Brookline Snow

sara505

I love a snow day, when business-as-usual grinds to a halt, and even managed to drag myself out for a short wander. As always, I wish I had had more time to put into this.
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lizzard_nyc

You know--when I first opened this up,I only saw the first shot and well it left me wanting--then I came back and I saw all these other shots!

Great series! bravo (no emoticons available under quick reply:(
This is a fantastic way to show everyone Winters in New England.
It's crazy, but the plow shots are my favorite--maybe becaue they have abandoned us here. I really dig the motion you captured.
The last plow shot is so in your face-looks like you were too close.

The people on bikes always make me scratch my head--but you have to do what you have to do--he also looks like a delivery guy from the basket.

The second shot is quite excellent too--the faceless woman caught in the snow--she looks a bit frail too.

Wonderful:)

One nit--I know I know there's always the one right--blown exposure on the snow--it's hard to get right I know.

sara505

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

You know--when I first opened this up,I only saw the first shot and well it left me wanting--then I came back and I saw all these other shots!

Great series! bravo (no emoticons available under quick reply:(
This is a fantastic way to show everyone Winters in New England.
It's crazy, but the plow shots are my favorite--maybe becaue they have abandoned us here. I really dig the motion you captured.
The last plow shot is so in your face-looks like you were too close.

The people on bikes always make me scratch my head--but you have to do what you have to do--he also looks like a delivery guy from the basket.

The second shot is quite excellent too--the faceless woman caught in the snow--she looks a bit frail too.

Wonderful:)

One nit--I know I know there's always the one right--blown exposure on the snow--it's hard to get right I know.

That's because I hit submit before I was done and had to go back in to finish.

My favorite is the same snowplow shot, actually. The woman with the newspaper on her head was quite frail and I ended up helping her cross the train tracks, which are very slippery. As for blown exposures for the snow, I deliberately over-exposed to get the details from the darks while trying to keep the snow white. Maybe I went too far, but I lean towards not worrying about the details in the out-of-focus snow. Dunno.

bdcolen

sara505 wrote: »

I love a snow day, when business-as-usual grinds to a halt, and even managed to drag myself out for a short wander. As always, I wish I had had more time to put into this.

Having just come inside from shoveling snow - in Brookline - I can say that Sara has NAILED it! Not only do these elements capture this particular deep, wet, heavy snow fall, they capture Brookline - from the Hasid in the snow, to the demented bicyclist, to the plow going through Coolidge Corner, the center of Brookline.

sara505

bdcolen wrote: »

Having just come inside from shoveling snow - in Brookline - I can say that Sara has NAILED it! Not only do these elements capture this particular deep, wet, heavy snow fall, they capture Brookline - from the Hasid in the snow, to the demented bicyclist, to the plow going through Coolidge Corner, the center of Brookline.

I knew you'd get a kick out of these, BD.
(but I can't find the Hasid...)
She wasn't the only bicyclist, amazingly. (and you should have seen the look she gave me at one point, like, "what the hell are you doing?")

M38A1

Wow, now I remember what living in snow used to be like. An excellent series of all aspects of snow days.

My favorites are:
#2 (little old lady). That says a lot about how tough you snow people are. (and how generous you are based on your additional text about helping her)

#5 (cyclist). There's just something about snow and bikes that I like. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the bicycle tires perpendicular to the train tracks perfectly centered and showing converging methods of transportation. Heck, I just like if for the adventure of it.

#6 (snow plow in your face) Wow. Did you get hit with the load-o-snow on that one? GREAT capture with the motion. I could see a title under that easily regarding anything about "snow" and it's perfect.

.......now - where's my cup of tea as I'm cold after seeing these.

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sara505

M38A1 wrote: »

Wow, now I remember what living in snow used to be like. An excellent series of all aspects of snow days.

My favorites are:
#2 (little old lady). That says a lot about how tough you snow people are. (and how generous you are based on your additional text about helping her)

#5 (cyclist). There's just something about snow and bikes that I like. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the bicycle tires perpendicular to the train tracks perfectly centered and showing converging methods of transportation. Heck, I just like if for the adventure of it.

#6 (snow plow in your face) Wow. Did you get hit with the load-o-snow on that one? GREAT capture with the motion. I could see a title under that easily regarding anything about "snow" and it's perfect.

.......now - where's my cup of tea as I'm cold after seeing these.

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The little old lady refused my help crossing the street, but when she got to the tracks (there's a rubber surface that is treacherously slippery when wet - real swift) I was very concerned. She refused my help again (New Englanders are also fiercely independent), but I made an executive decision to grab her arm anyway. She wouldn'ta made it - besides, it would not have been correct to use her for photographical purposes and to have abandoned her.

The woman on the bike was nuts. Or maybe she got caught off-guard. Wait, they've been blasting news of this impending blizzard for several days now.

I did not get hit by the snow spray - jumped back real fast. I thought this would be a throw-away, but it turned out to be my favorite. Any engagement will do, I guess, even with a city snow-plow.

Thanks for commenting.