Winter Beauty - Idaho's Camas Prairie

Let’s face it, we all have something that holds us back in our pursuits. Sometimes it’s best to just face it head-on and conquer it. Try to take a weakness and make it a strength. At least that’s what I told myself over the last couple weeks as I

tried to conquer one of my biggest foes (my hatred of being out in the cold.) It’s not that I don’t see any beauty in the snowy white rolling hills and frosted forests. I think they are quite pretty and I like the fact that it is usually so quiet except for the crunch of snow. My problem is the painful bite of Jack Frost even when I am bundled up. So with my lofty goal in mind, I set out to find something good to make me like it. I did get some good shots out of the experience, but I can’t say that I have started to enjoy the weather. I have lived in the winter wonderland of Idaho for 23 years, but I still haven’t kicked my longing for California weather. The summer time is a different story. Anyway, here’s some of the pictures. I took most of the images with my Sony a7rii with an adapter and a vintage 1950’s Zeiss Contaflex Pro-tessar 35mm f3.2 lens

The interesting thing about these lenses is that the aperture settings and shutter were actually part of the camera body. I found this out after I bought them, but I like weird stuff. I was able to find an adapter that someone had made with the needed part of the old camera body attached. I find these vintage lenses funky and fun to use. I will put a link at the end of the post if you want to find some for yourself.