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<\/a><\/p>\nJanuary 1st was spent on Lake of Woods photographing the northern lights in -40\u02daF.<\/p>\n
The time-lapse video “Dance of Enchanted Light”\u00a0 is currently showing at the International Wolf Center in the gallery adjacent to the Aurora exhibition. The entire video is 2000 images from that night on Lake of the Woods.<\/p>\n Here is a link to it on my facebook page. \u00a0Watch in HD for better quality.\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=732181403470373&set=vb.195444223810763&type=3&theater<\/a><\/p>\n Other January fun included making soap bubbles in -27\u02daF,<\/p>\n along with photographing Flying Squirrels!<\/p>\n The middle of January through mid-March was spent\u00a0observing and capturing the flight patterns of the beautiful Snowy Owl.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The Joy of Winter” made its way into my heart when a friend alerted me to the fact that she had a Canadian Lynx sleeping in her woods. Spending two hours watching it from her dining room window is an experience I will probably never forget!<\/p>\n February 18\/19 brought about one of the best aurora displays of 2014! This one is captured with a fisheye lens.<\/p>\n March and April were filled with many\u00a0trips to Sax-Zim Bog to photograph winter birds. A favorite is this Great Grey Owl image titled “Snowy Perch”.<\/p>\n At the beginning of May, Mother Nature made certain to show us we can not rely on calendar dates when it comes to predicting the seasons.<\/p>\n June provided the best experience to date. Thanks to a friend, I was given the opportunity to photograph Northern Hawk Owls and their young for nine straight days! Granted, the mosquitos almost carried us away, but the knowledge and images gained from that time in the field was worth every single bite received.<\/p>\n July brought the beauty of flowers! A first for me was Minnesota’s state flower, the\u00a0Showy Lady’s-slipper.<\/p>\n August was another wonderful month for Auroras!<\/p>\n September into October was Yellowstone and Grand Teton!!! Yep, three exclamation points! I have only begun processing the images from that trip. As much as I will fall in love all over again with the critters and landscapes, nothing can\u00a0supersede\u00a0the fact that I got to spend ten days showing my parents around my favorite place. Perhaps it wasn’t exactly what they were expecting, but they got it! More so, they got me! They had the opportunity to see ME in my favorite place doing what I truly LOVE! Pictures can not even begin to describe the experience, so here is simply one of the few favorites I’ve already processed.<\/p>\n Adrenaline Rush – Bull Moose in Grand Teton National Park<\/p>\n November brought winter back to Minnesota.<\/p>\n And\u2026 December is going out with a BANG!<\/p>\n Warp Speed auroras at -20\u02daF.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n