It Finally Snowed

If you have been following along with our winter weather posts, you probably know that while we got a small amount of snow several times, we mainly got ice and freezing rain. But that all changed last week when it snowed at our house.

In this first photo, we had just arrived home. Most of the way there, we only saw a few snowflakes here and there, but once we got close to home, it was really starting to come down.

This view was just to the right of the previous view. If I were really good, I would have put several of those together into a panorama photo. But I didn’t. Evidently, I’m not really good.

This view was to the left of the first view. Again, read the previous paragraph about really good and panoramas and just once again come to the same conclusion.

After I had taken those first few photos, Jaylin said that you could see it all even better from the upstairs window, so that’s where I took this photo from. A better view, and it was warmer inside, too. That kid might be on to something there.

This view is of the back pasture. And if you look at the pine tree, you can see the snowflakes coming down in front of it. It definitely was a good snow. But it was starting to get dark, so getting more snow photos was going to be difficult.

After the snow had mostly ended, and nighttime had set in, I went outside again with my camera and tripod for a few more photos. You can’t really tell here, but there were still a few snowflakes falling at this time. The long exposure causes them not to show up, though.

These nighttime photos were a bit tricky. That light on the post has a high pressure sodium lamp, which gives an orange glow to everything. Adjusting the white balance until everything looked a natural color took a little bit of work. But it was worth it, as was braving the cold for these photos.

Although it doesn’t look it here, it was completely dark by the time I took these photos. The main light that you can see was from our post light in the front yard. Pretty amazing what you can capture with a long exposure. This one was a 21 second exposure, in case you were wondering. I think I was going for a 20 second exposure and lost count, if you are wondering about the odd number.

The bushes here almost look like the cotton plants that grow around here when they are in bloom, but that is actually snow on the azaleas and not cotton. Really.

By the next morning, the snow was starting to melt, so we ended up making our usual drive to town. Before we left home, the melting snow created an unusual fog, which was really neat to see with everything already white to begin with.

Here is one more foggy, snowy view for you. After we had driven for a little bit, the fog lifted and the snow really looked great against the blue sky as the sun hit the snow covered trees and ground. But unfortunately, I don’t have any photos of that because I was driving. And by the time we got home that afternoon, all of the snow had melted. Easy come, easy go. Or something like that.

I did appreciate that we didn’t have many problems because of the snow, except for the fact that we weren’t able to go back out to church that Wednesday evening. But the snow looked nice and then it was gone, which suits me just fine. Since I am ready for summer and all.

As of this writing, we just might have more winter weather on the way. Seriously. And there is definitely another winter weather post or two coming up, too. Be sure to check back for more!

About the photo:
Each photo is a single RAW exposure, processed in Photoshop. Read more about the photo software and gear I use at the camera gear page.
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10
Lens: Olympus 14-42mm IIR