surprised would you?

This time the shot is of a wetland in an even thicker fog. You can check out the others, some of which were taken as the fog lightened. By in large all the foggy shots were taken at f 4.5, 1/160th, and an ISO of 800. I used an aperture priority;thus, controlling the aperture size, and letting the speed fall out. Photoshop, the contrast area only, was used above to enhance the blue tone. The lighten or darken selector will remove the fog altogether. A complete removal was done in the wetland dripping tree photo below. Just one further tip. I focused on the nearest solid structure. If you don't, you'll run into trouble, as your camera will find the lighting too dark to focus using AF.

What I'm doing is using the water to show the treed background. If there was a flight of geese, I would use the water to pick up the birds' reflection in the water. It's too dark to get them in the air.The option is no photo, and the loss of an opportunity to show another colour facet of the area that I live in. Just one further tip. I'm shooting in cold, wet conditions. When you take your camera inside you run the risk of condensation damage. I put my camera in the bag and close it outside. I leave it for an hour in the bag inside and then open it. Hence no condensation damage.
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Blue Jay in the sun.

Chickadee feeding on a birch.

Geese on the fast moving River.

Raven in flight.

Redpoll in the sun.

This is the tundra river with an ice slick on it.The level is up with the rainy period. Boom and I used the tundra trail to get here. We, or more properly me, decided to jump a wet area. I reasoned that my cane, even though it would sink in the boggy mud, and Boom's weight would be enough to clear the wet patch. Boom got covered in black mud, and I got a soaker, so much for my leadership.

River bank in the sun.

Sun reflection on the River seen through the black spruce trees .

A post to I'd Rather Be Birdin',My World Tuesday,Wild Bird Wednesday,Camera Critters, and SWF

Upper River in the sun.

Male Hairy Woodpecker.

Blue Jay.

Female Evening Grosbeck

Foggy River bank.

Geese moving in the current.

Redpoll.

Water drops.

Male Hairy Woodpecker.

More Fairy lights.

River.

Male Hairy 

Male Hairy Woodpecker.

Female Evening Grosbeak.

Sun on the River bank.

Deep in the tree.

Male Hairy

Geese in Flight.

Geese resting

Uncertain sky

Raven

East Track turn in the fog.

Foggy wetland.

Raven with a prize.

Foggy rocks in the wetland.

Sunny upper River.

Dripping water (fog removed).

Redpoll