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San Diego Snow...Self Portraits...and Naps
If you want to capture snow, you need low, angled light.
I discovered that car headlights can offer surprisingly good lighting last night... San Diego is known for it's mild weather year-round...but even San Diego's local mountains can put on their own Winter display from time to time. Last night at 5:00PM, it was nearly dark, but I decided to just go alone. Nearing the mountains, the highway police were turning cars away unless they had a 4-wheel drive vehicle with chains and snow tires.which I had.so they let me go. To make a long story short.if I had come ˝ hour later, they wouldn't have let me go, because the roads became too dangerous. I ended up being one of only a few people up there at all, because they closed the road completely to others. I'm sure most of you in colder areas know how slippery ice-covered roads are.but one of the few OTHERS apparently did not know this, and lost control of their vehicle right in front of me and slid into a ditch where they became quite stuck. I ended up pulling them out with my vehicle. The funny thing was, only about one mile farther, I pulled ANOTHER person out of ANOTHER ditch after they got stuck also. -Sometimes it's good to have the right vehicle...and a brain (wonder what that's like...) Anyway. While there, the snow stopped for a little while, and I spent some time just lying on the ground on my back.in the middle of the snow.and staring up at the sky through the tree branches. It was just so peaceful and perfect there. Cold, but wonderful and perfect. So these are pictures that I took. He http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893527/original The strange yellow in the tree picture was due to the mixture of two distinctly different light near a cabin. Snow Bed Nap-time: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893517/original Mark˛ wakes up: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893523/original And smiles: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893519/original More car head-light lighting: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893516/original Snow-Plow Ghost: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893529/original San Diego Icicles!: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/71893525/original -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark˛ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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San Diego Snow...Self Portraits...and Naps
Ah, yes, Sunrise Highway...
The first one puts me in mind of Frank Zappa: "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow!" Nice shots, Mark! -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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