Author Topic: Snow! (Read 5144 times)

vicky slater · « **on:** December 04, 2010, 09:44:39 AM »

It snowed! Yay!
And it was only here for one magical day before it lost that soft perfection when it's freshly fallen.
So I took Snowy the dog for a walk and took some pics....(Snowy is pretty much deaf and blind except for close up-ish so I made an idiot of myself shouting "snowy" in the middle of the park as he kept attatching himself to random families :)

These are a few of the pictures, please add yours too, new or old, I can't get enough of them.

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2010, 11:01:56 AM »

Great stuff! I guess I'll have to take my Colorpack II to the christmas market today. Maybe there's some snow I can take a picture for you

Urban

Wensleydale Blue · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2010, 11:51:32 AM »

Absolutely gorgeous. Wabi Sabi at its best

G

vicky slater · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2010, 12:37:45 PM »

Thanks :)
I'm envious of all those that have regular falls, though I'm sure the novelty wears off.
Ours has all gone in the last hour of rain.

Urban, a snowy christmas card even...?

Francois · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2010, 03:17:20 PM »

Happy to say this morning that you're not the only ones with snow on your mind. Currently, we're having a light sprinkling of the white stuff. Feels a bit like being on a cake getting covered by confectioner's sugar

Hope you did take time to go sledding (best sleds are rigid and slick on the bottom...)

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2010, 04:59:58 PM »

Quote from: vicky slater on December 04, 2010, 12:37:45 PM

Urban, a snowy christmas card even...?

Maybe. I didn't manage to go out today and I only have 5 shots left and no more pack film (I promised to use the film in the fridge first ...). But I might be more lucky tomorrow.

Urban

astrobeck · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2010, 05:34:08 PM »

Vicky-I'm in for this! It snows fairly often here in the mountains of New Mexico, so next time we get some nice powder I'll be sure to go out and make some shots to share.

BTW- Francois, "Feels a bit like being on a cake getting covered by confectioner's sugar" is the best description I've heard of snowfall.

Mojave · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2010, 06:30:50 PM »

These are awesome! My favorite is the one of the boy but the playground runs a close second.

sapata · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2010, 07:20:34 PM »

Great stuff Vicky !

The second one is my favourite... really like the contrast .

admiral.asthma · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2010, 08:49:46 PM »

I love your images, especially the portraits.

original_ann · « **Reply #10 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:36:50 AM »

I love, love when the snow is falling! Such a cheerful ambiance, always! Even with last February's "snowpocalypse" that left us with almost 5 feet in 2 wks, I enjoyed it while it fell (but hate the chore of snow removal).

Your images exude that 'oh yay! it's SNOWING!' ambiance. Fantastic set Vicky!

Late Developer · « **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2010, 06:47:25 AM »

Superb set of images Vicky. Your style certainly captures the best of this type of scene.

The one of the lad reminds me of my childhood and the snowball fights I'd get into and only emerge from when my parents insisted and just before frostbite and hypothermia set in

We've had a week of the stuff over here in East Anglia and, although I'm sort of glad to see the back of the commuting / transport chaos it creates, I'm always glad to see it back again. It's good to see proper winters - dark, dank months of never-ending rain just don't do it for me...

vicky slater · « **Reply #12 on:** December 05, 2010, 10:24:21 AM »

Aw, thanks chaps.
We just have fog all day now, not the same at all

Ansel's snowy pictures were the first ones I fell in love with, so quiet you can feel it.
Also enjoyed Harry Callahan's too, though it's the tourism type holiday scenes of the 50's? that I'd rather make.

Look forward to seeing yours

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2010, 10:57:02 AM »

okay, a couple from me, not taken in this snow, but, in Texas earlier this year. I have shown them here before. They have varying amounts of snow in them $:-\$

vicky slater · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2010, 02:29:35 PM »

Yay, nice ones Phil, especially the first, love that snowy light.

sapata · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2010, 04:00:04 PM »

Cool... !
Coming from a hot country I'm always amazed by the snow...

This is Crystal Palace park last february taken with my Rolleiflex TLR and Diana+

vicky slater · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2010, 09:01:26 AM »

Love the Diana shot, sapata, that fence was made for it.
And I love the name 'Chrystal Palace"...it's the stuff of fairy tales.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2010, 12:38:37 PM »

aah, yes~ winter is here! I come from northern sweden so you can say I've got snow in my blood

haha!

