Winter Wonderland: Post Your Photos

[rguinter]

Greetings:

Winter is my favorite time of the year and I love winter photos.

So I'm starting this thread hoping others will show some of their favorites.

This one in my town center at midnight during our Dec 26-27 storm. Snow was flying fiercely and I used my body to block the wind against my Tachihara.

Resulting sharpness was quite a surprise.

Bob G.

[Nathan Potter]

Bob, very nice image; has a particular charm about it.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[rguinter]

Bob, very nice image; has a particular charm about it.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Thanks Nate. Given the heavy wind and blowing snow I really didn't expect it to come out.

When I left the house at 11 PM there was a lull in the storm that I had been waiting for all day. But the snow drifts were deep and the usually 15-minute walk took more than half an hour. And by the time I set up the conditions had changed and the snow was blowing again.

But given all the effort I shot 8-sheets of various film anyway... 4 each in two different locations.

The previous image f8 @ 15-sec on outdated 4x5-inch PRT that I bought from a member here last month.

The one attached in this post the same exposure on RDP II.

All taken with a 135-mm SA that I also bought from another member here.

And I was pleasantly surprised when the film came back from the lab. Both are keepers.

Cheers. Bob G.

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/share/night-crack-up-1.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/winter-car-crash/)

Winter yes. Wonderland ...perhaps not. :D 135mm Wolly on Acros 100.

[rguinter]

An oldie but goodie (for me anyway). One of my favorite places on Earth... Northern Maine. Feb 1997.

Fuji 6x9-cm on Scala 200.

Bob G.

[Filmnut]

Here are a couple of mine I shot about 3 winters ago. I too love shooting in the winter!
All shot with my trusty 4X5 Speed Graphic.
Keith

[Jeffrey Sipress]

The Merced River in Yosemite, Dec. 2008.


http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/merced2.jpg

Ebony SV45U, Delta 100, and a lens I own but forgot which one I used.

[Lon Overacker]

Hey Jeffrey - nice winter image. Even looks familiar? Can't figure out why though ;)

I think Yosemite after a winter snow storm defines the term "winter wonderland." This is from Jan 2010. Backdrop is of course El Capitan.

Mods - wouldn't this fit better in Image Sharing?

http://www.lonoveracker.com/images/npn/40014SH_1050.jpg
Chamonix 45-0N1, Nikkor 450mm, V100F

[rguinter]

Lon:

I started it here so smaller formats could be posted.

But if it can be moved I have no objections.

These on Kodachrome PKR-120. Widelux 1500, f11 @ 1/60, Patterson Falls, Patterson, NJ... where Samuel Colt invented the 45 Colt Revolver.

Bob G.

[dsim]

Wow everyone, some beautiful images.

@Lon and Jeffrey: Wonderful detail, a definite treat.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Yeah, Lon, just down the road a bit. That's an fabulous image!

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/landscape/38.jpg
After a Snowfall
Sinar P, 300mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, Pyrocat HD

[Thad Gerheim]

Idaho affordable housing.
http://www.thadgerheim.com

[Preston]

Jeffrey and Lon: Nice Yosemite shots!

--P

[Jim Becia]

Image taken in Zion a few years ago. I would love to get back there when something like this occurs again. Jim

[Jim Becia]

One other image for winter wonderland. Gives a different meaning to the term "tree hugger." Jim

[austin granger]

Intake Tower, Lake Almanor, California

http://austingranger.com/web/lights/56-intake_tower_lake_almanor.jpg

Panamint Range, Death Valley
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/61-panamint_range_death_valley.jpg

www.austingranger.com

[austin granger]

And a couple of color shots:

Snow, Leif Erickson Drive, Astoria, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/07-13_snow_off_leif_erickson.jpg

Approaching Storm, Columbia River
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/10-03_columbia_river_storm_approaching.jpg

www.austingranger.com

[Ken Lee]

One other image for winter wonderland. Gives a different meaning to the term "tree hugger." Jim

Beautifullllll !

[Scott --]

An old one: Watering can

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/Watering-Can.jpg

Koehler 10" Anastigmat, 4x5 Arista.EDU Ultra 100

[rguinter]

Image taken in Zion a few years ago. I would love to get back there when something like this occurs again. Jim

Jim: You certainly had some nice early morning light.

May I ask which film you used to catch this unique image?

Bob G.

[Pawlowski6132]

Some from Lake Michigan.

[Scott --]

Lookit that! I grew up in St. Joe! Nice shot of the North Pier lights.

[Pawlowski6132]

Lookit that! I grew up in St. Joe! Nice shot of the North Pier lights.

