Snow Makes the Image | Morning Dove This Morning Dove would just blend into the background tree branches if not for the snow. The snow make an average image into a nice photograph. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | Lake Ice Takeoff This Cessna 185 makes quite a snow storm all by itself while landing on a frozen, snow covered lake. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | Lakefront Ice Walkabout Fresh, deep snow over the ice makes for a beautiful, yet exhausting ice cold walkabout. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | Husky Dogsled Huskies on the trail pulling a dogsled in northern Illinois. Huskies just love to run and play in the snow. They would rather be outside running, playing, working, or just taking a nap in the snow than just about anything else, except perhaps eating. They seem to instinctively know that they should pull a dogsled. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | Quiet Brilliance Snow has a way of leveling everything. Yet, sometimes a common tree laden with snow stands out in a crowd. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | Fence Gate This homemade gate opens into fields of grass and wind blown snow. It stands just east of the Bridger Mountains in Montana ranch country. It looks like it was made or repaired recently. It’s just a simple gate made with a post and some barbed wire. Without the snow, the subject would just blend into the background. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Makes the Image | a 7 Image Story Snow images range from being really boring to very dramatic. In each of the images in this 7 Image Story, the snow makes the image. Sometimes, it provides a nice background, which separates the obvious subject and makes stark contrasts. Other times, falling snow provides a translucent curtain in front of the obvious subject. And, some images would not be created at all, unless they were on snow. In fact, in all these images, snow sets the mood of the image. Snow powers the image and the viewer.
Everyone knows it’s snow; a beautiful change in scenery. Snow is plain and simple, yet a magical winter wonderland at the same time. Snow reminds us of earlier, happier, more carefree times in our lives. It brings a fresh perspective; wiping our world clean and rejuvenating our soul. You are never too old to play in the snow.
Capturing a good snow image might require a bit of knowledge and skill. How do you get the metering right in a snow shot so you get the mood you want? Most of the time, it’s fairly easy as along as something in the frame is not snow. Just meter normally on a strong non-snow object and let the camera will do the rest. The snow looks white and the other colors look right. Unless you want that cold blue effect, the white balance may need some adjustment. Sometimes, to capture falling snow, the shutter speed must be slowed enough to capture the flakes. Still, the clicks are relatively simple.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Snow Make the Image.
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