1904_0597 Ditch Ice
I had one last session with ice - one week ago - this was long after what I thought was the last session, in March. Daytime temperatures were getting warmer. There was still frost at night, but only minor windshield scraping to do in the morning. And what a morning! I struck out with a few wildlife attempts but then got lucky when a beaver swam in close (two shots shared on Flickr earlier this week), and after that, I found a Great Horned Owl on its nest (coming soon). I decided to take a drive down Hillandale Road, and then hit the brakes when I saw the ditch on my left gleaming with ice.
Seeing my shots was the easy part; the hard part was trying to position the tripod so it wouldn't break through the thin ice. To ensure edge to edge sharpness I had to shoot straight down at my subject (so that all parts of it are equidistant from the camera's sensor, and therefore in focus), and that involved some major body contortions. Here's one of my first efforts.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1904_0597 Ditch Ice
I had one last session with ice - one week ago - this was long after what I thought was the last session, in March. Daytime temperatures were getting warmer. There was still frost at night, but only minor windshield scraping to do in the morning. And what a morning! I struck out with a few wildlife attempts but then got lucky when a beaver swam in close (two shots shared on Flickr earlier this week), and after that, I found a Great Horned Owl on its nest (coming soon). I decided to take a drive down Hillandale Road, and then hit the brakes when I saw the ditch on my left gleaming with ice.
Seeing my shots was the easy part; the hard part was trying to position the tripod so it wouldn't break through the thin ice. To ensure edge to edge sharpness I had to shoot straight down at my subject (so that all parts of it are equidistant from the camera's sensor, and therefore in focus), and that involved some major body contortions. Here's one of my first efforts.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.