Oooooh. What an eye. All three shots are from the Silver Beach area.

[Jim Becia]

Jim: You certainly had some nice early morning light.

May I ask which film you used to catch this unique image?

Bob G.


Bob,

The image was taken using Velvia 50. I ended up over exposing by about 1/3 of a stop, but surprisingly, the film actually held the detail in the snow well enough. Also, it's an evening image. The hike up to the vantage point nearly killed me. It was an 800 foot climb in elevation through 18 inches of snow and underbrush. Thank goodness I gave myself plenty of time to get up there.

[Jim Cole]

Here's a couple from the Grand Canyon to compliment Jim Becia's fine image.

Stormy sunrise at the canyon. Almost missed this one while drinking coffee in the Yavapai Lodge parking lot. The storm was heavy enough to mentally write off making a photograph, then the OMG moment, running to the car, grabbing the 4x5 and setting up the shot. All in about 3 minutes.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5374984085_a55263be68_b.jpg

This one was a more leisurely one about mid-morning from Grandview Point.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5375583592_05a470074d_b.jpg

[David de Gruyl]

St. Germain-en-Laye, France, Early December. Chamonix 4x5. This was taken as the snow started turning to freezing rain.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5255542973_fec9a0e78a_b.jpg

[Scott Walker]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/Beecool/Lighthouse.jpg

Pilot Bay lighthouse, Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada, December 2010

Sinar P2 8x10, T-Max 100, 300mm Sinar Sinaron-S, contact Printed on Ilford MG FB and scaned on my crappy HP scanjet 4850 that I am begining to understand.
This is from a second print I made 1 grade lower and it scanned looking almost like the good print.

[Malcolm70]

From a local creek recently. Ebony 45; Fujinon 450C; Delta 400.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Another of the Merced in Yosemite.


http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/merced1a.jpg

[Robert Hughes]

Antietam battlefield. Confederate sharpshooters position, near the cornfield.

I foolishly crossed a barb wire fence to get this shot. As I was just about to snap the shutter, I looked to the left and saw an enormous bull about 50 yards away, glaring at me and swinging his tail.

"Sorry, bud - I'm outta here!" I got the shot and got away in one piece, whew! :p

[Thad Gerheim]

Here's a couple more from the top of the world. Taken with 4x5 Toyo AX

[SamReeves]

This one was a more leisurely one about mid-morning from Grandview Point.


Nice photo Jim. It makes me want to take the trip out there this very moment.

[Morca]

And a couple of color shots:

Snow, Leif Erickson Drive, Astoria, Oregon

Approaching Storm, Columbia River

www.austingranger.com

Very nice shots.

[austin granger]

Very nice shots.

Thank you Matt.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

An oldie...

jim k


Radium, Columbia Valley, British Columbia, Canada, 1988

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/88122417.jpg

[jim kitchen]

Another oldie... :)

jim k


Vermillion Crossing, British Columbia, Canada, 1986

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/86012402.jpg

[David Hedley]

Vermillion Crossing, British Columbia, Canada, 1986


Superb!

[Sanjay Sen]

Brilliant, as usual, Jim!

[mdm]

Another oldie... :)

jim k


Vermillion Crossing, British Columbia, Canada, 1986



May I ask a stupid question? Why are the trees in the foreground covered in snow but not those in the middle ground?

I like it a lot. Thank you for shareing it.

[jim kitchen]

Dear David,

The foreground trees along the river's edge happen to be covered in "Hoar Frost" ... :)

Excuse me if you already know this fact, but this effect occurs when moist warm air comes in contact with any bitterly cold body, causing long needle like ice crystal formations to rise and grow on the surface of the cold body instantly. The warmer flowing Vermillion River provided the source of the moisture, and the dense cold air mass during the stillness of the night more than likely caused a moist fog to rise off the river, which enveloped the trees along the river's edge, generating the effect you see in the image. The hoar frost can remain for a day or several hours, where the frost can be dispersed quickly by a brisk wind, or warmer daytime temperatures. The middle trees lost their snow cover days before, and my log book indicates that the daytime temperature happened to be minus twenty-eight degrees Celsius.

I got lucky with the view that day...

The mountain range in the background is named Hawk Ridge, just before the range runs into the Mitchell Range along Highway 93 South within the boundaries of Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

jim k

[Jim Cole]

Jim K.,

Another pair of great images.

