Evolution104
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Oh baby, it's cold outsideActually, we had the nicest day in a month today with a little hazy sun, not too much wind and the warmest day in weeks at about -5C. So I had no excuse. It was time to get the camera out for some exercise. I needed some too 
Got cold and wet taking this - the snow was up around my knees and the wind was nipping at my fingers. Brrr...
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creators
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Well done John, that could not have been an easy subject to get the exposure right, but you did. Absolutely marvelous shot!
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Evolution104
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| creators wrote: | | Well done John, that could not have been an easy subject to get the exposure right, but you did. |
You noticed!! I'm delighted!
I have more than a few blue pictures 
Fortunately I remembered that recently I read that for snow you should increase the exposure by about 2 stops. This image was done at about +1.5 EV.
For the life of me I can't remember where I read that, but it was very recent. The problem these days as I try to learn is that I buy every book and mag I can get my hands on, not to mention surfing lots of websites. I'm sitting here now with literally 20 mags, 3 books and who knows how many links to websites 
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| Evolution104 wrote: |
Fortunately I remembered that recently I read that for snow you should increase the exposure by about 2 stops. This image was done at about +1.5 EV. |
Photographing snow, or so I've heard, and I hope you can hear the grinding of teeth here, is never easy, but this is a far cry from a pastoral scene. The contrasts are so extreme that even a brief pause for thought and one gets seriously impressed. It was obviously taken in full sunlight and that you managed to get it impressed the hell out of me.
| Evolution104 wrote: |
....I buy every book and mag I can get my hands on, not to mention surfing lots of websites. I'm sitting here now with literally 20 mags, 3 books and who knows how many links to websites |
You heard it here first folks, photography ruins you for any normal form of life.   
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Evolution104
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| creators wrote: | | Photographing snow, or so I've heard, and I hope you can hear the grinding of teeth here, is never easy, but this is a far cry from a pastoral scene. The contrasts are so extreme that even a brief pause for thought and one gets seriously impressed. It was obviously taken in full sunlight and that you managed to get it impressed the hell out of me. |
lol - many thanks for your kind words.
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hil26
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The other trick with snow is using the blue sky (that is if you have a blue sky) above the shot to obtain a manual exposure on the sky, then recompose the shot using the same settings.
Oh, nearly forgot, cracking shot, spot on
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Evolution104
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| hil26 wrote: | The other trick with snow is using the blue sky (that is if you have a blue sky) above the shot to obtain a manual exposure on the sky, then recompose the shot using the same settings.
Oh, nearly forgot, cracking shot, spot on |
Now that's a good tip - thanks!
During winter, we don't get many days with blue skies unfortunately What we have is months on end of dismal gray sky which makes everything gray 
So I have to take advantage of days like yesterday. They are precious!
And thanks for the compliment!
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sean
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Hat off to you mate - snow is probably the hardest medium to work with - it's a tough one to get right.
Good job!
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Evolution104
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| sean wrote: | Hat off to you mate - snow is probably the hardest medium to work with - it's a tough one to get right.
Good job! |
Thanks! This was my first real attempt at taking a photo in bright sunlight with snow, so I took a number of shots before I got it right.
I've learned some things from the experience though, so next time I should have a fighting chance of getting it right the first time.
Now if we would only get a little sun more than once in a while 
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