Shooting Conditions
were next to impossible with 35 mph sustained winds and gusts of 60 mph. The tempts went from 70 degrees yesterday to a 31-degree Fahrenheit high today. If I wanted any shots of my favorite tree in bloom for 2026, it was today or never. Try photographing a wildly waving tree branch of 1" flowers, and you'll see the challenge. That was no little breeze. The Low tonight is supposed to be 9-degrees F and not survivable for Spring flowers. No amount of photography skill can overcome that. Fortunately, there was this moment before the deep freeze.