Evergreens and Snow
Here in Canton, Ohio, we are about three inches away from the heaviest February snowfall on record. 21.5 inches of the white stuff has dumped on us since the first of the month, and it looks like we will top the record with another 6-9 inches predicted overnight. On a sunny, blue sky day after one of our recent storms, I captured these snow-covered evergreen boughs in my backyard. Many were dripping with ice, and then the wind began to blow! I took a late afternoon drive through our city park system and encountered a quiet, serene winter setting in Stadium Park.
(Any tips on camera settings for photographing snow landscapes would be greatly appreciated! My snow scenes are coming out very blue, even after adjusting my exposure to -1.0. I corrected the white balance in post-processing for the two landscapes posted here; however, I am still not satisfied. I have a Nikon D70s and these were shot with a Tamron 17-50mm lens. Thanks!)
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/snow.htm
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Thanks, AU! I was underexposing -- I will try +1 on tomorrow's snowfall. Hopefully this will help.
- Diamante01
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watch you in camera histogram you don't want to blow out your snow either. Keep in mind that snow on a blue sky day is reflecting blue. You might try setting your exposure on a gray card and work from there.
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my camera has a setting just for snow captures...
i do think you have some great compositions....
- Smile ; )
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I like all that blowing snow in blow. On stadium, if you could have composed it without the plowed snow (lower left), I thik it would have looked better.
- Quack! Quack!
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Blow is an excellent capture! You held the focal point while showing the movement of the blowing snow; very well done!
I have a Canon 40D; to shoot snow, I use the natural setting on my camera. Seems to work best for me. When I shoot in landscape, that's when I get the blue look. So, I use either natural or b/w.
- Ms.N
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Yep, agreed that Blow and Stadium are nice shots. Also, as George says, there is some reflection from the sky on blue sky days. Snow doesn't reflect as much as water, but it does reflect some. And most camera exposure systems are going to look at all that bright white and tend to underexpose it, so going to +1, as Mr. Anon suggested, should help. Be careful not to lose the details, though.
- Dub
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Nice set, looks very cold, brr. :o)
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Thanks for all your suggestions and comments! I still have plenty of opportunity to get out there and shoot some improved snow scenes, as it continues to dump more and more snow upon us. This winter has been incredibly relentless for us here in Northeastern Ohio. But I'm enjoying my snow days off from school:-) Still have two left before we need to start making them up in June.
- Diamante01
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dripping with ice is my favorite.
- desert flower
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Dripping with ice is also my favorite.
--Pat
- Pat a/k/a PC Wilson
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I am the last person to give advice on shooting snow, but I enjoyed your pictures.
- It must be a full moon.
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Dripping with ice is my pick. I only wish I had snow to experiment with,,,so no advise from me either.
- Whooo Me? Yes Me!
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