Taking pictures of snow scenes is one of the most difficult projects to tackle. Digital cameras make it a little more simple than film because there are contrast compensating features built into the camera and such to correct for extremes in lighting that occur instead of having to "push/pull" as with film. In my most recent trip I ended up using the manual controls because the extremes in lighting were under-exposing almost every shot. I also used "D-lighting" compensation in every shot on my Nikon D3000 just so pics would not be too contrasty and even then the snow was washed out in many of the shots. Shooting in "raw" mode gave me more control correcting them but it was
still a choice of having an overall flatness or washed out hightlights. In all, I thought they turned out pretty good.
This is a stalagmite that formed from water draining from the roof of a building. That's my daughter Jessica standing by it.
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Trees with a small pavilion on the right.
Trees on a hill.
Light through some small trees.
More trees.
A bench.
A flower growing in a window in a nearby building reminding me spring is almost here.
One in black & white.
A path.
A small creek.
Geese starting to fly home!
