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First Snow of the Season in Western NC


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As a slow-moving cold front approached the area, it started as a forecast of rain, later with flurries on the back end. Then a dusting of snow. What in fact happened was that over 30 centimeters of wet, heavy snow blanketed the area from Friday morning through Saturday morning, offering an unexpected opportunity for photography. The snow was so wet that it clung to tree branches at improbable angles, almost resembling rime ice more than snow; and numerous branches snapped during and after the storm.

 

Pictures were taken with the Sony A900 camera; unless otherwise indicated, the Steinheil Cassar-S was fitted with the Baader U2 filter and used at f/16. Display intent is BGR.

 

"Presiding" (Mount Olivet Cemetery.)

 

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"A Hearth Gone Cold" (Asahi 35mm lens.)

 

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"Snow in Zirconia." 3.2 second exposure.

 

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"Alone with the Night." 4 minute exposure.

 

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The last frame shows a mixture of sodium- and mercury-vapor illumination. Several lit signs on buildings in the background are efficiently blacked out by the filter. Public lights in the area are slowly being converted to LED illumination; ultimately, this kind of nocturnal photography will no longer be possible.

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Lovely series, Clark.

 

It is interesting to see UV snow scapes. Am I correct in assuming that North Carolina usually does not get much snow except perhaps in the more mountainous regions? That same snow storm moved up the Atlantic coast and gave us our first snow of the season here in New Jersey. The first snow is always so pretty. After that, well, it can become a bit tedious here during some winters as the mounds pile up in parking lots and everything becomes an icy mush. :)

 

Thanks also for the contribution to UV night photography.

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Where we are, at 2,280' above sea level, it is typical to get perhaps 1-3 measurable snowfalls per season, though most are not as big as this one was--the last such was a few years back, as I recall. Some seasons we get only flurries, and nothing accumulates. This is becoming more likely as the climate warms. It is of course different at different elevations.
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Postscript: First Snow of the New Year

 

This storm was lighter than the last one and much colder, about 5-10cm of dry, powdery snow. A chill wind was blowing out of the north as this image was obtained. The Sony A900 was used with the Steinheil Cassar-S at f/16 and 1.6 seconds. Display intent is BGR.

 

"Saluda Grade Base in Snow:"

 

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I always like the crisp white afforded by fresh snow in pictures such as this. Other things of note are the two old switchman's shacks at right: in visible light, they appear a virtually identical shade of grey, but they look very different in UV (as some older pictures of mine have already shown.) One of them has a very different finish than the other. Also, a distracting temporary traffic light on a garish orange swing-arm is efficiently blacked out by the filter and is much less obtrusive than it is to the naked eye.

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