Snow Flash

Not much in the way of technique here except try to keep the camera dry, try to stay warm, and try to keep moving… We’re at well over 2 feet of snow today, it’s still snowing… I made an igloo. Details, pics and details on where to find the video of it over at me blog

Nuts to be out in this weather

Yeah, cheesy title I know. They don’t have it easy the squirrels round here, if they’re not being chased by Atticus, they’re under nigh on two foot of snow. I forget where, but I recently read that “squirrels are just rats with good PR”.

Also, thanks to Sunday’s publicity drive, I would like to welcome Amy to our small, but vital, community of people-who-get-a-picture-emailed-to-them-daily. Much appreciated 🙂 and if any other subscribees would like a signed photo postcard sent to them (by proper post) just email me which one you’d like and your address. Ta.

I’m just going out I might be a while

I’m just going out I might be a while

Did I say in my last post it wasn’t going to snow any more? I was wrong. Very wrong. We’re presently at about half a foot of quality powder. The footprints on the pond are from a dog, who had another go and ended up falling in and being dragged out by his owners.

Vignetting here comes from a mixture of condensation between the polariser filter and the lens and mystery settings that I couldn’t use my frozen fingers to control… I’m quite fond of it.

Siberia, 1963

Or Portland, 2008 through a Kodak Duaflex II from 1963(ish)…
Looks like the temperatures have risen and from today on there’ll no snow at the metro level. It were good while it lasted.

The Fugitive

Taken surreptitiously as I wandered through a very pretty golf course that was 100% free of golfers for a change. Hope they don’t mind the size 11 foot prints across their well-tended putting greens…

A turn for the cold

I reckon I walked about 8 miles altogether today over treacherous roads and pavements. I nearly fell about a dozen times. When I came back I found that yesterday’s picture of the train had got to #10 on Flickr Explore, which means it made fleeting appearances on the front page and has got favourited to within an inch of its life. I’m well chuffed…

Anyroad, this one is from West Moreland Park (I think). It was deserted because if you had moist hands you’d probably stick to the metal. I spun the roundabout a bit, went for a tiny aperture, user the polariser filter and managed to hold it steady enough an eighth of a second exposure or so to get the varying degrees of blur.

I’m happy how it turned out.