2311_1405 Heavy Snow After Dark
One evening in November I looked outside to see if the predicted snowfall had begun. Yes indeed, it had! Huge snowflakes were falling, thick and heavy. It was the heaviest snowfall I've ever seen here on the prairie. I scrambled to grab my parka and hat and boots, ran out onto the street in front of my house, and started shooting.
One lens, the 70-200mm. Tripod. Trying to make sense of of chaos. The snow seen here, sweeping down left to right, is illuminated by a street light out of the frame on the right. I used different shutter speeds at various ISO settings and worked very fast. Within 10 minutes the snow was piling up on my coat, hat, camera and lens, and I called it quits.
I'm always looking for something a little different, and I found it that night - the night winter arrived on the northern prairie. In retrospect, I wish I'd pushed myself a little harder, but it wasn't easy to keep my lens dry, and my hands were pretty cold at the end. I came away with three shots I like, including the one above. The other two will follow.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2311_1405 Heavy Snow After Dark
One evening in November I looked outside to see if the predicted snowfall had begun. Yes indeed, it had! Huge snowflakes were falling, thick and heavy. It was the heaviest snowfall I've ever seen here on the prairie. I scrambled to grab my parka and hat and boots, ran out onto the street in front of my house, and started shooting.
One lens, the 70-200mm. Tripod. Trying to make sense of of chaos. The snow seen here, sweeping down left to right, is illuminated by a street light out of the frame on the right. I used different shutter speeds at various ISO settings and worked very fast. Within 10 minutes the snow was piling up on my coat, hat, camera and lens, and I called it quits.
I'm always looking for something a little different, and I found it that night - the night winter arrived on the northern prairie. In retrospect, I wish I'd pushed myself a little harder, but it wasn't easy to keep my lens dry, and my hands were pretty cold at the end. I came away with three shots I like, including the one above. The other two will follow.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.