Snowmobiling
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Happy Truck Thursday!
No! - didn't let the snow slow me down - I went out to find some trucks for a nice mono image.
My grandfather in 1945 with his Snowmobile (Bombardier).
He owned the general store and the taxi service in Causapscal, a small village in the Matapedia Valley, Quebec (Canada). In winter, with the Doctor Joseph Frenette, they would go to help pregnant women and the sick among farmers and the wounded in logging camps in the hinterland because the country roads were not passable because of the snow.
Late for the party but what an entrance. Bwap! (story of my life)
This is what I'm thinking about while you complain about winter! LOL
Was out snowmobiling yesterday, It was a blast! For the special person who gifted me a Pro!
Be safe out there folks, no drinking and driving!
You can count on me
Please have snow
And mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
There has been lots of snow this winter. Yesterday saw a snowfall of 30 cm. Perfect for winter sports. Lots of cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and for the faster crowd snowmobiling. Here are the tracks of a recent snowmobile.
Well Santa didn't do so good with that Motorcycle so he went back and got a Snowmobile so he could at least take the gifts for the kids he found were nice... Created in Bing, sized and framed in Photoshop...
It is hard to tell where the beach stops and the lake starts in this photo at North Beach, Bear Lake State Park, Idaho. The tracks were made by snowmobiles, usually called "snow machines" around here. I'm sure someone will know what the dark spots are left of center?
Feel your blood rushing and hear the motors rev as you zoom across the frozen landscape of Svalbard. This is an arctic adventure to remember!
Just a quick picture with the tracked Jeep while the snow lasts - only for a few hours.
Toy Project Day 3407
Lake Minocqua is a lake in northern Oneida County, Wisconsin. It is 1360 acres in area, with an average depth of 23 feet and a maximum depth of 60 feet. It is part of the "Lakeland" area of Northern Wisconsin. Lake Minocqua is very popular in both the summer and winter months for vacationers. Snowmobiling, fishing, boating, water-skiing, swimming and other outdoor activities bring people in from all over to the many resorts and summer homes on the lake. I took this from the Highway 47 bridge just south of the village of Woodruff. This was taken from the other side of the road from yesterday's post.
An important quality of a wildlife photographer is the ability to predict animal behavior. That means that you should not only look at your subject, but that you have to observe and analyze. If you don't do that, then every time you will be surprised by the actions of the animal and you will be too late to make a good photograph.
Young Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), also known as snow monkeys, cling the first four weeks after birth onto the belly of their mother, and after that period they crawl on her back to move over larger distances. This period lasts about a year. In order to capture this behavior you must primarily watch the mother, especially her interaction with other macaques in the troop. Macaques have a complex social structure and hierarchy, and virtually all movements of an individual macaque are the direct result of those of more senior or dominant counterparts. This hierarchy is often maintained by force, which is why mothers with children like to keep a little aloof from the rest of the gang. If there is a disturbance elsewhere or a more senior macaque is approaching, it is often a reason for the mother to go somewhere else with her child on her back.
This photo I made at the end of a long shoot on our White & Wild Japan tour. It was cold and I was ready to call it a day. And so were the macaques, because they slowly began retreating to the mountains. This mother with child decided to walk down again when a little higher up on the mountainside a few macaques started fighting. Looking at the tracks in the snow, I could predict where they would probably go and I was able to get into a good position. I used a flash for some extra light.
Nikon D4, AF-S 70-200/2.8 VR II, 1/320 @ f / 8, ISO 800, SB-990 flash
If you're interested in joining me on this trip to photograph snow monkeys, Japanese cranes, Steller's sea eagles and whooper swans, please check out my website for more information:
Squiver Photo Tours & Workshops
Our 2014 tour filled up really fast, so we set up a second one.
Hope to see you there!
Marsel
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