First Snow of the Season!

This winter has been pretty strange, as far as the weather is concerned.  Usually, we get quite a bit of snow, and by this time of the year, we usually have already had a foot or two.  Other than a few light dustings, that haven't been heavy enough to cling to the ground.

Last night, we finally got our first real snow fall of the year.  To commemorate this event, I knew that the photo I chose, had to be a snowy one!  Unfortunately for me, the snow still wasn't heavy enough to create that "Winter Wonderland" kind of feeling in any of the locations that I visited.  Sure, I could have always photoshopped in some extra snow, but that would have been cheating!

After work, I was heading to my car, when I noticed the lamp posts in the parking lot had kind of a cool halo effect around them due to the falling snow.  My SLR was in the car, but I decided instead to get the capture with my Canon Powershot G7 (a point and shoot).  The G7 was up to the task, I set it to manual, ISO 200, with an f/2.8 aperture, and fired a test shot.  I then increased my shutter, until most of the ambient light was gone, getting the photo you see here. 

-MT