Category Archives: Mountains

January Snow – 2013

Lovely January 2013 Snow in the High Country

Sue McMullen - Snow 2013

Sue McMullen – Snow 2013

A great big thanks to all members who submitted photos of this memorable snowfall on such short notice. Two of the submissions are posted here, both of which show the overall scene that was typical on the morning of January 18th. The other submissions are featured in a slide show, accesbile via the link provided below. I hope that no member who submitted has been omitted but there’s always a possibility of a mistake when dealing with so many emails.
The first view was submitted by Sue McMullen and the second by Betty Rembert. Hope you enjoy the show.
Betty Rembert - Snow in LIttle Horse Creek

Betty Rembert – Snow in LIttle Horse Creek


To view the member slide show, click here.

Photographer’s Choice – Kim Hadley

The Bleakness – And Beauty – of Winter in Ashe

Kim Hadley - Winter in Creston

Kim Hadley – Winter in Creston

All photographers know the great advantage of rolling out of bed early and getting out for that elusive first light in the morning. It requires a particular dedication to venture out into a windy, 22-degree morning after a snowfall with a hope the morning will be special and offer an opportunity to capture a unique and memorable image. “It was barely pre-dawn…and I was facing North. The sun had not yet broken the horizon to the east and actually when it did, it was quite uneventful due to how cloudy it was – so the only show of color was during these few minutes before dawn”, says Kim. “It is a very mild HDR…I wanted to preserve the pink in the sky without losing all the details in the valley to darkness.” She found an opening between the near trees to frame the distant mountains. The closer, darker mountain and the black pond provide a clear focal point to bring order to the scene. The early light had a definite blue bias which could be corrected in post processing, shifting the snow to white, but that would alter the reality of the light, remove the “cold” one feels and take away the very pleasing contrast with the pinkish sky. On this particular morning, Kim was rewarded for her efforts.

Canon EOS 50d fitted with an EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens
Focal Length – 18mm
Shutter 1/60 sec @ f/3.5 aperture
ISO – 400