Sparking Tree

Hedgerow
Sparking sunlight glancing off ice-coated branches
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: Canon PowerShot G9
- Exposure bias: +1/2EV
- Focal length: 10.673000341336mm
- ISO: 80
- Shutter speed: 1/1000s

Sparking sunlight glancing off ice-coated branches
Tracks of a coyote heading from one hedge line to another
Not sure why it’s called a lake, it’s really a wider part of the St-Lawrence River
Earlier in the day (about -12C) it had been snowing but as the snow tailed off this sky appeared from the north-west.
This was on the Jurassic Coast one summers day nine years ago. Its had been gloriously sunny up to this point but photographically this was the star of the day. I don’t recall getting wet but my sister’s car was nearby.
We’d been watching and enjoying a large mixed flock of House Finches and Common Redpolls this morning – wandering along and turning a corner we found the pond.
Sometimes there is a hawk perched in this tree so it’s always worth checking – not today though. Just admire the tree for its own sake.
A view that regular visitors here will recognise – along the hedgerow that leads to the bird banding station. Very deep snow on this occasion, even with snowshoes we were up to our knees in it.
On a very cold day