Snow-Scape Moon-Scape
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Redcow
February 17, 2013
This is so smooth and glossy it is hard to believe it is real. Thanks for sharing this great image with us.
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julieklene
April 29, 2013
so gorgeous! the snow looks like whipped-cream! absolutely fantastic shot!
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On a cold January afternoon, I came across A big pile of snow, that had been pushed to the edge of a small parking lot, just on the edge of the harbour. As I stopped and looked around I saw this beautiful formation. Due to the cold weather and great shadows and lines in the snow, I decided to take this picture in Black & White. As I looked closer at the angles I wanted to give this a look of being up in the mountains or on top of a hill, so I layed down on this snow and slush to take this.Time
Picture was take in the afternoon with the temperature being around -25 celsius.Lighting
The sun was shining with a few clouds.Equipment
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i Aperture: f/11.0 ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/400 No tripod or filters were used.Inspiration
The first thing I thought about when I looked at this snowbank was, This reminds me of a dessert made of snow, this is why the title: Snow Scape - Moon Scape.Editing
I didn't do any post-processing on this, I took this in Black & White and at the time I took this, I was still only used the Canon software that came with my camera.In my camera bag
Since I took this picture in 2013, I have upgraded to a Canon 70D and use the following lenses. Canon EF-s 10-18mm, Sigma 24-70mm F2.8, Tokina 100mm F2.8 Macro. HOYA ND 64 & 1000. Cokin Graduated ND Filters, Intervalometer, Tripod, Polarizing filterFeedback
When I take landscape pictures I normally focus on a large depth of field and set my F-stop between F/11-16. However with snow it is a little trickier as I would normally underexpose my images to give my colours a pop. With snow I overexpose so the snow is more white as it can easily turn grey. I control this by setting camera while pointing on the bottom part of the picture where it is shady, as this is my priority in the picture. my next step is to measure at the top of the snow bank as I didn't want to overexpose that part. Controlling you light meter/Bracket, is the tool I utilize the most as it gives me full control over the outcome of my pictures, so I have to spend limited time on post processing. This is a technique I started using in 1985 and have carried over to digital photography.
