{"id":2679,"date":"2016-02-24T07:03:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-02-24\/2679"},"modified":"2016-02-24T07:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:03:13","slug":"snowy-ohio-morning-take-2-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-02-24\/2679","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Ohio Morning, Take 2 (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 180 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nView From Across the Lake<\/span>\nsimilar to that seen in “<\/span>Basics of Life: A Bit<\/span> of Real Appreciation<\/a>”<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This post is a continuation of “<\/span>Snowy Ohio Morning, Take 2<\/a>”<\/span>,\nof photos around my folks' place after a snowstorm.<\/span> After 49<\/span>½ years at the same place, it's probably the last winter they'll be here,\nso I thought<\/span> I'd memorialize the place with some more photos, mostly for my siblings' and my own memory...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 56mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCattails<\/span>\nI loved to break them apart when I was<\/span> a kid,<\/span> because,\nyou know, that's what little boys do\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 40mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 110 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 45mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDad's Backhoe<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I still remember coming home from elementary school one day to find it in\nthe driveway. He bought<\/span> it when adding on to our house, but he still uses it\n40 years later to clear snow from the driveway.<\/p>\n\n

We all wished he would have painted “<\/span>Tonka”<\/span> onto the main arm.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSnow-Laden Chain<\/span>\nfrom the backhoe\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLayered Evergreen<\/span>\nit looks like it could be the dress of a Disney<\/span> princess\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBouffant Gown<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nColorful<\/span>\nall the photos on this page are full-color renditions\nof an almost-colorless world\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrosty Swamp<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCook Road<\/span>\nruns behind our property\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 45mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTracks<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSnowbelt Residents' Lament<\/span>\nin the frozen land where mammoth snowplows top the food chain,\nmailboxes are easy prey\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 56mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrigid Wilderness<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 38mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOld Fence<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 40mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThe Lake<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 27mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDad's Running Path<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 45mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>Plants”<\/span><\/span>\nfor “<\/span>Peter from Wales”<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Peter Barnes<\/a> has left lovely\ncomments on my blog for the better part of a decade,<\/span> usually signing his name\nas “<\/span>Peter from Wales”<\/span>. His very first\ncomment<\/a>, in February 2007, about some flower or other I had<\/span> happened to post a photo<\/span> of\nreally made an impact. Back then I had<\/span> few readers and received few comments, so\nhis lovely comment made me feel great, and gave me the idea that if I were<\/span> to include more\nflora on my blog, I'd get more<\/span> lovely comments. It's that one<\/span> comment more than any\nother thing that opened my photographic eyes, because once I started<\/span> actively\nlooking for pretty flowers to shoot, I started<\/span> seeing beauty and interest everywhere.<\/p>\n\n

Thank you Peter.<\/p>\n\n

In a recent email to my Mom about moss or birds or something, he joked that my blog had more\ncycling than plants recently, so when I went<\/span> out after the snow storm, I made sure<\/span> to take\nsomething “<\/span>planty”<\/span> just for Peter. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSouthern Edge of the Lake<\/span>\nthe path was always mushy here\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>The Field”<\/span><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I remember collecting dandelions in this field when I was<\/span> three years old,\nfrom which my mom made wine and jam and jelly. Some of the wine is still in\nthe basement, the bottles covered with a thick<\/span> layer of dust. My brother<\/span> Alan\nand I broke<\/span> one out the other day. It was dated<\/span> 1969. We expected<\/span> it to be\nrancid vinegar, but it was excellent<\/i>. It smelled<\/span> heavenly. Dandelion\nwine does apparently have a particular<\/span> taste that takes some getting used to,\nbut by the third little sip I was<\/span> into it. Yummy.<\/p>\n\n

The half-empty bottle, still covered in dust, is waiting on the kitchen counter\nfor other siblings to sample.<\/p>\n\n

After coming in from three hours of shooting, I tried<\/span> some bird shots.\nThere's nothing photographically exciting, but I like<\/span> the content...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 58mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Off with his Worm<\/span>\nchickadee\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 66mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBluebirds<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDowny Woodpecker<\/span>\nhe wants the worm, but the big camera scares him\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 48mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nShy Bluebird<\/span>\nalso not used to the camera looming over his worms\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 5600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinger Food<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 66mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWings<\/span>\nI just love the look of a bird's wings frozen in flight\n( even if woefully out of focus like this one )\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Earlier posts with better bird pictures include:<\/p>\n