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A Winter's Day; In a Deep and Dark December
A Winter's Day; In a Deep and Dark December
vawendy


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Challenge: Solstice (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2013 Challenge shots
Date: Dec 26, 2013
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2013

[Jan. 2nd, 2014 09:35:34 PM]

Taken at my mother-in-laws in MN over the Christmas holidays. The sun was doing very interesting things in the sky behind some clouds, so I ran out with the camera, hoping to get horses and sun in the same shot.

Do you think it cooperated?

No!!

I did have a strictly sun coming through a winter sky:

or

But I found them much more boring. It didn't think people would find the entry particularly solstice related, but it was such an overcast, snowy day -- definitely the deep and dark December, type day. Lows were down to -22 on one or two nights. And that's not the wind chill.

It's nice to be back in Virginia. The High at my mom-in-laws on Monday is forecasted to be -12!

The days may be getting longer, but not necessarily warmer yet.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments!

(regarding his color -- it was processed on the old laptop, on which I usually fail miserably at processing. However, I didn't adjust his color -- this color came about by bumping the contrast a bit too much. He really does have a gorgeous red to his coat. The contrast brought it out a bit too much, but not a lot.

Btw, did you know that humans aren't the only creatures that like to catch snowflakes on their tongues?


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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 01/03/2014 04:20:51 PM
Congratulations on the high finish for this photo that has so much heart.
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Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony Sonnar T* E 24mm f/1.8 ZA
 01/03/2014 12:35:20 PM
Wendy you simply don't know how to take a bad photo. intriguing and beautiful!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 01/03/2014 12:09:14 PM
Congrats on the tt, Wendy!! See you soon!!!!!!!!!
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 01/03/2014 12:24:09 AM
It's lovely, Wendy. Congratulations on the top 10.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 01/02/2014 04:33:14 PM
A story unfolds... 6
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Canon EOS-50D
 01/02/2014 11:18:40 AM
Beautiful and idyllic
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Google Glass Google Glass
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/01/2014 11:28:22 AM
Nice capture of the falling snow. Not easy to do. I like the use of the trees to frame the image on the right. I'd hang this on my wall.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/29/2013 11:18:27 PM
Lovely portrait, though it is hard to associate this image with the Solstice
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 12/29/2013 02:36:56 PM
sweet. horse colour a little over the top
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Nikon D750
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/29/2013 12:49:00 PM
great capture. love the rich velvety fur in the stark white of winter.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 12/27/2013 11:58:28 PM
The emerging horse is beautiful, the slender branch is magically highlighted and an optical illusion, too. I like this very much.
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