Lake Waneka awaits winter

 The other day we headed over to our local open space park to capture the reduced water levels in Lake Waneka, but recent rains had partially refilled it. I decided to play with the panorama feature on my phone and was very happy with the result. 

Our local park suspended all water based activities this summer because of the ongoing water shortage resulting from the drought. This summer started very dry, but around August the monsoon pattern started up and we were getting significant dumps about every ten days. Now we have just enough water for our migrating Canada geese as they migrate through.  

   

Shame on You Lafayette!

A commemoration to honor COVID victims began to appear at the Lake near my home.  It included the stone below, which is appropriate because African Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID.

You can see this stone in the full photo below:

A few days ago we paused to photograph this commemoration to those who suffered from COVID.  Here, another view which shows the edge of the 'Brown Lives Matter ' stone:

But Friday I noticed that the 'Black Lives Matter' stone had been removed. The Brown Lives Matter stone remains, but for how long?........SHAME ON YOU LAFAYETTE!

And then, Later Friday Evening I found this Stone of Hope on my Door Step.  I know who Am and Cm are.  Wonderful Neighbors!

Geese in a row

First heavy winter storm for 2018

Lake reflection

Reflections look especially good with IR images.

Down by the lake

An IR shot of an old stump down by the lake just after our second snow. Both the snow on the ground and the foliage is white.

Spring evening

Yesterday was a beautiful evening. Today we have four inches of snow. Welcome to Colorado.

Flow

More a stump now than a tree

This was one of my favorite trees in our area. It was old and scared and gnarled. Slowly the city has been chopping away at it. It is now more of a stump than a tree. its former self is now only a memory.

Winter Tree

IR of a Sunflower

We have a nice crop of sunflower plants this year and I wanted to see what an IR version of a sunflower looks like. The flower comes out brilliant white, but the center still looks interesting. 

Gnarled Tree revisited

One of my early IR shots was that of an old gnarled tree over by the lake. The original photo was of a bare tree in winter time. I wanted to revisit it at full summer foliage. Took this yesterday.

IR, Not Winter

Well Friday night I finely figured out how to process my IR images to get this sort of false color effect. Needless to say it took a couple of hours and opening of photoshop to make the final adjustments. 

Note that there is no snow in this image. The off white on the ground is green grass and the tree is full of bright green leaves. That is how it look in the IR spectrum. 

Boat house in the snow

Empty Benches

Empty Court

Icy cove

Snow covered lake in IR

The IR seems to pick up the interesting crystal structure on the surface of the lake last weekend. 

Blizzard at Waneka Lake in IR

Playing some more with the IR conversion camera. This time along the Waneka Lake look trail during this weekend's blizzard.

Snow benches