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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

You Capture - Winter

I love these winter night photos, because they make it look as cold out as it really was. Hot cocoa with lots of marshmallows! The windchilll was -17F.


Some people here like to joke that we live in the frozen tundra. But the truth is, there are moments when it is no joke.




Does anyone know what is causing the vertical lines in the sky on the last one?

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10 comments:

Kirsten said...

Wow, I love the last one! You can see the stars!

Anonymous said...

Lovely photos. You may want to check in with the optics group at this site for those lines in the last shot - www.atoptics.uk

They have lots of great info there.
Regards ~
EB

Colleen said...

Wow! Amazing shots. You're right... I can feel the cold from here!

Zee said...

Wow! I wish I could capture the sky that way.

Erin said...

Wow! These are all really stunning.

Athena714 said...

I love that last one. How did you capture the sky so perfectly?

Jess said...

Thanks everyone. That last shot is 6 seconds, f/1.8 and ISO 800. The trees are illuminated by our yard light. It was a tricky balance to not overexpose the snowy trees, yet still get the stars in. If it hadn't been so cold out, I might have kept at it awhile longer. While I love that shot, it bothers me that the largest tree is out of focus. A narrower aperture and longer exposure might have been better.

Saj said...

What beautiful shots! And I definitely get the frozen tundra stuff-I'm in Wisconsin and we get it too!

Prairie Lady said...

I absolutely adore that last one .But they are all great captures!

Photogramommy said...

I love the different take of night shots, especially the last one. Great job!