This February has been one of the coldest on record, with temperatures in the DC region about 5 degrees F below average.  It’s been snowing more often, too, but without much accumulation.  Makes for some pretty pictures.

Don’t forget to go to the Three Views page to see the same views in January and December.

February 27, 2015 
30 degrees F, mostly clear

12:33 pm EST  18mm  f/10.0  1/200sec  ISO 100

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

1:01pm EST  18mm  f/8.0  1/250 sec  ISO 100

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

1:54pm EST  18mm  f/8.0  1/250 sec  ISO 100

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south

Please have a look at the Three Views page to see these photos next to last month’s photos.  And check back in a month for the next in the series.  There isn’t much difference now, except for the ice in the river and traces of snow on the ground.  I expect that the April and May pictures will show quite a change!

January 31, 2015 
29 degrees F, clear

1:24 pm EST  18mm  f/9.0  1/200sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

1:54pm EST  28mm  f/9.0  1/400 sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

2:25pm EST  18mm  f/8.0  1/200 sec  ISO 100

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south

Here are three photos from the Potomac Gorge.  For the next year, on or about the first of each month I’m going to re-visit these sites, stand in the same positions, and photograph the same views, in order to see the progression of the seasons.

December 31, 2014
38 degrees F, mostly clear

2:42 pm EST  18mm  f/5.6  1/200sec  ISO 200

The photo above was taken from the Billy Goat B trail, at the eastern end where the trail abruptly changes direction away from the river to head back toward the canal.  We’re looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island.

2:57pm EST  18mm  f/10  1/125 sec  ISO 100

This one was taken from the western end of the area I call the Rock Garden, the large rocky bluff that’s not quite at the mid-point of Billy Goat B. Here I’m looking upstream, more or less northwest, with Hermit Island on the left.

3:36pm EST  18mm  f/5.0  1/250 sec  ISO 100

And this one was taken from the boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south.

By December 2015 I should be able to make an interesting slide show with all these.

Coming soon, “What’s Blooming Now?”

Happy new year, everyone!