Tag: farmland

Photo Challenges

Shades of Green

This is my contribution to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Light Green or Neon Green prompt.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Subjects Starting with the Letter S

Tags CMMC, farmland, fog, green, ICM, kayak, Lake Huron, leaves, Sandhill Crane, trees

Throwback Thursday

First Light on Fresh Snow

Throwback Thursday this week is returning to the exploration of my film archives with a photo from the early 1980s.

First light on fresh snow on farmland at Hatherton near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England.

Tags 1980s, farmland, Hatherton, snow, sunrise, Throwback Thursday, trees, winter

Cosmic Photo Challenge

The Cold Light of Dawn

This is my contribution to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: The cold light of day prompt.

Being a morning person and as dawn and sunrise is frequently the coldest part of the day I decided to go with a small selection of photos taken at dawn in winter and featuring ice or snow.

One Word Sunday: Ice — Frozen and partially snow covered slough with a weak sun pillar at dawn. Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Second Time Around — Ice on Colpoy’s Bay at dawn with clouds over the Niagara Escarpment on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.

Throwback Thursday: 28th January 2021 — Snow covered farmland at Hatherton near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England at dawn.

A Photo a Week Challenge: Cracked — Cracked ice on the Colpoy’s Bay shoreline at dawn. Photographed on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.

Tags Colpoy's Bay, CosPhoChal, dawn, farmland, frozen, Hatherton, ice, Niagara Escarpment, Punnichy, slough, snow, winter

Weekly Topics

Horned Lark

Post author By David M
Post date 13/02/2021
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My Saturday Bird this week continues my look back at species photographed in Saskatchewan in winter.

This is the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). It is known as the Shore Lark in Europe due to the species being found on coastlines in winter.

This individual was photographed feeding on wheat stubble near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in winter. Photographed through an open vehicle window on a -30°C morning.

Saturday Bird: Horned Lark or Shore Lark

Tags farmland, feeding, hide/blind, Horned Lark, Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Saturday Bird, Shore Lark, winter

Weekly Topics

Ice on a Puddle

This is the first Film Friday where I look back at some of the film shots in my archives.

This shot dates back to the mid 1970s. Judging from the soft corners of the shot I’m guessing it was taken with the Zenit E camera I used back then.

Ice on a puddle in a muddy wheel rut on farmland at Hatherton near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England. The lines in the ice always make me think of contour lines on a map.

Tags 1970s, farmland, Film Friday, frozen, Hatherton, ice, Zenit E

Weekly Topics

Snow Bunting

Post author By David M
Post date 06/02/2021
3 Comments on Snow Bunting

My Saturday Bird is continuing my recent theme of birds in winter. This week’s species is the Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).

It is an arctic species with a circumpolar arctic breeding range. The species heads south in the autumn to winter in northern temperate zones. Interestingly they migrate at night using the earth’s geomagnetic field to navigate.

This individual was photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada. The birds plumage is partially camouflaged against the partially snow covered wheat stubble. Photographed through an open vehicle window on a bitterly cold morning. It was -35°C if I recall correctly.

Tags bird, farmland, hide/blind, Kodachrome, OM Zuiko 350mm f/2.8, Punnichy, Saturday Bird, snow, Snow Bunting, winter