1.3.2012 - The 509...

Christmas Morning

The 509...Stevens County...Colville.  A place that will always be home regardless of where I live.  I like to think of myself as a "city boy" anymore, but I'm most happy taking photos in rural or isolated places.  It's the only time I'm truly comfortable being alone.  These were photos I had taken on our recent trip back to Colville for Christmas, but had not sat down to process and edit until today.

The First image was taken Christmas morning.  I had just headed out to the car to start packing for the day's trip to the in-laws and was greeted with this sky. 

The image below was taken Christmas eve day.  It's of a barn just down the road from my parent's house.  I've photographed it many times, but never in the winter.  In the center of the image 4 whitetail deer can bee seen foraging for food. 

Winter is Coming

PHOTOS:

Christmas Morning - This is a 9 exposure High Dynamic Range photo processed in HDRSoft's Photomatix software.  The Primary Exposure was taken at 18mm 1SO 100  F4.0 with a 1/20 second shutter speed  with my Nikon D300 and a Tamron AF18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro lens 

Winter is Coming - Also a 9 exposure High Dynamic Range photo processed in HDRSoft's Photomatix software.  The Primary Exposure was taken at 65mm 1SO 100  F5.0 with a 1/500 second shutter speed  with my Nikon D300 and a Tamron AF18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro lens