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.

Wintry Wasatch Mountain peaks in January, Salt Lake County, UtahWintry Wasatch Mountain peaks in January – Nikon D810, handheld, f7.1, 1/640, ISO 800, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 140mm, natural light

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Life is good.

Mia

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