Misty light at the river

[fishing4sanity]

I got to the river perhaps a little too late, but still liked the increasing mist/fog and fading out effect of looking across the Columbia river this morning.

I then went up on top and found some windmills in the fog, but couldn't get the look in camera to equal the actual view. The fog got so thick that driving was slow and difficult and so I headed home, passing an old windmill along the way. Skies were still just flat grey, so I need to go back when the sky is better.

The last 10 to 12 miles home is on a desolate gravel road. I thought I should change to the 150 to 600 in case there were any coyotes or hawks, but I was in a hurry ..... sure enough come around the corner and here's this buck just topping the ridge. Maxed the zoom to 200 and cropped heavily, not a great photo, but a very nice buck for these parts.

 

[fishing4sanity]

The fog lifted and this is nearly a live view of tonight's sunset. Looks like I should have stayed out today, the river or that old windmill probably looked good just a minute ago.

 

[tirediron]

Nice; the first one has a very 'south-east Asia' feel to it.

 

[WesternGuy]

Interesting shots fishing. I like the one of the "old farm type" windmill and the last sunset with the silhouettes of the trees.

WesternGuy

 

[baturn]

Very nice! Great sunset.

 

[Derrel]

Nice shots. It's very picturesque over there on that side of the mountains. I like the looks of that big muley buck! The wind turbine shot is subtle, and the disappearing of the blades on some of them does a kind of slow reveal that would,in a print, be more likely seen right away than on-screen, where one has to "look a bit" to see the hidden along with the revealed.

It's a nice time in photography, now that the various 100-500,150-500, 200-500,and 150-600 long, tele-zooms are out there and are affordable and carry-able; things were different 15 years ago when about all we had were drecky lenses from one maker, and the $4,000 Nikon 200-400mm f/4-VR.