Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Winter Ice Blizzard


The last few days of January, central Iowa had thick fog followed by freezing rain making for a beautiful landscape to get out the camera. The thick fog froze to the trees making everything a white wonderland before the ice came. The ice stuck to the trees along with roads and powerlines making it dangerous to travel. A lot of rural folks were without power until the power lines and poles were fixed.

The below photographs were taken a day after all the freezing rain at Lake Panorama and Lake Panorama National Golf Course. I used the Nikon D90 and Sigma 50-150mm f2.8 to snap these photographs. My two main concerns when taking these photographs were depth of field and white balance settings of the snow/ice so I shot in aperture priority mode and RAW.

#1. Lighthouse on Lake Panorama.


#2. Karen Drive near Lake Panorama National Resort.



#3. Lake Panorama National Golf Course.


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#6. A John Deere tractor covered in solid ice.

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