John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Please share a winter landscape. My examples below:
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
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Please share a winter landscape. My examples below:
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
AlanLichty
Moderator
I hope don't see a thermometer like the one in your title illustration anytime soon near my house 
Brrr.......
Nice task topic!
Brrr.......Nice task topic!
ckcarr
Founding Member
I had to dig deep to try and find something that is new for the forum!
It's like an everything must go sale! Overkill (Oh well, haven't posted in a while)
It's sometimes very hard to find spots without footprints!
This was a New Years Eve. Totally alone out there.
Horses with no name...
For Alan. Sometimes it gets cold even here!
My Office
It's like an everything must go sale! Overkill (Oh well, haven't posted in a while)
It's sometimes very hard to find spots without footprints!
This was a New Years Eve. Totally alone out there.
Horses with no name...
For Alan. Sometimes it gets cold even here!
My Office
AlanLichty
Moderator
Its easy to find places without footprints in the snow when you don't have snowI had to dig deep to try and find something that is new for the forum!
It's like an everything must go sale! Overkill (Oh well, haven't posted in a while)
It's sometimes very hard to find spots without footprints!
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For the record I did my undergraduate work in Logan Utah and have all too vivid memories of what it's like to try to go to work when its -30ºF.
John Holbrook
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Craig, gorgeous landscapes you shared––and I thank you for doing so! I love them all! A few of my favorites are: "Subsiding Storm", " Crisp, Clear and Quiet", "Winter Serenity", "Winter Wonderland", the untitled Balanced Rock, and your thermometer! It's nice to see so much snow, even at your office! We don't experience much accumulation in Tennessee...and sometimes I'm thankful and sometimes I regret not having the transformative aesthetic to our familiar landscapes. Again thank you for sharing. Oh, did I mention I love your titles too!I had to dig deep to try and find something that is new for the forum!
It's like an everything must go sale! Overkill (Oh well, haven't posted in a while)
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Trent Watts
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This is my world for much of the year John. Here are a few winter scenes.
Deer foraging in a snow covered field.
Ice formations on rocks by the shore as the river levels rise and fall.
On my walk a few days ago.
Our iconic hotel in downtown Saskatoon on a winter morning last week.
Deer foraging in a snow covered field.
Ice formations on rocks by the shore as the river levels rise and fall.
On my walk a few days ago.
Our iconic hotel in downtown Saskatoon on a winter morning last week.
AlanLichty
Moderator
Craig reminded me of what Real Winter(TM) is like so I dug up an oldie from a time and place where I experienced a nasty winter. This is the Logan River in Utah after two weeks with temperatures that never made it above 0ºF in 1973. This came off of the second roll of 35mm film I ever shot with a brand new Pentax Spotmatic I got for Christmas:
I thought I had left winter behind when I moved to the northwest but never counted on occasional freezing rain up here:
A snowshoe trek below Mt. St. Helens:
The base of Latourell Falls during a cold snap in the Gorge:
And a bit of winter visiting Multnomah Falls:
I thought I had left winter behind when I moved to the northwest but never counted on occasional freezing rain up here:
A snowshoe trek below Mt. St. Helens:
The base of Latourell Falls during a cold snap in the Gorge:
And a bit of winter visiting Multnomah Falls:
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Trent, love your snowy images! The Ice Formations image and the Deer Foraging perhaps my favorites. The capture taken on your walk is very well composed! Very nice. I love the complementary colors in the Saskatoon image—beautiful! Thank you for sharing each of these Trent.
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Alan, thank you for sharing these wonderful wintry images. I really like Pentax film image—it’s so good to see images created from “way back when.” Nice! I also favor the image from the Mt. St. Helens area. Love the blues and greens! Latourell Falls is especially nice with the contrast of icicles and the flowing waterfall. Perhaps my favorite is the Multnomah Falls image—very beautiful. I appreciate all these photos you’ve shared with us.
AlanLichty
Moderator
I had once contemplated living in Cache Valley near Logan but that experience of weeks below zero broke my love affair with winter for good. Being up on the ski slopes would be worse yet because they are so exposed. My shot of the Logan River above wasn't far from the Beaver Mountain ski resort but it was a bit more protected down near the river. Needing to scrape ice off the inside of my windows of my old Bronco while driving with the heater on full blast was not my cup of tea. We have seen mid to low teens in Vancouver but only once in the 28 years I have been up here.
Thankfully we don't experience temps below 20s and that too for brief periods. I do have a few wintery images to share however.
Alaska
Mt Rainier
Vermillion Lake, Banff
Bow Valley, Banff
Canmore, near Banff
Alaska
Mt Rainier
Vermillion Lake, Banff
Bow Valley, Banff
Canmore, near Banff
AlanLichty
Moderator
Banff certainly doesn't look all that warm but its still likely not as bad as where Trent lives up near the eskimos
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Jameel, gorgeous images of landscapes in winter—thank you for sharing each of these. I cannot choose a favorite—they ALL are! The Canmore capture has a perfect composition. Very nice! The Vermillion Lake image is another perfect image in all respects. I love the curves of water and rail that definitely creates a special composition. Thank you for sharing these Jameel.
The Banff images are taken in March, so its closer to spring than winter. It gets lot colder in winter over there.Banff certainly doesn't look all that warm but its still likely not as bad as where Trent lives up near the eskimos
Thanks John. I always appreciate your detailed feedback on each of the images. Takes a lot of effort.
Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
I spent the New Year in Northern Scotland and the forecast looked great for coastal photography with some snow forecast and 12ft waves and great tide times. Unfortunately what was forecast to be some snow was 18” and drifting in the strong winds to many feet. I decided that a 100 mile round trip over a couple of mountain ranges was far too risky so it was sitting around the log burner and watching the snow fall. A phone shot from the house taken at mid day. I realise that for many of you 18” of snow is a light dusting. Ken
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John Holbrook
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Ken, thank you for posting your photo of 18” of snow. Sorry about its unfortunate impact on your proposed travel/shooting plans. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for your future plans! (BTW, I never see any accumulation close to that amount in Tennessee).
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Jeffrey, I love your winter seasonal images you’ve shared from your travels on Burr Trail Road, or perhaps in this instance—Brrrrr Trail Road!
I especially favor the first image of curving road bordered by snowy red canyon walls. Very nice! Another favorite is the second image of the rustic barn and fence—I like the limited color palette and composition. Very nice. I also like the minimalist composition of the third image of the red barns and hill bordered by the sky above and snowy field below. The fourth image of distant colored hills and the foreground dotted by the evergreen trees in snow works well. Very nice as well. The last image that almost appears as B&W is another minimalist layered composition with the narrow center of the barn, fence and hills—another favorite! Thanks for sharing all these great images!
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