Sparrow Hawk.

This sparow hawk was sitting on the fence in our back yard early one snowy morning. These Hawks eat small birds, so I think he was attracted by the activity at our bird feeders. Fortunately, he flew off without getting anything. Unfortunately, the light was very poor, and it ended up being a pretty noisy picture, I denoised it as subtlely as I could, and I think the image came out pretty well. This picture has been cropped as well.

Mischievous!

This chaffefinch is digging through the snow looking for food, and giving me a very mischievous look over his shoulder (or wing, for that matter)!

Snowy Visitor

This Chaffinch came by our feeder this morning to have a snack. For a good while, there were 3 of them sitting in our apple tree, and flitting down to the feeder from time to time to feast on the grains and such.

Canon 60D ISO 1000 1/400 sec
Sigma DG 150-500 APO at 403 mm f 8

Foggy Day at the Beach

St. Peter Germany, 2013

Frozen Beach

St. Peter, Germany 2013

 

Transition

Glacial ice transitions seamlessly into mountainside. Svínafellsjökull, Iceland.

Cold Desert Mountain

This mountain is called Snaefell, and lies to the north of Vatnajökull in Iceland. It is surrounded by highland desert. You can see neon-colored moss that grows at the rivers edge. The mountain is 1833 meters high.

Frozen Wave

Looking up the glacier tongue of Svínafellsjökull on Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland. Water moves in similar ways, weather its liquid or solid. This glacier tongue seemed to be a frozen wave, slowly rolling its way down the mountain until gradually reaching the ocean. More pictures to come in the near future.

Icescape

Looking down over the glacier tongue of Svínafellsjökull. Skaftafell, Iceland. In the background, you can just make out the atlantic ocean. This is an HDR assembled with Photshop HDR Pro.

Rolling Glacier

Looking over neon moss at Vatnajökull in Iceland. This is on the north side of the glacier, near Snaefell. Vatnajökull is Europe's largest glacier.

Ice Bridge

This is an ice bridge melting in the summer sun. Vatnajökull, Iceland. I'm not sure how much longer this was around after we left. My guess is, it was gone in a few hours. This is an HDR assembled in Photoshop HDR Pro.

Dayglow stream

The mountain of Snaefell. Vatnajökull, Iceland. This is an HDR composed in Photoshop.

Mýrdalsjökull

This is a photo of Mýrdalsjökull in Iceland. I took this as we were watching the eruption of fimvördurhals, the smaller eruption that took place before Eyafjallajökull erupted and stopped air traffic in Europe for a month. This is shortly before sunset.