Minneapolis Lakes
Out wandering on the ice again. It was up in the 30s yesterday, it was what we Minneapolitains call a tropical heat wave. So off I went trudging through the wet snow. I took a lot of shots; this one was from the edge of Cedar Lake. I was drawn to this one because it isn't like my usual compositions. There is very little composition, I was just working with a shallow Depth of Field and shooting into the sun.
It was fun to take this because even though my lens has vibration reduction, I still needed to hold it still enough for the auto focus to grab onto one of the cattails. I was sitting on a bench and balled up using my knee to steady the lens.
Even though it was warm, not much snow melted. Let's hope we get some more snow for the St. Paul
Winter Carnival and the
City of Lakes Loppet — both of which I will be shooting and sharing on mitchster.com.
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Nice Capture.
WOW!!! Beautiful picture!!
Aren’t these cattails? Whatever, the sunlight really makes them sparkle.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought you had become a disciple of Jackson Pollock. When I went to this page I thought, no, he’s become a microbiologist. Now I get it. You have an excellent sense of the possibilities of backlighting. Looking forward to seeing your take on the Winter Carnival. Read about it, seen pix of it but never been there.
BTW, 40 degree temperature gradient between us yesterday? No wonder the hot(ish) wind was howling across Missouri.