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Winter Landscape

Posted in Landscape, Photography, Winter, tagged , , , , , , on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

When I visited Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge last week, the sky was mostly blue, with patches of clouds to add additional visual interest to the landscape photos that I captured. The first photo shows one of the ponds at the refuge that is fed by the tides of the Potomac River.

In other parts of the refuge, though, the ice covering the waters of the bay on the shore served as a stark reminder that winter is far from over. Today, for example, the temperature is currently 18 degrees (minus 8 degrees C) and it may be even colder tomorrow. Yikes!

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Calm before the storm

Posted in Landscape, Nature, Photography, Winter, tagged , , , , on January 22, 2016| 13 Comments »

Early this morning the skies over Huntley Meadows Park were glowing red, adding a beautiful pinkish tinge to the icy landscape. The calm before the storm.

Weather forecasters predict that the Washington D.C. metropolitan area will be hit with a major blizzard starting later today, with a total snow accumulation of two feet (61 cm) or more.  The area will undoubtedly be paralyzed for at least several days.calm1_blog

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Winter landscape

Posted in Landscape, Nature, Photography, Winter, tagged , , , , , , on January 9, 2016| 16 Comments »

After several days of frigid temperatures, ice formed on the ponds at Huntley Meadows Park. Yesterday morning, it was finally above freezing and mist was rising from the ice, joining the low-hanging fog.

The sunlight was not strong enough to pierce the thick gray clouds and the winter landscape was almost monochromatic, filled with a sense of bleakness and desolation.

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Winter landscape

Posted in Art, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Winter, tagged , , , , , , , on February 4, 2014| 10 Comments »

Winter landscapes often have a stark, black-and-white look that I really enjoy, like this shot I took last week of part of the boardwalk at Huntley Meadows Park, the local marshland park where I take a lot of my wildlife images.

It was late afternoon when I took this shot, and the sun cast a golden light on part of the surface of the boardwalk (which is made of a synthetic material) and created beautiful shadows beneath it. I really like the contrast between the straight lines and geometric shape of the boardwalk and the wild, irregular shapes of the natural environment.

I often forget to look for the “big picture” in my zeal to get in closer and closer to my subject, but in this case I am happy that I took the effort to pull back and take in my surroundings.

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