As if it hadn’t been cold enough recently, I spent yesterday afternoon sitting in my car with the windows open. It was a balmy 4 degrees fahrenheit, but with a strong wind blowing across the reserve, it felt even colder.
The outing left me feeling tired and so I made plans today to sit in the warm in front of the PC and catch up with blog posts and editing images. Then, I realised that it is a new moon tonight and instead, I opened up PhotoPills to plan star trails at a location a good 90-minute drive from home. Star trails require stacking multiple images and so I will use the intervalometer and let the camera do its thing. Tonight, I’m planning on shooting 150 x 30-second exposures, so it’s going to be tough.
Here are a few images of a friendly female kestrel taken at the same reserve I was at yesterday. I was there on Christmas Eve and again on Boxing Day and these were shot just before a beautiful sunset. The kestrel looks warmer than I am going to feel tonight…
Sid
22 Jan 2023It’s cold outside, enough to stay at home, cozy and warm, but your adventure in the cold two days ago produced fantastic, stunning photos <3
Have a great Sunday!
Sid
Zooey
22 Jan 2023Thank you Sid. It was a very cold night last night. I drove for 3.5 hours and then we stood outside in the frost for another 2.5 hours. I’m happy with the photograph, but now it’s time to warm up 🙂
Steve Cullum
22 Jan 2023It was worth the effort – great shots of a fab bird.
Zooey
23 Jan 2023Cheers Steve! She’s certainly a very obliging bird and you can’t beat good light 🙂