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John Hadden Photography

Photography of the Natural World

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Morning sunlight dispersed through ice
Morning sunlight dispersed through ice

Morning sunlight catches iced branches and twigs along Fargo Brook

Nikon D600, Sigma 120-400mm lens @ 400mm, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/800″ exposure

In the window

Can you see her?
Can you see her?

Artemis in the living room window. Part of the scene…?

Nikon D600, Sigma 120-400mm lens @ 400mm, ISO 250, f/5.6, 1/60″ exposure

Frozen

Water & Ice frozen in time...
Water & Ice frozen in time…

It just takes a shutter click to freeze the moving and the still together…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/29, 1/13″ exposure

Roots

Black willow roots bedecked by morning frost crystals
Black willow roots bedecked by morning frost crystals

A big black willow toppled over down along Fargo Brook a couple of years back. The cold temperatures the other morning yielded a bumper crop of feathery frost crystals on the exposed roots over the water.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/14, 1/320″ exposure

Feathered

Frost feathers in Fargo Brook
Frost feathers in Fargo Brook

Cold air meets moisture, creates lovely frost feathers in Fargo Brook

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/13, 1/80″ exposure

6 degrees

Delicate frost feathers down along Fargo Brook
Delicate frost feathers down along Fargo Brook

The temperature dropped to 6 degrees last night under a clear sky. The moisture coming off Fargo Brook allowed delicate, feathery ice crystals to form on all sorts of things…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/20, 1/500″ exposure

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A young Black Angus steer looks me over
A young Black Angus steer looks me over

Maple Wind Farm has moved some of their young beef cattle to the meadows around School Street. This Angus was a little skeptic of my camera…

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 86mm, ISO 2000, f/16, 1/160″ exposure

Skim

A skim of ice in Fargo Brook
A skim of ice in Fargo Brook

The cold weather we’ve been enjoying over the past week made for some lovely ice on Fargo Brook!

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 1250, f/5, 1/160″ exposure

Last light

The setting sun backlights a dried goldenrod head
The setting sun backlights a dried goldenrod head

Yesterday’s setting sun casts its waning light on dried goldenrod in our front field.

Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 160, f/1.8, 1/1600″ exposure.

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