[jim kitchen]

David, Sanjay and Jim,

Merci... :)

jim k

[Steve Gledhill]

Here's a couple from a few years back taken on a walk after a light overnight snowfall. I may have posted them before ...


http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/0334valeofpewsey.jpg
Misty Morning over the Vale of Pewsey

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/0335altonbarneswhitehorse.jpg
Alton Barnes White Horse

[Steve Gledhill]

And a couple more - the first shows how snow can make even the most ugly mining slag heap look beautiful.


http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/0506snowyslaghea.jpg
Blaenavon Slag Heap - in Winter

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/1128waterloggedlodgepolepinesinsnow.jpg
Yellowstone NP - Lodgepole Pines

[mdm]

Last one is super nice.

But you all can keep your winter! :)

[Sergio]

Hi at all, below my first picture on this forum, any coments welcome.
Italy, Dolomiti - Formin & Croda da Lago afther snow, two winther ago.
Toyo 45CF, Rodenstock Sironar S APO 150/5,6
Tmax 100, orange Filter.
Sergio

[bobwysiwyg]

Sergio,

Very dramatic image. I like it. :)

[Jim Cole]

Here's a couple from a few years back taken on a walk after a light overnight snowfall. I may have posted them before ...

[CENTER]
Misty Morning over the Vale of Pewsey

Love this one. It's so... painterly (is that a word?)

[Riccis]

http://riccisblog.com/images/content/winter-wonderland.jpg

[mrladewig]

http://ladewigs.com/Gallery/d/2941-1/45_E100G_20110124_006_sm.jpg

December Hoarfrost - 2010
4X5 E100G, Symmar-S 150/5.6

[Ken Lee]

Riccis - Beautiful, really great.

[Cor]

Here is my contribution:

http://members.casema.nl/cordieuwke/KerkMorraWinter2010.jpg

Shot the day after Christmas:



The church of the little village of Morra, Friesland province, The Netherlands

On 8*10 HP5+ at 200 Asa, processed in PyrocatHD. 240mm G-Claron, f32 front raise, Toyo Field 810M.
Printed on Ilford MG FB, 2 1/2.

Enjoy,

Corhttp://members.casema.nl/cordieuwke/Winter2010.html

[Cor]

..and here another one:

http://members.casema.nl/cordieuwke/KerkJouswierWinter2010.jpg

Also shot on 8x10 HP5+ at 200 asa, PyrocatHD.
ToyoField 810M, 300mm Symmar, f32

This time printed as a pure platinum print on Simili Japon paper.

The location is a tiny hamlet, Jouswier, Friesland province, The Netherlands,

Enjoy,

Cor

[Bob Kerner]

Inspired by Simon Roberts' "We English," I tried to capture the local leisure activity with my 4x5 following the Dec blizzard.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/5402255976_e70f2ed588_b.jpg


Portra 160 NC. Wisner Traditional. 210mm Fuji

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hello fine folks,

Looks like we are expecting an ice storm and snow all over the midwest.. I hope I can get out and get some shots ..! I have a feeling this thread will be a busy one..

[rguinter]

A local icon in my town since it was built in 1938.

Now needing a new roof but still an attraction for photos.

As kids we used to walk the dam and fish off the wheelhouse ledges.

Both on HSI 4x5 inch.

Bob G.

[Jukka75]

Hi.
Here is my first post in LF, i hope you like it.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5218763463_34f4f3efca_b.jpg

[ic-racer]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/ic-racer/2011/LedgesPark.jpg

Horseman/Topcor LF 90/5.6 on Horseman FA, Delta 100, Ilford MG FB

[ic-racer]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/ic-racer/2011/LedgesPark1.jpg
Horseman/Topcor LF 90/5.6 on Horseman FA, Delta 100, Ilford MG FB

[mdm]

Hi.
Here is my first post in LF, i hope you like it.


I like it. That low sun is something I know well in the winter.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Lighthouse in Saint Joseph Michigan 3thd week in Dec. 2010 w/ the group from Midwest Large Format Asylum,,, Frank and John, thx for letting me tag along!

Hope you guys got back to the asylum in time before they did the head count :D

4x5 iso 320 TXP w/ 115mm Grandagon N

[Steve M Hostetter]

Crucified ice in Saint Joseph, Michigan

4x5 320 TXP 115mm Grandagon N

[sly]

Brrr! Steven, your ice photo makes me very glad to live where such a thing is unlikely to happen. (These days you never know quite what the weather will bring!)

We usually have a couple of snowfalls every winter. This was taken in January, just a short way from our drive.

