I've been meaning to snowshoe for a long time now, and never got to it. The first time I tried it was over 5 winters ago, in the middle of the great northern Ontario, in a bright wooded area with big tennis-like wooden snowshoes. There was probably 5 meters of snow below us and we were walking on snow. It was the most exhilarating "tame" winter activity ever! I loved it. I usually like careening down a steep mountain with my snowboard, but for some strange reason, I absolutely fell in love with snowshoeing, as dull as that may sound.
So just recently I finally decided to do something about it. I got the brilliant idea of renting showshoes from MEC and going to Birds Hill Park with my friend Mandy to take pictures of the great Manitoba winter. Well, this time it was narrow aluminum snowshoes that sunk in the snow, -70million degrees, half a foot of snow below us and the sparse woods of Birds Hill Park. Not exactly how I had imagined it, but it was still fun and a great way to get out into the cold with my camera. Strangely enough, the birds kept flocking around us, I guess assuming we had food to give them (which we didn't). I felt bad, but I still let them perch on my hands and sit on my head. I took a few shots and had fun in Lightroom with them.
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Gab,
Great shots. Looks like you had a cold time.
The shot with the Chickadees in some sort of solarized effect is cool. How'd you make it? I'd like to see it on other things like critically sharp eye-balls.... which you seem to have lots of.
hi gabby! great photos!! i LOVE the first one of the birds in flight - it's gorgeous!!
I love photos of the birds in flight. The second one looks like a painting...
Yo Gabrielle!
Snow shoeing, eh? I've only done it once, when I was in elementary school. I got stuck in the middle of a field when I had a shoe-malfunction. I had to be rescued. It was traumatic. Bad times. :D
Anywho, love the photos. The birds are great, and I love that photo of the branch. I would call it, "Attack of the Angry Twig". But that's just me...;)
Ooooh! I want lightroom!!! Not that I'm suggesting it's NOT your photo technique.
Greetings,
I love your photos!
I am the webmaster for Friends of Birds Hil Park, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the conservation, enhancement and ecological preservation fo Birds Hill Park.
We are a flegdling organization that is, among other things, working to rejuvinate our website.
I would very much like to prfile one of your winter scenes on our homepage for a while. Your watermark would remain of course, though given the framesize, some cropping of a photo may be required.
Plea let me know if you would be amenable.
Best regards,
Brent DePape