Sunday, November 01, 2020

First Snow

For the second time in two years, our first snow fell on October 28. That first fall was remarkable in 2018, for the snow was fairly thick, and there was still colour in the trees in the park. It was quite a wonderful combination.

The first snow of this year wasn't up to these standards. Aside from the fact that there is much less autumn colour remaining, there was also less snow, and it didn't last very long either.

I took a picture from the window and was going to leave it at that, but when I went downstairs to give Lacey her morning tuna, I decide to take the camera out for a few quickies.

When I had cut back the echinacea plants, there were four flowers still looking good, so I left them. To get a soft background in these macro photos, I opened my aperture as wide as it would go, but that reduced the amount of the image that was in focus. In both photos, you can see one or two petals in focus while the rest aren't. This doesn't bother me much in these images, but I just point it out. It would be best it it were the front petal in focus, but I don't bend well to fine tune these low photos.



In this next image of leaves in our silk lilac trees is focussed a little better with the emphasis on the main leaf. The background leaves are far enough away to provide a very soft and colourful background.


I went across the street to check out the neighbour's garden. Since the resulting photo was even less well focussed than others, I went with the flow and processed it with a fine art feel. At least that is what I tried to do.


The snow left us by mid-morning, but if history is any sort of predictor, it will likely come to stay by the end of this month. And then it will remain until March or even later.



15 comments:

  1. Your first snowfall was earlier than our own here in Nashua, NH, and I only went ventured out as far as the apt entries to get a few photos.mi know we will both have future opportunities with a cold and snowy winter forecasted for our area and maybe yours as well.

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  2. Gorgeous luminous photos...my fav is the golden leaf...but they all have the mood of color and shapes.

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  3. I love the feeling of this photos. And the lilac color really pops!

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  4. I hear you about the snow. We had our first fall of the white stuff two nights ago. At least it didn’t stay.
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  5. The last photo is very impressionistic. I like it, but my favorite is the leaf. :) Snow is an unusual and chaotic event around here. But also kind of fun, although our hills and lack of snow removal equipment or experience with it make it treacherous for driving.

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  6. My inlaws had snow in Boston, Mass too. Very nice macro shots with your camera.

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  7. Snow. Yuck. But your pictures make me feel as if I should be more cheerful about it.

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  8. That first photo is showing a whole lot of snow. It looks so pretty. I really like that last fading fuschia flower.

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  9. Your photography definitely qualifies as art. :)

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  10. You can have that much snow if you want. I want far less.

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  11. Hola John!
    Muy buenas fotografias; me gustan las macro y el enfoque que le diste; esas flores fuccias resaltan en la nieve.
    Soy de Buenos Aires y vi caer nieve en el invierno del 2007.Es que no tenemos climas muy frios; pero me gustaria volver a tocar la nieve en mis manos.
    Saludos.

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  12. Every time it snows for the first time of the season and I see posts like this, I always think of the classic tale "Diary of a Snow Shoveler". If you haven't read it, you should. Easily googled and read online on hundreds of websites.

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  13. I love the close ups1

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  14. We had it here in the city too, including last night.

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  15. That top photo captures the quiet of a first snow day perfectly.

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