Mepo
May 7, 2013 |
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You are obviously in the wrong part of Australia :-) but come and visit anytime, just bring your fur booties LOL Thanks for the comment, That storm caught a lot of people unprepared.
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NEAT
May 7, 2013 |
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I love this it's awesome, wish it would snow here sometimes just so I could get some awesome pics of people playing in it. |
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mrsawyer
Mar 11, 2013 |
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I like the action portrayed here. A lower camera angle would have grabbed more of the grimace though. |
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Mepo
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Thank you all for your comments. I'm so glad so many liked it. I was happy to capture the falling flakes but it did take several tries. This was a student leaving our local college. When he left for class this morning it was a bright sunny day; the afternoon storm caught most people off guard. Notice that he does not have any gloves. Typical of most students - at least he has a hood on his jacket. I decided long ago that students do not wear gloves and hats simply because their mothers remind them to do it every day. LOL
LaRee - yes we do walk around in this - we have no choice. This was the heavy wet snow that gets into every crack in your clothing and then melts. I happy that several of you liked the expression on his face. Catching it was pure chance - in most of the other shots I took that day the snow destroyed the facial expressions. Next time I will sacrifice the RAW capture and go to burst mode.
doto: I do have a storm hood for my camera but it's flexible plastic and gets rigid in the cold. I cheated this time by parking my car in the parking lot across the street and took some shots through the open window. Got a lot of snow in the car but myself and the camera stayed pretty dry for a change.
Edited on Mar 11, 2013
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johncomyn
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Good capture of falling snow, quite difficult to achieve. |
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Lo
Mar 10, 2013 |
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The expressions says it all - Caught in a freak blizzard with white out conditions that brings traffic down to a crawl. Gotta love winter! |
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SpecialGuestJudge
Mar 10, 2013 |
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First Impression - 5/5
Contrast - 5/5
Composition - 5/5
Tone / Texture - 4/5
Brrrr a great shot of a snowy day, good composition and crontrast. |
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forkcandles
Mar 9, 2013 |
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no words needed B........Cold................. |
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LaRee
Mar 8, 2013 |
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Dang that is a blizzard! Do people really have to walk around in that kind of weather?!? The grimace on his face kind of tells the story doesn't it. |
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Jade O.
Mar 8, 2013 |
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An effective treatment of the monotone medium and the subject and framing are so good I feel a little like this is more of a snapshot that a well caught candid. |
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JaneyKay
Mar 8, 2013 |
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Excellent! There's a story going on here. Battling against the snow ... the cold ... great expression captured. In my top 3. |
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Steven T
Mar 8, 2013 |
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Nice black and white from a high contrast scene. The pained expression and body language tell the story. Good work. |
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Mepo
Mar 8, 2013 |
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doto: Coming from you that comment is highly valued. Your work with monochrome portraits is inspirational! |
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doto
Mar 8, 2013 |
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I like this one very much, hope you and the camera survived :) |
