WOW!

There was snow. Not big time snow, but snow anyway.

I had to be in Redmond Friday night so that I could drop off my son at his 4H practice. He would be there for an hour and a half. I wanted to photograph the evening, but he thought that I should probably find something else to do. Well then, what should I do?

I decided to head to Smith Rock and see what was going on.

It was dark and snowing, but more than that it was blowing. I almost turned around due to the fact that I could barely see past the hood of the car. I trudged on, and due to my familiarity with the area, I found a spot that I believed to be a good viewpoint.

Magically, the snow stopped as soon as I got there.

I set the tripod out rather low (due to the wind), and got the camera ready to make an image of the scene in front of me that might include the cool clouds that were blowing over. After the first shot, I realized that the full moon had risen and was periodically making its appearance between the swift moving clouds. I waited a bit and captured this image:



I soon found that my viewpoint, although fine, wasn’t optimal. But, I didn’t have the time to move to where I really needed to be. So, while the shutter was open (and I was freezing), I found myself saying “WOW!” The canyon was being lit up by a moon that was covered with moving clouds. The light would hit one end of the exposed rocks, and then move around quickly.

WOW!

When I went back to pick up my son, I had a few moments to try and make an image of the snow that was again literally falling sideways. I didn’t set up the tripod, so it’s kind of blurry, but you get the picture.



I post this as a reminder to those with a camera and some spare time. Even though it might be dark, you can still have fun making images.

Gary