Thursday, December 16, 2010

You Capture - Outside

Beth gave us these instructions for this week, "Outside. Put your gloves on, grab your camera and take in this season while it’s still new".

Well, by the time the words were out of her keyboard, that was impossible because from the moment of the first freezing temperature and the first flake of snow, this season was old to me. And as our Midwest style with lake effect snow blizzard intensified, it got exponentially older.

But I did get outside just like she said. And I did almost lose my life (or at least my dignity) like I said here. And here is what Mother Nature provided me to photograph. What she didn't give me was enough light or the expertise to capture these drifts in a brighter mode.

We had days and days of dark and dreary. Finally yesterday it brightened up a little bit and I ventured out to the country.

I was trying to capture that magical evening sunlight but clouds swept in and took it away. Still I had to include this picture that says nothing but Winter.

For more, and undoubtedly brighter Outside pictures, visit Beth at Ishouldbefoldinglaundry and, if you dare to brave the elements, join in and post some pics of your own.

21 comments:

  1. The tops of the drifts look like cresting waves! Great captures.

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  2. Oh my gosh, I absolutely love the pictures of the drifts. They are so beautiful, one makes me think of waves about to crash on a beach, and a couple make me think of the border of a cake. ....which makes me want to eat cake....but anyhow...these are awesome!!!!!

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  3. I really love snow. Seriously. It's beautiful.

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  4. Those drifts are AMAZING!! It looks like waves of the ocean - but with snow! I think you did a great job!!

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  5. OMG I haven't seen snow drifts like this since I lived in Chicago!

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  6. You did a fabulous job! Capturing good snow pictures is really hard. Snow wreaks havoc on the light meter. Your shots are amazing. And I am very glad you didn't freeze to death!

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  7. Makes me oh so glad to live in Texas where the weather is a sunny 44 degrees even if the wind is blowing from the north it still is WAY above the blizzard temperatures ya'll are experiencing!

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  8. Wow, the snow drifts are amazing to me (being the Southerner that I am). I'd love to see it and "capture" it myself but not sure I could handle the cold!!

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  9. Wow, those are some really interesting snow drifts!

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  10. I love the snow drifts that have folded over. It looks so surreal that nature can produce something like that. I love winter...where I live. I probably wouldn't much care for the endless snow and cold of the midwest. But it sure does make for pretty pictures.

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  11. I love the way the snow drift folded over on itself! And the photo with the sunset/rise is gorgeous.

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  12. Those drifts are beautiful! Very cool shots.

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  13. THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!! And I LOVE what you wrote! Come on down to Georgia; the weather's fine...now that the ice has melted! It was pretty but very dangerous yesterday but it's now 50 degrees and kind of soggy.

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  14. Those are great snow formations! Great capturing. :)

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  15. Gosh, those sunset photos are just gorgeous!

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  16. You did an incredible job. Erin is right. The snow drifts look likes waves at the beach. Great job! Have you checked the leaderboard? Hooray Losers!!!

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  17. I think you did an awesome job! The snow drifts are amazing!

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  18. That sounds like our weather last year. Hope you don't get covered up with snow! I really like that last one of the cornfield.

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  19. i grew up in the midwest and your pics made me MISS those winter drifts!!!

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  20. The snow looks like marshmellow folded over....so breathtaking....so beautiful!

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