Ha. I just got home, I'm still thawing. My camera bag is still as it was when I left Norway. So no The problems continue: I'm out of wall space in my house. I have too many windows, and the few walls that I have are already occupied. I bet it would look nice on a lustre finish paper.
My output medium is 16:9 (monitors) and for that reason I rarely shoot vertical, it doesn't speak to me as much either, I see the world in landscape format. But most of the good aurora shots from that trip are vertical, for obvious reasons. The 14mm wasn't wide enough but "I had to put up with it," I tried some with the 10-20 but f4 doesn't cut it. I wish I still had my 15/2.8 fish, so I just bought a used one. But I digress.
No, I haven't printed it, and chances are, never will. But glad you like it!
Here's a 10mm aurora. f4 just doesn't do it. But you can't imagine just how big the spectacle was. This was particularly awe-some because (1) I have an attachment to the lighthouse and (2) it was my first ground-based aurora (always shot them from the plane before) - and then it wasn't even subtle. It was just crazy.
Canon EOS R5m2RF10-20mm F4 L IS STM lens10mmf/4.030s1600 ISO+1.0 EV
So last week's Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave was... different. For men's mass start, the fog was so thick it was almost unshootable. For women's mass start in the evening, it got better, but there was still fog and darkness. Very fast races so every bad decision I made regarding the position on the track hurt badly.
But... at least I got to shoot the final farewell to Dorothea Wierer, who completed her last World Cup of her career. She will race for the last time at Winter Olympics at her home venue in Antholz-Anterselva.
Men's foggy race:
Yes, this was the fog on the finish line. Actually, it was thicker than this, because I used some dehaze in Lightroom...
We were supposed to have two girls in the line up, but Paulina Batovska-Fialkova got sick. So it was the mass start premiere for Maria Remenova.
stanj wrote:
Ha. I just got home, I'm still thawing. My camera bag is still as it was when I left Norway. So no The problems continue: I'm out of wall space in my house. I have too many windows, and the few walls that I have are already occupied. I bet it would look nice on a lustre finish paper.
My output medium is 16:9 (monitors) and for that reason I rarely shoot vertical, it doesn't speak to me as much either, I see the world in landscape format. But most of the good aurora shots from that trip are vertical, for obvious reasons. The 14mm wasn't wide enough but "I had to put up with it," I tried some with the 10-20 but f4 doesn't cut it. I wish I still had my 15/2.8 fish, so I just bought a used one. But I digress.
No, I haven't printed it, and chances are, never will. But glad you like it!...Show more →
How about I print it for you and let you know the results....
I know the feeling, not enough wall space at in my house, too.
A few during last weekend's big storm. I went out Sunday afternoon to the wetlands area nearby thinking it was the peak of the storm, as we were on the northern edge of what walloped much of the US. Night fell and had dinner. I went to put out the garbage and in a span of a few hours we had gotten another 30cm (1 foot)! The northern edge of the storm curled around from the northeast and we got a ton of lake effect off Lake Ontario. Normally the wind is from the west and we are spared most of that, unlike Buffalo.
The next day was spent digging out. Fortunately it was -10C and the snow was dry and very light, making it an easier endeavour. But it also meant the snow didn't really stay stuck to the trees like during the storm seen below. As a result, it wasn't as pretty as it could have been during the inevitable blue sky, sunny day that usually follows these storms.
Patterns carved in the snow by the wind out on the frozen marsh. It hasn't been that windy since last weekend's snowstorm and the drifts until now have been rather tame compared to past years when there were some really fantastic patterns. These only begin to 'pop' with the sun low on the horizon. Like in a Twilight Zone episode, I'd love to be able to stop time with the sun just on the horizon. But half the fun is finding good patterns while there's still sunlight.
grandmas wrote:
I thought Blue Birds migrated south for the winter...hmm
Eastern Bluebirds often stay in their northern range during winter, relying on small, nomadic flocks to forage for berries (cedar, dogwood) and seeking shelter in cavities or bird boxes to stay warm. While some migrate to the southern U.S. or Mexico, many endure cold weather, especially when food sources remain accessible.
Mine stay every year. I have seen as many as 8 go into a birdhouse at night. They drink from my open water source at my pond more so in the winter.
The problems continue: I'm out of wall space in my house. I have too many windows, and the few walls that I have are already occupied. I bet it would look nice on a lustre finish paper. 
