Winter Weather

[Karen]

Best bet for photographing a storm at night: Use a tripod, max aperture, long exposure. You'll get a blur from the snowflakes, and maybe trails from the occasional headlight.

I wasn't commenting in my ability, rather that a photograph, no matter how clear, never really captures the beauty and sensations of a winter storm at night. It cannot catch the subtle sounds, the sensation, the movement, or the shifting, oddly atmospheric light!

[Alysser]

My final on friday was cancelled due to an acidic smell in the building. It better not be cancelled again tomorrow thanks to this dumb stupid storm.

[Karen]

Okay, now I'll take this storm a bit more seriously - sure, once I put out birdseed this afternoon the juncos and sparrow arrived, and then the mama cardinal, but now the morning doves are out there, at the same time as the little birds!

[Karen]

Okay, just an inch or so off on their prediction, but I took one "storm at night photo" when in traffic, this is a neighbor who has lots of lights and stuff ...



And outside my office this morning:


And some of the birds during the storm were sheltering on the cement outside my door instead of eating the seed in the snow, so I put a plate on the barest patch of cement - and refilled it a little this morning - Papa cardinal likes it!