Crown Graphic, Delta 100, printed on MGWT, thiocarbamide toned

[kev curry]

Like the lighthouse shot Steve.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Thanks Kev :)

[Skorzen]

A couple from a few years back, I need to get out again.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4292394709_c41b0e7bc2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfournier/4292394709/)
Snow brook (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfournier/4292394709/) by wfournier (http://www.flickr.com/people/wfournier/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4273592225_2da6242b2c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfournier/4273592225/)
snowy hill (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfournier/4273592225/) by wfournier (http://www.flickr.com/people/wfournier/), on Flickr

[srbphoto]

Snowfall in San Mateo County, CA

[Steve M Hostetter]

Brrr! Steven, your ice photo makes me very glad to live where such a thing is unlikely to happen. (These days you never know quite what the weather will bring!)

We usually have a couple of snowfalls every winter. This was taken in January, just a short way from our drive.

Crown Graphic, Delta 100, printed on MGWT, thiocarbamide toned

sly,, I hear ya! like to froze me ice off :D

[Scratched Glass]

I love the lighting on the snow brook Skorzen.

[Jukka75]

Hi.
Here is two winter pics from Porvoo Finland.
http://jukka75.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Luonto%20ja%20eläimet/Talvi/Kylä.JPG/_medium.jpg

Small
http://jukka75.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Luonto%20ja%20eläimet/Talvi/Lumimaisema_1.jpg/_small.jpg
Link at the big one, size 18000 x 1252 px.http://jukka75.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Luonto%20ja%20el%E4imet/Talvi/Lumimaisema_1.jpg/full

Jukka

[Jim Cole]

Hi.
Here is two winter pics from Porvoo Finland.
Jukka

Really beautiful and brrrrrrr...

[Scratched Glass]

Ice Shove on Lake Winnebago, WI. Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Schneider Symmar -S 210mm Fuji Velvia 100 I also took some photos here in the moonlight with a 35mm camera, still have to process that roll.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5323619341_19756c70a4.jpg

I posted this in the December Landscapes, but I like it and it fits here.

[austin granger]

I think it was about 15 below zero when I made this. I felt (and looked) like an astronaut on Ganymede (it's actually Mono Lake).

[dperez]

Another oldie... :)

jim k

Vermillion Crossing, British Columbia, Canada, 1986

Love it!

[mdm]

I do too, and it gets better every time you look at it.

[jvuokko]

The Turku Castle, Finland. Last weekend.

4x5, FP4+ and SA 8/75mm

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-02-12-03%20linna-2%20web.jpg

[Ken Lee]

A couple from a few years back, I need to get out again.


Definitely. Those are lovely !!

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/2011-02-016 s2.jpg
Massachusetts, 2011
Sinar P, 450mm Fujinon C
4x5 TMY, D-23

[Armin Seeholzer]

Ken very good one, like it much!

[JWaldinger]

here's one from the first great snowmaggedon that hit the northeast right after Xmas.
Central Park, NY

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5305594918_5f2ae2681d_b.jpg



chamonix 45n-2
rodenstock 90mm grandagon N f4.5
kodak ektar 100



http://www.justinwaldinger.com

[bobwysiwyg]

I like that, a very nice pastoral-urban shot.

[Leonard Peterson]

Old World Wisconsin. I was up to my butt in snow, but I love suffering for my art!

[kev curry]

Nice photograph... looks like there's a whole lot of folks suffering in Wisconsin!

[jp498]

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img305.jpg

Main Street Rockland ME during a January storm. Few people were on the road, so I just stood in the middle of Route-1 and shot a couple sheets handheld and prefocused.

Speed graphic and Nikon 90SW 4.5 (tight fit! room for no adjustment) tmy2 xtol 1+1.

[jvuokko]

On the sea, yesterday.

4x5 Hp5+, SA 8/90mm.

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-03-15-5%20jaarailo%20v2%20iso%20web.jpg

[kevin4x5]

Taken with my Zone VI 4x5 Ilford film I don't have a scanner so this is the best I can do for posting

[adamc]

Winter isn't over yet in Northern Minnesota. This is from last weekend.

http://www.adamcostellophotography.com/images/working/field1.jpg


Adam

[jvuokko]

Some ice again.
It's melting now so no more ice photos, except perhaps some taken from the shore.

TMY2 with N-development in D-76 1+1. Old Hasemi field camera and Symmar-S 5.6/150mm stopped down to f/22½

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2011-03-15-1%20korsi%20jaalla%20web.jpg

[jp498]

Some ice again.
It's melting now so no more ice photos, except perhaps some taken from the shore.

TMY2 with N-development in D-76 1+1. Old Hasemi field camera and Symmar-S 5.6/150mm stopped down to f/22½


Very nice composition! Well exposed; the texture is perfect.

I love winter photos and shadows. I've been up to similar things with my DSLR (http://jason.philbrook.us/gallery3/index.php/2011/2011-01-15---winter-outdoors/_DSC2354) and MF.