Winter Dreamland

These next few pictures were all taken along this river, the Big Cottonwood Creek just east of Salt Lake City, UT on a cold winters day. The golden hue in this photo is a reflection from the mountain on the other side of the valley. It is composed of a golden color of granite and reflects light onto the stream.

Black Water

This scene was so amazingly beautiful, again it is just a small area but the closeup view and long shutter speed make it doubly so. And just one day in the 40's and this is all gone.

Looks Really Cold

As I look at this shot it just looks cold, in fact it was only 22d F. The ambient temperature has to stay below mid 20's and dip into the teens to get the water to freeze into these beautiful formations and remain through the day times. I heard once that you must be uncomfortable to get really good pictures, that was really true here.

Figurines in Ice

It almost looks like little figurines in ice are watching over this waterfall. They were probably about 4" tall. I used a 4 sec shutter speed to capture this scene.

Ice Cave

I thought, as I looked at this scene that I was peering into an ice cave with a fast flowing floor (say that three times really fast). Although it looks like it is black and white it is actually in full color.

Amazing Lace

I titled this "Amazing Lace", no doubt you can see why. It is one of my favorites. I have even had this one printed on aluminum to hang in my home.

Veggies and Fungus

Too cold to be outside so I am shooting in the dining room, lots of fun with a mushroom, onion, tomato, and a few chives. I started with an awful, garish clay pitcher that had a figure hand painted on it in red, yellow, and green. I also have  a silver tray so I painted both of them with brown, green, and black paint. They came out just the way I wanted. F/22 for 20 seconds under ambient light and they came out just right.