Any Port In A Storm
Third Place in the “Beauty And The Bleak” Challenge in Winter In The North-East Group February 26, 2009.
Freatured Photo in Winter In The North-East USA February 9, 2009.
Another shot taken on January 20, 2009, on top of Blue Knob Mountain in Claysburg, PA. If you look closely, you can see that a fine snow was still falling.
Camera used Nikon D40x, with the fabulous 18-200mm Vr Nikon lens.

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Grumpy02
This is a wonderful shot—great shot
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, thank you so much!!!!!
SandraRos
What a CRACKING SHOT !!! Excellent, what a star you are !
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, Sandra, you sweetie!!! Thank you so much!!!!
dinghysailor1
marvellous!!!!
Lois Bryan replied
Hiiii Maggie!!! Thank you, dear girl!!!! It’s not a frost covered stone bridge, but i’ll keep looking!!! LOL!!
artisandelimage
gorgeous ! to print, to frame and to hang with pride !
my best, francis.
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Francis!!!! Thank you!!!! What a lovely compliment!!!
Jeff Palm Phot...
Sweet looks like a heat wave made it through!!!!!!!!!!! LOL NOT!
Lois Bryan replied
Jeffrey … well, sort of?? We had just climbed out of the minus digits the day before, when I snapped this one!!!!! LOL!!!!
Lois Bryan
LjMaxx
Really a lovely, well done photo Lois. Beautiful!
Lois Bryan replied
Hiiii Lj!!!! Thank you so much, hon!!!!!
Von McKnelly
I don’t care for snow and ham
I don’t care for yellow snow and ham
I will not eat yellow snow and ham
Delicious winter image Lois!
Lois Bryan replied
Von!!! Does that have anything to do with green eggs and ham, too?? As to the yellow snow … first heard that when I was a kid … I can still remember the giggle fits when it dawned on me what it meant!!!!! Thank you!!!!
jacqi
Another stunning shot Lois, great light again!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi jacqi!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!! I think I’m running out of shots from this particular day, lol!!!
Mike Griffiths
Hi Lois! BEautiful image indeed! You get my bmail from yesterday?
Lois Bryan replied
Hiiii Mike!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!! And yes, i sure did!!!!
Paul Gitto
wonderful scene!
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you!!!
Deborah H. Benoit
Simply stunning!!!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Deborah!!!! Thanks, hon!!!
RichardKlos
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Richard!!!! Thank you so much!!
LYN EVANS
Absolutely awesome image Lois. Fabulous scene and a fave for me.
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, thank you, Lynnie!!!!!
Patricia Montg...
You have such a great eye for composition! This is a fantastic image, Lois! Kudos!!
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, Patricia, thank you so much!!!!! Truthfully, I should have scooted the shack over to the right a little more, but there are some unclonable things just to the left there that I knew I’d never have the patience to make go away, lol!!!!
rmenaker
love the capture… wow, that looks cold! brrrr….
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!! Yepper .. it was cold!!!!
Béla Török
Wow, it must have been very cold there! Excellent capture, my friend!
Lois Bryan replied
... laughing … yepper … that it was, indeedy!!!!
jewelskings
Fabulous Picture Lois!
Lois Bryan replied
Hiiii Jewel!!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!
bill oneil
brrrrrrr, Im shivering in my boots, another 40 plus Celsius day here and you put up snow shots…wonderful beautiful image, and can you transpose me there foran hour or two please…...pretty please..
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!! Bill!!! Just hop on a plane!!!!!! Noooooo problem!!!!! And it looks like we’re due for another big storm early next week!!!! Get packin’ and get crackin’!!!!!
Evita
Beautiful!! :D
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, sweetie!!
velveteagle
Oh this looks like a cold day.. We are getting 4-8 inches in the next 24 here.. I am tempted to go out and capture some.. Great work Lois..
Chuck..
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, you SHOULD!!!! My husband just came in and was talking to some people up in PA … we’ve got 4 inches of new stuff today … and I think more on the way up there!!!!! I’ll be waiting to see your snow stuff!!!!!!
solareclips~Ju...
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, Julie!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!!!
lorilee
A wonderful winter image – sooooo beautiful!!!!!!
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, Lori, hon!!!!
BarbaraManis
Oh my, Lois. When it goes below 70 here, I start shivering!!! A wonderful winter scene, but brrrrrr…... it’s cold!!!
Lois Bryan replied
Barbara, Barbara … an old New Yorker like yourself?? Afraid of a little snow??? ROFL!!!!! Actually, all kidding aside, it does get pretty cold up there!!!!!
richiedean
Pure magic Lois …............. been in a fight yet ? .............. :))
Lois Bryan replied
Fight??? Snowball fight??? LOL!!! Actually … my son’s been known to lob one in my direction upon occasion!!! But both he and my husband are ski instructors up there so by the time they get back to the cabin they’re usually too pooped for horseplay. In fact, everyone but me skis!!! I’m the one all bundled up like the Michelin man with the black thing stuck to my face!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS
WOW and DOUBLE WOW !!!! Outstanding capture, Lois. Absolutely beautiful.
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you so much, Mick!!!!! So glad you like it!!!
Jane Best
Beautiful and very powerful, Lois! Well done.
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Jane!!!! Thank you!!!