I'll be sure to dig something up too! haven't been quick enough to develop any new snow shots yet though.

here's a lil xpro snap in the meantime

Francois · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2010, 05:58:09 PM »

Ahh! Snow...
Yesterday, the forecast was for a nicely decorative 2cm of white fluff.
This morning when I woke up, it was more like 20cm... and where the wind blew it a bit more, it was knee height! And best of all, it's still coming down...

I guess we'll have a white Christmas after all...

I did take the time to shoot some FP100 around the yard. Lost two prints because the film didn't come out straight between the rollers (grrr). But still, got two presentable shots out of the old Colorpack II

It's kind of hard to walk around making sure your tracks won't be visible in the picture

Alan · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2010, 10:06:56 PM »

. . . a nice wee thread.

here in Ireland we have had snow for nearly 2 weeks which is
extremely rare for this time of year and is some sort of weather record!

LT · « **Reply #20 on:** December 08, 2010, 06:04:31 PM »

I went out with the 5x4 last week in the snow. It was on Wednesday - before the real stuff came down, so it doesn't look much in these. It got much worse - another 10 inches or so, then temps soared on saturday and half of it went overnight. Still a lot around around, but more ice than snow now.

moominsean · « **Reply #21 on:** December 08, 2010, 06:15:00 PM »

i was waiting for that second shot to finish loading!

Mojave · « **Reply #22 on:** December 08, 2010, 06:51:01 PM »

Great shots Leon! Love them both for different reasons. I find myself amazed at all those auto tracks in an open field that doesnt appear to have any reason for autos to be driving in it. And the second one I love for its minimalism. All that snow at the bottom and just a thin line of trees at the top. Gorgeous!

Mojave · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2010, 06:52:23 PM »

Aoluain, I love how you've combined those photos. I absolutely adore that look and you have done it very well. What a great subject matter for that technique.

original_ann · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2010, 07:00:21 PM »

Francois - it does look like you're in for a white christmas - my favorite kind!

I'm loving this thread! So many snowy spots - thanks for spreading the cheer. !

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2010, 08:33:48 PM »

Great images everyone. Aoluain I've had something like this in mind, too. Only more images ... But obviously I never gut around to it, yet. And here the snow is gone already :/

Urban

Alan · « **Reply #26 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:03:45 PM »

leon - absolutely class set of images!
they sit very well as a pair, love your thinking !

Mojave - thanks for the feedback glad you like the style !

Urban - go for it !

keep them coming, lovely images so far.

A

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #27 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:20:04 PM »

Quote from: aoluain on December 08, 2010, 09:03:45 PM

Urban - go for it !

I might well do that. I just remembered why I didn't do it before: I wanted to do it the analog way, i.e. make a contact print with several negatives. As I don't have the time and the paper, developer, etc. right now that has to wait.

Urban

Francois · « **Reply #28 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:34:53 PM »

Feels kinda weird to think that merry old England looks a lot like frozen Canada...

original_ann · « **Reply #29 on:** December 08, 2010, 11:31:12 PM »

I think the cold snap is hitting a large portion of the world right now. We had flurries (only) on Monday - the perfect ambiance when I went to the Christmas tree farm to chop down my 9 ft. frasier fir.

Paul Mitchell · « **Reply #30 on:** December 09, 2010, 12:51:52 PM »

Lots of great snow images.

Vicky - stylish images as always!

Phil - It has to be the 2nd image for me

aoluain - wonderful technique

Leon - Both would look very nice hanging on my wall!

Francois · « **Reply #31 on:** December 09, 2010, 09:30:43 PM »

Quote from: original_ann on December 08, 2010, 11:31:12 PM

the perfect ambiance when I went to the Christmas tree farm to chop down my 9 ft. frasier fir.

This always smells so good inside the house!

Like for the last few years, I'll probably have to go for the 1960's vintage plastic alphabetical fake tree... $:-\$

original_ann · « **Reply #32 on:** December 10, 2010, 02:00:14 AM »

Even if they are artificial, they spread Christmas cheer!

LT · « **Reply #33 on:** December 10, 2010, 11:44:54 AM »

thanks for the comments all - and all the other great snow pics here.

Erin - the tracks in the field are from tractors' tyres.

vicky slater · « **Reply #34 on:** December 14, 2010, 10:40:14 AM »

jojonas, very sweet, lovely!

leon, love that second one, perfect framing.

thanks for all the fab posts folks...looks like there's more snow on the way in the uk too :)

Author Topic: Snow! (Read 5144 times)

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