900,000 Views

900000 Views, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Back on December 23, 2012, my Flickr Photostream received its 800,000th view. Today it reached 900,000. At this rate, we should be over a million by August.

Here is a big viewed recent photo that helped:

I visit Crex Meadows

Sandhill Crane on Snow-48063.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I spent the better part of the last two days in and around Crex Meadows Wisconsin. They had just received 12-18" of snow, ya snow, in April.

There were a few firsts for me. My first snow bunting, woodcock, two beavers in one photo and a willet.

Most of the Crex wasn't plowed so I 4x4'd it. Great fun with just a bit of excitement when I was way in the middle of nowhere and the truck was having a hard time getting up a heavily snowed hill...under I realized it wasn't in four-wheeled drive. lol.

Red Bull Crashed Ice US Championships 2013

Crashed Ice_47413.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

On Saturday January 26, 2013 the finals for the Red Bull Crashed Ice US Championships were held in St. Paul Minnesota. I had a media pass which actually didn't help much in navigating the crowd of 115,000 but it did provide relief once I managed to get to a media only spot. I made almost 4000 images and posted a few to a collection on Flickr.

Here is a great slideshow of my favorite crashes.

Red Bull Crashed Ice US Championships

Crashed Ice_48198.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I spent the afternoon as official media at the Red Bull Crashed Ice US Championships in St. Paul Minnesota. Had a great time. This was the US qualifying round so 100 crazy skaters did the course one by one. The top 32 times move on to the next round. On Friday, 100 international competitors will do the same. The finals are on Saturday.  It was about 4F with a biting wind.  Not sure the wind chill but it was pretty cold.

US Pond Hockey Championships

Pond Hockey_45878.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I got up early today and made it out to Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis for the US Pond Hockey Championships. My thermometer showed 1F and I estimate the wind was probably 10-15 mphs.

It was cold but since I have the proper gear, only my fingertips and nose got uncomfortably cold.

The D4 performed flawlessly along with a rented Nikkor 70-200f2.8. Fun lens but very heavy. If this sports photography gets to be a habit, I'll have to buy one but until then I don't need it. My 70-300G VR works just find for the wildlife photography I do.

Spent the day on Lake Minnetonka celebrating Arctic Fever

Boating_45278.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I had fun on Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior today. Excelsior Brewing Co sponsored a fat tire bike race and lots of people came out to play.

The bike race became wicked pretty fast. It was moderately windy all day but shortly after the race started the wind really picked up. Since this race was a fat tire race, the participants weren't supposed to have studded tires. Well...the lake didn't have much snow as you can see in the photo on the right. Once the wind really took off, it knocked over the riders like bowling pins.

The ice sail boat people sure had fun though.

2012 Favorite Photos

Pronghorn_0272.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Here is a slide show of 20 of my favorite photos of 2012.

800,000 Views

800000 Views, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Today, my Flickr photostream received its 800,000th view. Wow. Thank you!

I had 20,000 total views on May 20, 2009.

200,000 total views back on September 3, 2010.

400,000 on July 6, 2011.

500,000 on October 31, 2011.

This kestrel photo is still the most viewed photo in my photostream with over 16,000 views:




These ducklings are the most favorited, most commented and most interesting (according to Flickr) photo:

Buck Jump

Buck Jump_49165.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

I stopped by Harriet Alexander Nature Center today for some foggy gloomy landscape shooting. Unfortunately, I wasn't ready for fast action wildlife shoot. Oh well. I'm still impressed that the D4 auto focus tracked the whole event. The blur is from the 1/125 sec slow shutter speed.

Tufted Titmouse

Bird_46327.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.

Saw this tufted titmouse at my bird feeder on November 11 and again on November 22, 2012. This is the first time I've seen one at my feeder. ebird considers this a rare observation in my area. Cool!