Posted February 12th, 2012

Winter Flower

After a month of cold, snowy, often windy weather the strengthening sun of February is doing its thing and once again it is pleasant to spend time outdoors. I am getting a break from the perpetual snow clearing of late and have bucked and split enough firewood to sufficiently replenish my supply for any brief arctic resurgence. Time to get back out on my snowshoes and exercise my camera and my photographic eye. This dried plant remnant from last season was poking through the snow on an exposed, south facing slope where wind and sun had thinned the snow cover. With a macro lens on my camera and the late afternoon sun providing nice modeling light and some sparkle in the crystalline snow, this subject was a natural draw for my aforementioned photographic eye.
Pentax K-5, Sigma AF 70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro @ f/9.5