Some Snow Pictures

I decided to take a short break today and head out for some fun. Least it is fun to me. I love walking around taking images, especially when there is snow on the ground. Today I headed up to a park that I use for some of my outdoor portrait sessions. It is really close to me and not heavily used. I spent about an hour just walking around. Walking on snow with an ice layer is definitely not something I can do quietly. I did not want to disturb any possible wildlife but that was definitely not going to happen today. I felt like I was just clumping around. Anyways, I thought I would share just a few of the images I took today. None are cropped but I did do some light toning in photoshop plus converted one to black & white. Hope you enjoy them. I put the settings on each image as well. The only thing I kept constant was the ISO. The rest I changed depending on what I was trying to accomplish.

A view of the stream from the bank.

55mm, f6.3; speed 1/250; ISO 200

I wish I had my larger lens on when this happened but I was still using my 17-55mm.
55mm; f8.0; speed 1/500; ISO 200

I took this one on the way out of the park. Not my tired tracks as I had parked across the street. I was a little worried about trying to get out afterwards since I knew my car would be sitting on ice. 80-200mm lens.
185mm; f5.6; speed 1/800; ISO 200

A manually focused image. It actually turned out the way I wanted it to. This was with my 80-200mm lens.
80mm; f8.0; speed 1/1000; ISO 200