Brain freeze- Snaphappy playing & learning

[snaphappy]

LOL yes we were pleased it warmed up mikew -24 to -27 with 50-70km winds coming down from the north is damn cold especially when critters bust out of pens and you're fencing for 2 days. Its not easy keeping tension and banging in staples when you're hands are frozen not just cold but frozen. Yesterday was calm and it was lovely to get out for some fun. Kids wished they'd brought skates but I think they had more fun sliding on their boots anyways They'd run, slide on boots then throw themselves onto the ice and slide on their winter wear and boy did they fly across that lake Because of the wind it was quite smooth and they flew. Then they had fun playing hide and seek in the cattails, all things you can't do in the summer

 

[snaphappy]

Who needs reindeer if you can have John Deere

 

[Rancher_RIP]

I don't have a deere but I do have a Cat. Believe me if the wind blows the snow we have I will be on it. Life on the dozer is so much fun. Stay warm.

 

[snaphappy]

We don't have a Cat or a Deere just a little lawn tractor. I spent all day fighting with the stupid thing Blah!

 

[snaphappy]

Brainfreeze- you know you're suffering from it when you spend entire day outside shovelling and playing in snow, then go outside in a bathing suit to warm up

Yeah I know they're dark but it was dark by the time we were done outside today

 

[snaphappy]

Christmas tree hunt
found this interesting- life and colour in the bitter cold


Scout- sheltered and almost warm in the trees

Burli with a frosty face

Through the frosty windshield

Into the frost covered woods to search for this years tree

More Burli- snow makes him easier to photograph

 

[snaphappy]

Sunsetting as we drove home from collecting our tree

 

[nikonpup]

sunsetting as we drove home from collecting our tree
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is there a tall mountain in front of where the sun is setting? Looks like a mountain shadow on the clouds on the right side of the photo.

 

[nikonpup]

i caught mt. Rainiers shadow in this one.

 

[snaphappy]

No mtn in this area Nikonpup, its pretty flat just little hills and we're up on one of them. It was just a really weird cloud afternoon. Grey and hazy all day and didn't really see the sun until it started to set. It was bitterly cold and being in the open for a clear view the windchill (-37) was brutal so I only got a few shots at a couple places along the way. One of our dogs had a very scary incident so adrenaline was high and I was shaky so had to use high shutter so I didn't muck it up.

 

[Scott Murray]

Great photos , hope your hubby gets better and he was lucky it wasn't any worse...

 

[piperbarb]

Who needs reindeer if you can have John Deere
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I just showed this to my spousal unit, who is a big John Deere fan. His comment, "Ooooo... Nice!"

 

[snaphappy]

Dashing through the snow

for some sledding

 

[snaphappy]

In a four horse open sleigh

 

[snaphappy]

O'er the fields we go, Laughing all the way

 

[snaphappy]

Bells on longtails ring, Making spirits bright

 

[snaphappy]

What fun it is to ride

and not sing LOL

 

[snaphappy]

This morning I FINALLY got to take out my new 12-24mm. I've never used a wide angle before but I think it's going to be FUN!
Here's one I took shooting straight up when testing out lens before buying

I was checking how it did at different apertures this was f8 which I think is the sweet spot

 

[snaphappy]

This morning I went to do chores and check on my fur babies so brought my camera to play
I wanted to see how wide it really is
12mm

Wow what an unflattering angle for Comet LOL Honestly she's not that fat haha

Boys coming in to see if we're going to do something fun or have a treat
22mm and I was about 15ft from Shy the paint

22mm Smokey was about 40ft away and moving towards me

22mm and about 1ft away from ice on Shy's coat

That rising sun gives Shy such a warm colour

 

[snaphappy]

For these I was playing with how well it does at close range
Smokeys eye is at most 1ft away for these

This one his nostril was actually touching the side of my lens blowing on me and my camera

Same photo serious crop (damn looks like I missed my focus)