Yesterday Near the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Fiery Tree and Prairie

Fiery Tree and Prairie_42704.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

The land around the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area was covered in hoar frost yesterday.

Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Previously at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw Square Frost

Square Frost D7K_5703, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

About a year ago at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area I made this image of hoar frost. It was very cold that day.

I didn't make it out to the area yesterday because I was official media for the Red Bull Crashed Ice US Championships in Saint Paul. Here is a link to my other blog with a slide show of the first day of qualifying runs.

Previously at the TCAAP WVA, It was Cold

Frost at the TCAAP WVAD7K_5621, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Back on February 4, 2012, it was cold, beautiful and comfortable. Today, it's about 100F. Meh. I'm not going out in that.

Previously at the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Frosty Gate

Frosty Gate D7K_5576 SOOC, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I found a couple more gems from the hoar frost day at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area. This is a shot of the gate at the entrance. Straight out of camera. RAW converted to JPG.

Here is a link to my previous post with the slideshow of all my hoar frost photos.

Hoar Frost at the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area

TCAAP WVA Sign and Frost D7K_5537, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Fog was predicted for Saturday February 4, 2011 so I headed out to the TCAAP Wildlife Viewing Area with all my gear. We had spectacular hoar frost. Some of it was over an inch long.

I started out with the tripod and the Nikkor 10-24mm to get some wide environment context photos. Then I moved to the Nikkor 70-300mm for some tighter landscapes and close up before pulling out the Nikkor 500mm f4. I shot the 500 with and without the TC1.4eII.




After about three hours, I headed home and ended up shooting birds in my backyard for a while. The chickadee (not on the barbed-wire), the American tree sparrow and the grackle are all from my backyard.


Here is a slideshow. Click the four arrow like icon in the lower right for a full screen view of these 19 photos.