Should photographers hibernate?

[scottkinfw]

I live in Texas (DFW) and I feel your pain. Everything is brown now, and there is a dearth of wildlife- scary really.

I live for the weekends for one thing. I have been finding new, and rediscovering nature parks and taking pics while hiking off my winter fat. My passion is wildlife photography, so now, not much to shoot.

Therefore, I try shooting anything. I go to old towns, shoot grain mills, shoot buildings. The zoos are good. Look into photo meetups. Here we have meetups ranging from kinky people to just about anything you can imagine. Spring will be here in a few weeks and it will be green and hot again.

sek

 

[ScottyP]

Cardinals don't fly south for winter like most photogenic birds do. I am up here in PA and I have been stalking the pair of cardinals we sometimes see at our bird feeder out on the deck. Terribly elusive, though. I only managed to get the camera out once while they were in a good position, but I cropped his tail off. The few bad photos were so close to good, though, that I keep waiting for another chance. There were snowflakes in the shot and everything.

 

[Ahven]

I live up here in the northern parts of Finland and the sun doesn't come up at all for some time in the dead of winter. This is not a problem for me though because I enjoy long shutter speed nighttime photography. With a little practice and a good tripod you can take a scene that your naked eye cannot even see, put 5 minutes of shutter speed and every picture is a surprise! I like the feeling when you are waiting for the long exposure and you never know exactly how it'll turn out or what kind of colors it will have. Up here we have the northern lights which are a great subject, but you don't necessarily nee that, because any scene, especially dead trees and nature, will take on an eerie otherwordly appearance with this method. Try it out, its a lot of fun!

Greetings from Lapland!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahven1/6765034613/#

 

[well_dunno]

I do shoot less during the winter but no hibernation, instead I sit next to the stove and spend time in CR forums ;D


Ahven, that is a very nice shot!

 

[NormanBates]

@OP:
You're not alone. This very nice 3-years-old blog post proves it. And it also offers some interesting ideas.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2009/02/breaking-photographers-block

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I've been thinking of hibernating untill all the excitement over the 5D MK III dies down.

 

[wickidwombat]

I've been thinking of hibernating untill all the excitement over the 5D MK III dies down.

I went on holiday for 3 days so missed most of the fallout from the event

I can see no one is getting over the price anytime soon