{"id":119607,"date":"2024-01-11T04:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=119607"},"modified":"2024-01-11T04:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:50:34","slug":"wintry-wasatch-mountain-peaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/11\/wintry-wasatch-mountain-peaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintry Wasatch Mountain Peaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, I drove down to my local pond, hoping that I could see the snowy Wasatch Mountain peaks through the clouds. This was about the best view I got. I could not see the highest peaks because of the heavy, gray clouds that covered them.<\/p>\n

\"WintryWintry Wasatch Mountain peaks in January \u2013 Nikon D810, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 800, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 140mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I attached my 70-300mm lens to my Nikon D810 before I left home. My thoughts were that I might also be able to take photos of ducks, grebes, coots, or geese if they were close enough to the shore of the pond. I did take a few bird photos, but I wasn’t happy with any of them. The light was pretty bad.<\/p>\n

We need the snow that has fallen in the past couple of days and the snow that will potentially fall in the next few. I will say that, where I live, we haven’t got that much snow from these storms that are rolling through northern Utah.<\/p>\n

It’s just enough snow that I have to scrape it off of my Jeep in order to go anywhere. I am growing very weary of that.<\/p>\n

For now, due to clouds and crazy drivers on the roads who seem to forget how to drive in snowy conditions, I am sticking close to home. On Monday or Tuesday, there might be better light conditions for trips farther into the field.<\/p>\n

Anytime in the next few days, that I see even a tiny bit of good light, I’ll head to my local ponds or the Jordan River Trail. I’m developing a case of cabin fever that can only be cured by having birds in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Utah landscape photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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