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the starkness of winter reveals my preferences: color, dappled light, warmth, and sunshine. but winter doesn't cater to my preferences. it delivers its own beauty: textures, muted tones, rawness. it's like the craggy places in myself i haven't yet embraced. but on this dull, gray morning i made a different choice: i took a long walk with winter (and with myself); i embraced the cragginess and found warmth in surprising places.
WINTER HOLLOW: a winter wonderland Experience
Presented by Elite Equestrian, Tarot @ Teatime, and Virtual Community Radio
December 1-January 3 on Chestnut Hills in Second Life.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/145/211/2501
Winter Hollow features skating, sleighing, pony rides, and a region of fun to explore.
Take the rambler tours (aerial or ground based) of the Hollow, or stop by for one of the skating events hosted by Elite Equestrian. Explore the caves and Winterley Manor.
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~ Pony rides with adorable free gifts
~ Participating in Free Bird's annual Tour of Lights
~ Live Tarot Readings
~ A dedicated "Holiday Music Stream" provided by Virtual Community Radio
~ Skating events, and more!
Winter Hollow is presented by:
Elite Equestrian - ladiespleasure.wordpress.com/
Virtual Community Radio - vcradio.org/
Camera: Canon EOS 1V
Lens: Canon EF 24-70 2.8 L
Film: Fujifilm C200 @ iso 50
Developer: Tetenal
Scanner: Pakon F-135 Plus
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The European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) can be an annoying(obnoxious) bird, especially if there are hundreds of them on your lawn. They sometimes mass in flocks that number in the thousands. Though some books say they are great "songbirds", what you usually hear when they are massed is a high-pitched whistle/squeak and something that sounds like croaking (over and over and over from hundreds of birds.) When you approach them, the entire flock lifts off with a loud fluttering of wings.
And yet...look at them closeup and see a very pretty coloring of feathers. This picture shows one in "winter" plumage. Also, their aerial maneuvers of large flocks of several thousand birds can be quite amazing
EXPLORE (#348, 1-13-12)
When this aircraft parked, the door opened, a flight attendant stepped onto the stairs bent down grabbed a handful of snow, made a snowball and threw it. Probably her first time.
The monster winter storm that brought icing to the U.S. southeast moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard and brought snow, sleet and rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England on February 13. A new image from NOAA's GOES satellite showed clouds associated with the massive winter storm stretch from the U.S. southeast to the northeast.
Data from NOAA's GOES-East satellite taken on Feb. 13 at 1455 UTC/9:45 a.m. EST were made into an image by NASA/NOAA's GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The clouds and fallen snow data from NOAA's GOES-East satellite were overlaid on a true-color image of land and ocean created by data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites.The image showed that the clouds associated with the storm were blanketing much of the U.S. East Coast.
At 3:11 a.m. EST, a surface map issued by the National Weather Service or NWS showed the storm's low pressure area was centered over eastern North Carolina. Since then, the low has continued to track north along the eastern seaboard. By 11 a.m. EST, precipitation from the storm was falling from South Carolina to Maine, according to National Weather Service radar.
By 11 a.m. EST, the Washington, D.C. region snow and sleet totals ranged from 3" in far eastern Maryland to over 18" in the northern and western suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. NWS reported that snow, sleet and rain were still falling and more snow is expected as the back side of the low moves into the region.
The New York City region remained under an NWS Winter Storm Warning until 6 a.m. on Friday, February 14 and the National Weather Service expects minor coastal impacts Thursday into Friday afternoon.
New England was also being battered by the storm. At 10:56 a.m. EST, Barnstable, Mass. on Cape Cod was experiencing rain and winds gusting to 28 mph. An NWS wind advisory is in effect for Cape Cod until 7 p.m. EST.
Further north, Portland, Maine was experiencing heavy snow with winds from the northeast at 6 mph. The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine noted "Significant snowfall is likely for much of western Maine and New Hampshire as this storm passes by. There will be a mix or changeover to sleet and freezing rain over southern and coastal sections tonight...before all areas end as a period of snow Friday (Feb. 14) morning."
On February 13 at 10 a.m. EST, NOAA's National Weather Service noted "An abundance of Atlantic moisture getting wrapped into the storm will continue to fuel widespread precipitation...which should lift through the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeast Thursday into Friday. A wide swath of heavy snow accumulations are expected with this storm...but air [moving] off the warmer ocean water should change snow over to rain along the coastal areas. Also...a narrow axis of sleet and freezing rain will be possible within the transition zone...which is expected to set up near the I-95 corridor." For updates on local forecasts, watches and warnings, visit NOAA's www.weather.gov webpage.
GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. Geostationary describes an orbit in which a satellite is always in the same position with respect to the rotating Earth. This allows GOES to hover continuously over one position on Earth's surface, appearing stationary. As a result, GOES provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes.
For updated information about the storm system, visit NOAA's WPC website:
For more information about GOES satellites, visit:
www.goes.noaa.gov/ or goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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HDR
Great Falls Park, VA
Feb 2015
Took a trip up to Great Falls Park on the Potomac (Virginia side) and took some photos of the iced rocks. The temperature started off at a brisk 7 degrees and skies were overcast due to an inbound winter storm that came through later in the day.
Taken from the Winter Lights 2019 outdoor light exhibit. Very interesting pieces of art light, lots of people enjoying the cold night and playing with everything. Good fun!
Winter Iris fairy. She brings hope of spring and renewal as she helps the Winter Iris poke up through the snow to show that all is not lost in the hidden paths of the winter, but colors will return shortly.
I know you have all probably had enough of winter pictures for a while but I just had to post this one taken by the side of my garage because I took it on my Smart Phone. One of my first using this new source of media for me.
I am quite impressed with the quality of the image from such a small camera.
This has been a crazy year for weather... going from jackets to t-shirts, to parkas, to raincoats. I caught one of the snowy moments as I walked into work last week.
Note: Will be out of range for a few days. Be good while I am gone.
ICYMI yesterday: I put together a video montage (2 minutes), which includes a big, clumsy, old man trying to slide on a little saucer. Click if you want to see the kids and laugh at the old fart.
© Anvilcloud Photography
I really liked the log laying across the trail. The fog also added a lot of atmosphere to this shot, as well.
I had to get out of the house today so while it was dry I popped down to Auburn Botanical Gardens and had a walk and took some pictures. This is the Japanese Garden. The water is a toxic green colour at the moment as they have put something in it to treat the algae.
I still don’t have my DSLR here with me – so I’m stuck with my PowerShot S90. That doesn’t really animate me to go out and shoot. So I decided to go through the shots I already have on my computer and figured I could try to reprocess some or even process others that I didn’t touch before.
This picture is the result of a three picture exposure bracket processed as HDR in Photomatix and then in Lighroom. The result wasn’t that good (some spots were really blown…) so I decided to blend in some stuff of the original shots. I hope you like the result showing Kassel Wilhelmshöhe train station at night in winter. On the left side you can see the headquarters of German mining company “K+S” being illuminated at night.
shot with:
Nikon D7000 on tripod, remote trigger
NIKKOR 18-200 mm 1:3,5-5,6G ED VR Ⅱ @ 29mm
three shots:
1. f/14and 4 sec, ISO 100
2. f/14and 13 sec, ISO 100
3. f/14and 30 sec, ISO 100