End Of An Early February Day

Altocumulus clouds partially hid an already bleak sun on this early February afternoon as seen from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Both images look west around 3:35 PM, Tuesday, February 5, 2015. Air temperature was a brisk 20 degrees F.

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Boyson Park Snow Scenes

The three images above are more photos during the snow event of Sunday, February 1, 2015 as seen from Boyson Park in Marion, Iowa just east of Cedar Rapids. 9 inches of snow was on the ground at this time, and an addition 2 more would fall before it was all over. Times of capture were: top (10:56 AM), middle (11:08 AM) and bottom (11:14 AM). Temperature was 20 degrees F.

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Dreamy Snowfall

A steady and heavy snowfall with brisk 25 mph winds created a dreamy and flocked effect on trees
in Boyson Park in Marion, Iowa late Sunday Morning, February 1, 2015. The heavy snow was part of a large system that would extend to the eastern United States. The creek in the middle image is Dry Run Creek. Up to 11 inches of snow fell here when all was said and done. Temperature at this time was 20 degrees F.

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Tritone Barn

The above image is a tritone version of the January 11 blog posting that can be found below. It was created by converting the original color image to black and white, then adding two Pantone colors to the black. By using channels in Photoshop before the conversion, effects such as the swirling wintery sky is brought out in greater detail. Original photo captured on January 9, 2015 when air temperatures were a mere five degrees F.

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Big Country

This sundog was captured with room to spare in a panoramic image as seen from Radio Road, one mile east of Highway 13 northeast of Marion, Iowa at 4:13 PM CST, Friday, January 9, 2015. Air temperature was 5 degrees F, with wind chills at -15 degrees. The image was created from three slightly overlapping shots and blended together in Adobe Bridge.

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Contrail Cornucopia

Sunday morning, January 11, 2015. The entire sky was literally crisscrossed with aircraft contrails. I don't believe I can ever remember there being so many at one time. The above image does not begin to do the scene justice, even though it is a three-image panorama composite. The image looks west from the parking lot at Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at 8:03 AM CST. A half moon can also be seen at left.

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White Acres

Winter in Iowa. Bitterly cold at that. Both images above were captured on Friday afternoon, January 9, 2015. Air temperature was 5 degrees F with -15 wind chills. Top image looks north and shows a rustic barn located at the northwest corner of 35th Avenue and Highway 13 at the north edge of Marion, Iowa. Image captured at 4:21 PM CST. The bottom image also looks north and gives visual to a snowswept farm field along Radio Road, one mile east of Highway 13.

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