Thursday, February 12, 2015

02/05/15 A Winter Snowstorm & Wildlife

A blue jay hanging out on a very cold February morning in Edwards, IL

On February 4th, we once again found ourselves shoveling snow in Peoria, IL. Another weather system dropped around 3" inches of new snowfall across the area. After the storm, I braved the sub-zero temperatures and ventured outdoors to shoot some photos of the snowfall. I found myself mostly shooting wildlife on this day however due to the very cold temperatures. It was a long day of photography, but I was quite happy catching more wildlife in this area during the winter season. I haven't shot a lot of wildlife over the years and it's one aspect of photography I've decided to focus on as of late. Anyhow, I've added some more winter photos and wildlife photos I shot with my Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 7D below:

A winter landscape shortly after sunrise!
I tried the "frozen bubble experiment" on this morning as well!
One of my favorites from the morning!
This was much harder than I thought it was gonna be...
An evergreen tree after the previous day's snowfall...
Still pretty cool though!
Another winter landscape!
I'll master this at some point, it's just gonna take some more practice and patience!
A blue jay perched on this tree branch on a winter morning!
A cardinal showing off in the snow!
I love this shot!
Two blue jays enjoying some time together!
A squirrel enjoying breakfast!
A female cardinal
Another photogenic blue jay!
The squirrel up in this tree having a snack!
Another cardinal!
Another shot of a female cardinal...
Another blue jay hanging out!
The blue jays were everywhere on this morning!
A mourning dove about to get a drink...
"Playing in the snow"
Another great blue jay shot!
The squirrel once again...
Another photogenic cardinal!
Another cool shot of the red-headed woodpecker!
A robin made a visit...a sign of spring? Hmm...
Another awesome shot of the squirrel in the backyard!
"Thirsty Thursday"
Another blue jay!
"Digging"
More and more blue jay's...
Pretty cool!
Another female cardinal hanging out on this tree branch...
One last photo of another blue jay to end the day...

Well that's all for now. Spring will soon be here before you know it so a lot of these winter scenes will be a distant memory in a couple months. If I find some more time for photography I'll update once again at a later date.