Snow and Ice

The six inches of snow in the Pacific Northwest was pleasant, but the following ice storm was not so pleasant and the following power outages were not cool at all. But at least for some of us the power is back now and I did get a few pictures during all the weather.

Critique very welcome.

1) Retention Pond near work, Canon 18-55 lens at 18mm, ISO400, f6.3, 1/500
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x...0/IMG_9776.JPG

2) Icy Hemlock branch, Tamron 70-300 lens at 124mm, ISO800, f4.5 1/1000
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-f...0/IMG_0235.JPG

3) Female Varied Thrush, Canon 400mm lens, ISO400, f5.6, 1/250
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_...0/IMG_0021.JPG

4) Band-tailed Pigeon, Canon 400mm lens, ISO800, f5.6, 1/500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y.../IMG_0298r.JPG

5) Icy Coral-bark Maple, Tamron 70-300 lens at 142mm, ISO800, f4.5 1/400
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...0/IMG_0218.JPG

some great images here! love that band tailed pigeon shot!

I love the ice shots -- ice is magical in my book, like a 'preserved in glass' spell. But the shot of the Varied Thrush is my favorite. I love these colorful birds! And the image of the pigeon with frost on its tail feathers is too cool for words!

+1 the the previous comments Randy. Well done. The first is awesome!

A lot of really reddish orange--did you saturate the colors?

Yeah, I think I did, but not a lot. The Coral-bark Mapel has really bright colored branches.

Nice work! I think the first and last are my favorite but I like them all!
Ice storms can be so beautiful as well as a pain in the butt! We don't get them much here in Western Co but when I lived in Southern Michigan they were a semi-regular occurrence. My friends and I would go ice skating around the neighborhood when they would call off school from an ice storm!

The first looks like a golf course!!! :)

I like the thrush for the color splash it gives the picture.

Love #1 great shot ! And # 5 is perfect !