The foreguess yesterday was for rising temperatures with mixed precipitation turning to all rain. It started to come down around 9:30 am as freezing rain…I got my camera bag closed just in time…and did eventually turn to mostly rain. They got one right.
I visited two spots and this image is from the Amethyst Brook area where I shoot cascades and a waterfall (see also my slot cascade shot from two posts ago-“Going Big Time”) in warmer times. Yesterday started at @24°F, after a week or so of single digit nights and days in the teens, and that meant a lot of ice and snow remained. Again, most of the ice was covered and the waterfall was frozen over, which is usually a good thing as I will share tomorrow, but also covered and not very photogenic.There were a few, as Andrew described one the other day, iceholes and I found this one that had some nice shaping and frosty edges.
Again, not much noticeable color so we went monochrome.
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I was hesitant to walk out very far on the ice shelf adjacent to this, so used my 70-200 for ease of framing.
This may or may not appeal to others, but I enjoyed the shaping that developed and the frost and crisp snow I find enjoyable as well. YMMV 🙂
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This very impressive shot.looks like lace over a black curtain. A dramatic photo. The coldness of the photo almost gives me shivers.
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Like half a pair of draperies tied back to reveal the night? It was pretty cold but rose to the upper 30s and no doubt all these frosty details softened and melted away.
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Nice lens! I can clearly make out the edges of individual ice crystals. Most would have passed this subject and shot by without a second thought. I’m glad you’ve got that sharp, photographer’s, eye. I need to learn to watch, as you do. I’ve just about given up on counting upon the weather. I’ve taken up my Mother’s attitude … There will be weather, whether or not.
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I take the forecast as a best guess. If it were not so cold I might use the old joke as a guide and tell the weather by sticking my toe out the window.
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It looks like it is growing and maybe it is. Perfect for monochrome and a sensible choice of lens. In those temperatures I’d not want to get wet.
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I think it was but the change in weather stunted it a bit. Andrew. I never want to get wet.
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I like the stark contrast with the ice crystal edges.
Technical questions: Is your camera one with 3 CCDs? Do you ever have pictures come out on posts with different color and quality than you started with?
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Thanks, Jim. I use a Canon 5D Mark II which has a 21mp cmos sensor. It sometimes leans a little to the red side of things, but Camera Raw does a nice job of correcting that with its built in profile.
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With a change in scale, I can imagine a snow-covered coastline.
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I can see that also now that you mention it.
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I love this exquisite shot, Steve. It is neat how it goes from fluffy to finely detailed, and then the haunting black. Wonderful. What do the letters stand for?
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Thanks, Melissa. They stand for”Your mileage may vary”.
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I didn’t know what YMMV meant either, Melissa. I always just google “acronym YMMV” or whatever the acronym happens to be. 🙂
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This is amazing, Stephen. I love winter!
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Thank you, J.F.
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It may be my imagination, but the tiny hillocks make it look like the crystals are growing upward as well as out. It reminds me of the artificial snow we used to decorate windows with during the holidays.
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They are, Linda. Although not to the degree and less easy to discern coming as white out of white.
Is that the same stuff that got sprayed from a can?
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