Pining for spring

Despite what some large mystical rodent may have divined it's still very much wintertime in NW Pennsylvania.  March is quite a schizophrenic month, it melts then freezes then rains then freezes and snows over the ice then rains over the snow.  Everything is white then brown then brownish white then brown again then greenish brown then finally Spring truly arrives.  I love spring.

Here's some shots from this week.

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Winter fog

I'm so ready for spring but I couldn't pass up the foggy goodness this evening, I had to get out and shoot.
I promise, this blog will be exploding when the snow recedes.

This was taken in darkness, the orange hue was from my parking lights far to the right.
The foreground lightpainted by Droidlight.

Country blizzard

Some more shots from my drive yesterday.

Rock Creek Falls in winter

I drove through the blizzard today to revisit Rock Creek Falls.  The steep snowy slippery climb down was well worth it.  I bent the crap out of my cheapo tripod while falling off a log, almost dousing my gear and nearly getting hypothermia but I got a bunch of great shots and somehow managed to climb back up the ravine without injury or death.  Check out day 269 for an autumn version.

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Happy New Year everyone!

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Cardinals 

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Ten days to go and I'm as void of creativity as I've ever been all year.  So when you're all out of creativity do something completely random...like toss some citrus out in the snow.

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Special request from my Auntie out west.  This is my Grammy's house.

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I took little walk my little girl tonight.  There's 50 inches of snow out there.

This is a car dealership

French Creek

Couldn't decide which I preferred

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I know I caught hell here for the same sentiments last winter but... I really loathe snow.  A few inches is tolerable and manageable but there's 3+ feet of it outside and it's not supposed to let up until tomorrow night. If human's were meant to live in conditions such as these we would look more like Sasquatch and less like naked mole rats.
 Why don't you move, you grump!  You say?    ...I'm working on it.

"Moon and Half Dome" (3 foot snowdrift + photoshop)

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A spectacular frosting this morning!  
I really need some snowshoes. I had a great time but after looking through the shots I took, the images just seem to lack something.  I don't know maybe I'm just grumpy.  Most of the salvageable pictures need a lot time to process on my P.O.S. slow computer but here's a few that were finished tonight.


After a movie with the wife I'll be off to the same field to shoot some stars.


[EDIT: I got called for work tomorrow morning, damn beeper!  AND it's friggin' cold out there.  I'm gonna wuss out on this star trail project for tonight...maybe I'll get psyched up for it next weekend...or maybe it'll wait until spring.  I'll bring my camera with me tomorrow morning, so you may be seeing some more frost.]

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SLEDDING!!
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Unfortunately, these edits were a tad rushed this evening.  
If any parents of these children would like better versions with different crops you know how to reach me :)