Unsettled Weather, And A Resultant Change In Colours At The Vermilon River.

The warm foggy weather was replaced by overcast snowy weather that dipped as low as -17C with high winds. Now that's a morning eye opener!! Boom & I begin our mornings before sunrise, and walk a good couple of kilometers to settle our breakfast every morning. That's how I get the sunrise shots, one of which is opposite. Now don't start with the cold. To Boom, it's just a mite brisk, and filled with free snow cones. The camera settings change also as a result of the glare from the snow, even when it's overcast, as it is here. The ISO is still 800,but almost all the photos except the fog shots are shot with an f 8 setting.

I like the colour the light gives to the backgrounds. Opposite is a modest Blue Jay.

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Blue Jay In Flight.

Tundra In The Fog.

A Lonely Jay.

Mourning Doves In The cold.

 This is a River Muskrat. I mentioned trolls in the last post, and here is the best we can do.

White-breasted Nuthatch.

Snow on the branch.

Snowy Trail.

Red Squirrel

Blue Jay.

Bohemian Waxwings at the berries.

Snowy Sunrise.

Blue Jay.

Northern Crow.

Mourning Doves.

White Breasted Nuthatch.

Snowy Trail

Grumpy Blue Jay

Blue Jay.

White-breasted Nuthatch.

Muskrat.

A pair of Mourning Doves.

Muskrat.

A Coy Northern Crow, Huegy's mate actually.

Female Pine Grosbeak

Foggy wetland.

Blue Jay.

Male and Female Pine Grosbeak

Male Grosbeak

Bohemian Waxwings.

Trail over the ridge.

Promising

It did not materialize, but the forecast is for warm temperatures and rain this weekend.

Another snowy trail

Non-breeding starling.

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 .

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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