January 2020

An early January sunset just east of Dell Rapids, SD

Typically January is a hard month to find time and good weather for outdoor photography enthusiasts. This year, however, the weather seemed to cooperate on my free weekends so I had plenty of photos to choose from when picking my favorite 12 of the month. From colorful sunsets to peaceful snowfall days to frigid sun dogs at the end of a good, old-fashioned ground blizzard, the first month of 2020 was all over the place... And that was OK. All I needed was a good pair of long johns, warm winter gear and a long lens to let the deep winter fun commence. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!

Same sunset clouds as above but about five minutes later into the evening.

An American Tree Sparrow in the tall grass at Good Earth State Park

Snowfall at Big Sioux Recreation Area near Brandon

Snow on a Downy Woodpecker at Big Sioux Rec Area

Snowfall on tall grass at Big Sioux Rec Area

The Arc of Dreams lit blue and red for the SD Showdown series (SDSU at USD Basketball games)

Jack Frost's handiwork during an all-day blizzard

Sun Dogs west of Sioux Falls as the blizzard waned

Sun Dog sunset west of Wall Lake

A January thaw produced this water droplet melted from an overnight frost at Good Earth State Park

Late January sunset over frosted and iced grass