Blizzard On The Farm

Thanks Darryl!! LoL….a bit cold? LoL It was freezing!! And the wind was about 60km per hour! A very good reason to pursue still life photography. :-D

Thanks Jan! And it only took a week for my fingers to thaw out! :-D

Thanks Heather….and I know you know what that cold is like!! :-D

Wow…what a great comment Sandy! Thank you so much….and thanks for the fav! :-)

Thank you Ian! :-)

Thanks so much Antanas! I appreciate the comment! :-)

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment Joanne! One thing about winter, at least the extremes of winter not the dull dishwater weather of March, is that we’ve got lots of photo ops…..if we don’t freeze our appendages off while trying to shoot them! :-D

Thank you Jolie! I appreciate the comment! :-)

The winds were absolutely crazy that day Dee…one of those times a person needs to brace against something. Thanks for the comment! :-)

Thank you Kate! I’m so glad you get the feel of the day with this shot. Protecting the camera was quite a challenge though. :-D

David, this is a truly lovely comment and I thank you for it. I think there’s something timeless about farm pictures… at least for me there is. Perhaps it’s about the classic image of provision….and if I’ve managed a timelessness in this then I’ve succeeded with this shot and grateful to have done so. :-)

Thank you fauselr! :-)

Thank you so much John! To convey something as ‘unseen’ as temperature is a bit of a head scratcher sometimes….I’m glad this seems to have done that. :-)

Thank you Betha! :-)

Thank you so much Carolyn! It’s amazing to me at times the way light or weather conditions can change a scene so radically. Each time I drive by this farm (which is fairly often) I think of this day and the way it made the farm appear quite magical to me. Most days it’s just an ordinary farm. :-D Since I took up photography I have a new appreciation for a blizzard. LoL

HH, you’re clever in your question about the camera. It was quite a feat to keep it covered as much as possible in all the blowing snow. In fact, the snow was blowing so hard that it felt like needles on my face. I had to keep my coat open so I could tuck the camera in there….then try to figure out the shot without using the viewfinder because I wasn’t going to expose the camera any more than necessary. As it was, it took a bit of cloning to clear the spots that hit the lens. The sky was almost weird that day….in Blizzard Sunset the sky and snow became quite mauve. In some other shots I have from the day the sun came out in the midst of the storm and the sky had many streaks of pink and gold….all so unusual when a snowy day normally means a very grey or white sky. A lot of what appears to be clouds here is blowing, billowing snow. I haven’t seen a day like it since but I do keep my eyes open.

Thanks Kathy! The effect of the wind on snow is great for photography…..not so great when we’re driving through it though! LoL Fortunately, this was on a very lonely country road but the whiteouts were awful…great conditions for landing in the ditch! :-D

Thank you Des! Ahhh yes, the joys of a Canadian winter means we get lots of forceful weather. :-D

Not that I want you to be cold Rose…but ‘good’! I was hoping the photo would convey the conditions of the day. :-)

LoL Lorilee. Thanks! :-)

Megan, thank you for such an effusive comment! I reeeally appreciate it! :-)

Thank you Daniel! :-)

Thank you so much Micmac! That’s such a great comment!!! :-)

LoL Dottie! Thank you so much for such a lovely (and fun) comment!! And thanks for those favouritings too!!! :-D

Thanks Curtiss! I’m so glad you like the mood of this. :-)