A Morning in Snow – My photo of the year 2025

I can’t really pick one particular image as a favorite since I take thousands in a typical year.  But I can say this is a representative example of the kind of image I am most proud of.  It was a bitterly cold February morning when I hiked to the top of a butte overlooking the little town of Dufur, Oregon.  It was windy and snow was falling.  Taking a picture was an adventure in discomfort.  But I loved the images I took, not only because I was pleased with them aesthetically but also because of the effort it took to get them.   Some of my favorite photography outings have occurred in winter, a most under appreciated season.  There is something about a snowy scene that excites me and stirs my creativity.  Then there is the silence that accompanies a fresh snowfall, a profound silence in which the noise that so often intrudes on our existence is removed.  It is so hard to find complete silence in this world.  When I find it, I am perhaps in my most contented state.  I hope in some way this image conveys the silence of that morning.

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