Happy New Year! This first post of 2012 came from a day spent driving and hiking about the northern lands of Tug Hill, in the Deer River watershed. I headed to an impoundment on Mulligan Creek in the Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area, the only spot nearby where I knew I could get a decent view to the east for a sunrise opportunity. After setting up and waiting a few minutes past sunrise, I packed up my gear and swapped out my wide angle for my big lens hoping to find some wildlife to photograph. I began to drive through the 6 inches of fresh snow, advancing about 100 feet before I saw a spectacular light show taking place! I should've known better and waited a few more minutes. I pulled over, swapped out the big lens for the wide angle, then ran across some ice and through some woods to the edge of the flow for a better view. Alas, I missed the best light and the sun pillar, but I was able to salvage the above image.
Beautiful shot, Zachary! As you know from some previous e-mails about Egrets a couple of years ago, the Tug Hill is near and dear to my heart :) Thank you for sharing this.
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Canastota & Constableville, NY
Thanks Ginny. The Hill is also special to me; I purchased a little piece of land in Montague last June. I enjoy getting out to some of the harder to reach places and bringing back images from there.
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