We kicked off our DLWS year with a trip to Yosemite where we were blessed by the Photo Gods with a foot of new snow and the sun breaking through the storm our last morning. Talk about magical! It was like wandering live through the iconic images from the masters that have gone before us.
IMage captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 17-55mm on Lexar Digital Media
Late afternoon shadows are all that mark the snow around Grand Prismatic Springs.
Image captured with Nikon D70s converted to B&W Infrared, AF-S 17-55mm on Lexar Digital Media
The monochromatic look of this stormy winter afternoon landscape just screamed B&W. I used NIK Color Efex Pro 2.0 B&W Infrared filter to convert this image.
Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 70-200mm VR on Lexar Digital Media
A lone Coyote crosses an open meadow hunting for his evening meal.
Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 600mm on Lexar Digital Media
What has become an annual adventure in Yellowstone’s Winter Wonderland is a perfect way to begin a new year of photography! I’m looking forward to sharing the magic of Yellowstone blanketed in her winter coat of snow in January 2008 with DLWS followed by my own Safari.
It’s time to start brushing up on my Spanish as I prepare to Cruise Through Life in So America with Vincent Versace and John Paul Caponigro! Start making plans to join us Feb 2-14, 2009 on a photography filled adventure to such locations as… Pio XI Glacier, Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn, the Falklands and more. For more information and to sign up visit Cruising Through Life…tell them Laurie sent you.
Our last day at the coast found me photographing Newport Bay Bridge in the pre-dawn light. I then headed down to the marina where I found several subjects depicting the beginning of crabbing season. What a great week at the beach testing out my new D3, 14-24mm and 24-70mm lenses in varying types of light and weather. They all performed beautifully. I can’t wait to get out and work with my new toys (I mean tools) again.
Images captured with D3, AF-S 24-70mm on Lexar Digital Media
Working our way northward up theOregon coast we arrived in Newport just in time to head out to Yaquina Head Lighthouse for sunset. The photo gods smiled.
Image captured with D3, AF-S 14-24mm on Lexar Digital Media