Winter Approaches

Ann McRae

(I am the consumate whinger about winter weather). We have had a very long, very mild fall; temperatures are still above freezing in the morning. I took a very early morning walk Wednesday to see if I could find some sweet light. I found reflections and ice on the river.






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JimBarryPhotography

Sweet light and...
Lots of great texture!!! Nice!!

Jwar

Brrrr, nice shot. At first glance i thought those were lilly pads with ice on top, but that's just ice! Here comes winter....blah

Ridgetop

Love that first shot. Makes you look twice.

BradfordBenn

Nice stuff. So how soon before pond hockey?

Andy

Ann McRae wrote:

(I am the consumate whinger about winter weather).

You'd think that someone who practically lives at the North Pole would be used to it by now

R.Jay

Hi Ann, love the first one - very effective composition.

Cheers, Richard.

anwmn1

Ann- Really like the first one. There is a great play on contrasts here. Jagged ice vs smooth water- cool colors vs warm colors- horizontal vs vertical and several shapes playing out. A pretty 'cool' image!!

Halite

anwmn1 wrote:

Ann- Really like the first one. There is a great play on contrasts here. Jagged ice vs smooth water- cool colors vs warm colors- horizontal vs vertical and several shapes playing out. A pretty 'cool' image!!

Agree

Snowgirl

Andy wrote:

You'd think that someone who practically lives at the North Pole would be used to it by now

As another "near-arctic" resident - nah, you NEVER get used to it:cry

Since we're moving in 3 weeks, I'm doing the 'no snow' dance for a while. Once we get into the new house, I don't care - bring it on! Just don't screw up construction and moving at this late date.

Eia

Very nice! Water and ice!!!! I like that contrast!

Ann McRae

JimBarryPhotography wrote:

Lots of great texture!!! Nice!!

Brrrr, nice shot. At first glance i thought those were lilly pads with ice on top, but that's just ice! Here comes winter....blah

Love that first shot. Makes you look twice.

Thank You, Jim, Jwar and Ridgetop. You would be hard pressed to find lily pads in these parts!

Ann McRae

BradfordBenn wrote:

Nice stuff. So how soon before pond hockey?

Well, that'll depend on the pond and the weather - it is still pretty warm.

Marmot Basin (ski hill in Jasper Park) opened Wednesday!

ann

Ann McRae

Andy wrote:

You'd think that someone who practically lives at the North Pole would be used to it by now

Yeah - not. I dislike it more the older I get.

Ann McRae

R.Jay wrote:

Hi Ann, love the first one - very effective composition.

Cheers, Richard.

Thank you, Richard.

Ann- Really like the first one. There is a great play on contrasts here. Jagged ice vs smooth water- cool colors vs warm colors- horizontal vs vertical and several shapes playing out. A pretty 'cool' image!!

Thanks so much Aaron. I tried playing with which part was in focus as well, and like this best.

Agree

Thanks, Harry

Ann McRae

Snowgirl wrote:

As another "near-arctic" resident - nah, you NEVER get used to it:cry

Since we're moving in 3 weeks, I'm doing the 'no snow' dance for a while. Once we get into the new house, I don't care - bring it on! Just don't screw up construction and moving at this late date.

Heck, Ceci, you are subtropical compared to me! Good luck with the move.

ann

Ann McRae

Eia wrote:

Very nice! Water and ice!!!! I like that contrast!

Thank you!

ann

Jane B.

Snowgirl wrote:

As another "near-arctic" resident - nah, you NEVER get used to it:cry

Since we're moving in 3 weeks, I'm doing the 'no snow' dance for a while. Once we get into the new house, I don't care - bring it on! Just don't screw up construction and moving at this late date.

Every time someone talks about the adventures of moving it brings back a certain memory for me. We are absolutely tropical compared to you (about 60-80 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri in Illinois) but do get snow!

During my senior year in high school we were scheduled to move about a block and a half from where we were living. We got about as big a snow fall as we get around here. Since my dad sold cars he wasn’t worried about the expense if he got stuck. Soooo he tried to back the car out of the garage the width of an about 80' lot. He got stuck, they sent a pickup after him, they got the pickup stuck and had to send the wrecker after both!! The school buses weren’t running but the school was open for those close enough to get there on there own. Needless to say those of us that he would have taken in did not get there. It was nice otherwise so just to be out a friend and I went over and cleared walks at the house we were scheduled to move to the next day. The next day streets were better cleared and we got to class fine. During the morning I got a note in class to come to the house we were scheduled to move to!

The movers had told Mom that they felt they could get through and she let them come saying she would rather mop up snow tracks than mud tracks.

Jane B.

Tango

Halite wrote:

Agree

(another Agree) #1 love it!

eyeguy

Number one
Good Day
I like the first capture the best of the two composition is great...
Dean

schmoo

Ann I just love the contrast of yellow and blue! And I have a special place in my heart for shots that use reflections to flip what you're seeing and take things out of context.

I'm surprised you still have liquid water there in November, but it sounds like you had a pretty nice summer.

Ann McRae

(another Agree) #1 love it!

Thanks Aaron.

Good Day
I like the first capture the best of the two composition is great...
Dean

Thank you eyeguy.

Ann I just love the contrast of yellow and blue! And I have a special place in my heart for shots that use reflections to flip what you're seeing and take things out of context.

I'm surprised you still have liquid water there in November, but it sounds like you had a pretty nice summer.

And thanks schmoo. It has been 'warm' - you folks from California would probably be shivering but we are embracing it,