Clive
This has winner written all over it Lois, absolutely fantasmagorical, straight to the faves my friend xx
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, Clive, you darling!!!! Thank you!!! What a lovely thing to say!!!!
Curtiss Simpson
Outstanding Lois love what you did with this beautiful tone composition and detail !
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Curtiss!!!!! Many thanks, hon!!!! I only wish I’d taken more shots that day … had no way of knowing if what i was shooting was turning out or not!!! LOL!! It was soooooo cold, and I can’t really “read” that lcd screen very well at all!!!!!
jeffrae
Glad you left it as is…didn’t need a thing…it is beautiful jus the way it is!
Lois Bryan replied
Oh, I’m so happy you think so!!!!! Thank you!!
Heloisa Castro
gorgeous capture
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Heloisa!!!! Thank you so much, my friend!!
Darryl SANT
Superb. Great shot.
Lois Bryan replied
hi Darryl!!! Thank you so much!!
Gary L. Suddath
stunning image
Lois Bryan replied
Hiiii Gary!!! Thank you so much, dear!!!
seawhisper
snooooow :) there wasn’t much snow this year in Warsaw, but it seems it may change, because it started to snow just few hours ago :)
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you!!!!! But be careful what you wish for … you just might get it!!! LOL!!! Winter’s not over yet!!!!! Maybe you’ll be able to get out and snap some fabulous winter shots soon, too!!!!! Thank you again!!
ericseyes
Awesome shot Lois, I love the overall feel of it. Great color treatment too!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Eric!!!! Thank you so much!!! But there really wasn’t a “color treatment” at all … the light itself … filtering through those crazy clouds … did it all. I kind of wish it were a treatment … it would mean I’d be able to reproduce it!!!!!! LOL!!!
Ken Fortie
Sooo cold, well done.
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Ken!!! Thank you!!!!! And yes, it WAAAAASSS C-C-Cold!!! LOL!!
GerryMac
beautiful composition Lois! great capture!
Lois Bryan replied
Gerry, thank you very much … I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!!
ldeiter78
Outstanding wintry capture. I love your all of your winter scenery. I’m just dying to take some of my own!!! My hubby said possible snow storm Monday night????? Probably another fizzle!
Lois Bryan replied
sweetie, i think we’re due for a good one … yepper … I’m hearing Monday is gonna be a doozie!!! LOL!! Hurry … let’s get to the grocery store and stock up on TP!!! ROFL!!!
Beve Brown-Clark
Very delightful winter scene…did you HDR this one?? (blink blink)....you are really stepping up the compositions and lightings of your work…I am lov’n it!! :) Fence is perfect!!! Giving you a big old hug of happiness…:)
Lois Bryan replied
hiiiii sweetie!!! nope … didn’t do anything special to any of the shots in this series. this one did get cropped, I think … I just must have had the camera setting right for once, lol!!!!!! Thank you, thank you sooo much for your lovely note, sweetheart!!!!! Well, it’s past midnight here and I think I’m about to crash!!! Will speak atcha tomorrow!!!! Hugzzzzz back to ya!!!
Jerame *
great capture!
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, Jerame!!!!! So glad you liked this one … it was so cold, and I really couldn’t see the lcd screen very well, so was basically shooting blind, lol!!!! I was lucky this group turned out okay!!!!! Thank you again!!
Tori Snow
Burrr! A shot like this would be worth braving the cold for. Beautifully done :-)
Lois Bryan replied
Thank you, thank you!!! And yes, it WAS cold!!!!
terezadelpilar
MARVELLOUS LOIS!
Lois Bryan replied
Hello sweetie!!!!!! Thank you!!!
Prasad
Fantastic work!
Lois Bryan replied
thank you very much, Prasad!!!
jeffwilson
Beautiful picture, Lois
Lois Bryan replied
thank you, Jeff … it was an extraordinary day!!!
Joanne Bradley
Lovely balance and composition to this image Lois!
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, Joanne!!!! That whole composition thing is a thorn in my side, but I keep trying, lol!!!!!
Angie McKenzie
girl!!!! you did it again!!!! wonderful winter scene!!!! beautiful!!
Lois Bryan replied
LOL!!! Thank you, Angie!!!!! A couple more, then I’ll stop!!!! But sooo glad you liked it!!!!
Yani
Wondrerful image , so real !
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Yani!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Yani
You welcome !
van049
FABULOUS IMAGE!! GREAT DOF AND COMPOSITION!!!xx
Lois Bryan replied
Thanks, Van!!!
Elizabeth Bravo
You have an amazing eye for beautiful things. This is STUNNING!!!! But I would not want to be in that Port.
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Elizabeth!!!! My apologies for missing your lovely note!!!!! Thank you … I’m so honored!!!
Colleen D. Gjefle
Lois, I usually really hate winter scenes (brrrrr!) but this one’s totally cool!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Colleen!!!! Thank you so much … this was an extraordinary “light” day … I was really amazed at how the shots turned out. Wasn’t even going to bother shooting, I ‘m more a bright sunshine person … but I’m glad I gave this day a try because these are unusual!!
nancie
great capture!!
Lois Bryan replied
Hi Nancie!!! Thank you!!!
Magee
This series of three are simply ‘To Die For’!!!!
Excellent photography Lois!! :-))
Lois Bryan replied
So glad you liked these … it was a very unusual day … from the looks of the lcd screen, I didn’t even think the shots were turning out!!!