2012_1438 The Low Winter Sun
Starting a short series today on the low winter sun. Not only do we northern folks get to sleep in and still catch the sunrise, but the sun never gets too high in the sky. So, when it shines, there's good light all day long, and lots of opportunities to shoot directly into it and include the sun itself in a landscape view. Which is exactly what I did after hiking the trail around Eagle Butte.
That's the name of the bump in the upper left corner. It's an easy trail, with the possibility of wildlife sightings (mule deer, coyote, short-horned lizard, prairie rattlesnake, and more), flowers in spring, and interesting landforms with which to work when the light is good. Getting to the top is an easy scramble. You can see a couple of deer on the ridge, silhouetted against the sky, giving an idea of scale. But I was drawn to this view mainly by the backlit tangle of grasses. They looked wonderful through the viewfinder and translated well in processing.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2012_1438 The Low Winter Sun
Starting a short series today on the low winter sun. Not only do we northern folks get to sleep in and still catch the sunrise, but the sun never gets too high in the sky. So, when it shines, there's good light all day long, and lots of opportunities to shoot directly into it and include the sun itself in a landscape view. Which is exactly what I did after hiking the trail around Eagle Butte.
That's the name of the bump in the upper left corner. It's an easy trail, with the possibility of wildlife sightings (mule deer, coyote, short-horned lizard, prairie rattlesnake, and more), flowers in spring, and interesting landforms with which to work when the light is good. Getting to the top is an easy scramble. You can see a couple of deer on the ridge, silhouetted against the sky, giving an idea of scale. But I was drawn to this view mainly by the backlit tangle of grasses. They looked wonderful through the viewfinder and translated well in processing.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.