Took my team to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for some creative inspiration – glad we picked a 60-degree winter day!



Took my team to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for some creative inspiration – glad we picked a 60-degree winter day!
Captured these leaves with frozen drops of rain on a recent walk in the neighborhood, using my umbrella to ensure a uniform background. The second shot reminded me of stalactites in a cave.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
It’s just cold enough that the rain freezes instantaneously – time to bundle up in front of the fireplace and not leave the house!
Played around with a 10-stop neutral density filter at sunset and came up with this:
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 400
f/9
25 sec
Found while walking around the neighborhood, shot using the new Hipstamatic Bucktown pack (black&white and infrared). Click on any pic to see them in slideshow format.
Our dog Mario enjoyed the first snow of the year, especially on the beach at low tide:
iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Captured these on a cold morning while walking our dog. I love how the frost gives everything a bit of additional texture, which stands out especially strong when the light is low during sunrise.
May your 2017 be as bright and lovely as this sunset (view over Clinton Harbor).
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 100
f/18
1/30 sec
Walking the dog at the same early, but now darker, time (6:30), and during a recent snowfall, provided new perspectives:
iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Top of a pillar of the wooden bridge that connects to our town beach in Clinton, captured after the first frost of winter:
iPhone, edited in Adobe Lightroom
Seems utterly plausible that Batman could swoop through this scene, doesn’t it?
Canon Powershot G12
edited with Nik Silver Efex 2
No – it’s just the sun that’s melting the ice and snow around our house – finally!
Canon 7D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/2500 sec
This lovely spot outside our house is even quieter in winter, when the snow smothers all sounds.
Canon 7D, EF10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO 200
f/4.5
1/1250 sec
I got a taste of what it must feel like to cross the Arctic ice when I walked across the frozen bay of our little town beach (for 2 minutes). The tides caused much of the ice to break in unusual formations, as seen in the second picture.
These ice flows were waiting for high tide to float and join their companions in the Long Island Sound:
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 250
f/10
1/160 sec
The cold winter finally has frozen Clinton Harbor. I braved the cold this morning to capture the scene at sunrise.
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 125
f/6.3
1/100 sec
Caught this cowboy checking his cellphone at the Bozeman airport in Montana.
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 100
f/7.1
1/500 sec
enhanced with Nik Analog Efex Pro
Caught this lovely woman while she was out walking her dog in the snow.
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 1250
f/3.5
1/20 sec
Well, it’s abandoned at least until summer returns. For now, the only sounds you hear are the cries from seagulls.
iphone, adjustments with Nik Analog Efex Pro
On a few clear nights, I marveled at the stars above Big Sky. Here are three of my favorite shots. Click on any one of them to see them in full screen slide show format.
Tried my hand at sports photography while at Big Sky with my son and his friends. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow format.
Canon 7D, 40mm f/2.8 STM
ISO 1,000
f/5.6
1/1250 sec
Bleach Bypass Filter in Nik Color Efex2
Not sure what kind of tree this is, but I loved this twisted, gnarled, lonely pine tree near Lone Mountain in Montana.
Canon 7D, EF40mm f/2.8
ISO 400
f/11
1/640 sec
The temperatures have been low enough that the salt water of Long Island Sound can freeze, and pile up on our town beach. Click on any photo to see them in slideshow mode.
I love old pine trees in winter. These were captured in Stowe, VT and Big Sky, MT.
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: Lucifer IV
film: Blackeys B&W
The sky was dominated by Orion (the constellation, not the winter storm) during my last night at Big Sky, Montana.
Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm  f/2.8L
ISO 125
f/2.8
20 sec
One last picture from an amazing trip to Montana:
Canon 7D
ISO 1250
f/8
1.0 sec
B&W conversion with Silver Efex Pro
This moose didn’t seem to be too concerned about me taking pictures. The other creatures actually enjoyed it (giving me some practice with action shots).
It was SO cold that the lifts couldn’t run because the back-up power runs on diesel, and the diesel fuel was too viscous to run through the engine. Had to wait until 11am when it was only -15 degrees!
Needless to say, I rarely removed my gloves to take pictures, but here are a few, shot with the iPhone app Hipstamatic.
Arrived in Montana and took a drive through parts of Yellowstone before arriving at Big Sky today. -15F (-26C)!
This gang of elk didn’t mind the cold.
It was snowing heavily, but that didn’t deter these folks from enjoying a romantic sleigh ride through the forests of Stowe, VT.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 800
-2ev
f/8
1/100 sec
optimized with Nik Color Efex
Well, amazing might be a better adjective, but that wouldn’t make for nearly as good a blog title. When it’s cold and monochrome out, the dog becomes a never-tiring subject to practice on:
Canon 7D, 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
ISO 400
f/10
1/40 sec
Edited with Color Efex, soft focus filter, Fujichrome Velvia 100 film
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I drive by this house every day in our neighborhood – and I finally decided to take a shot of it while still decorated for the holidays.
Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm
HDR: f/2.8, ISO 640