Depot Town in the Snow....

Depot Town - Ypsilanti, MI

So as I emerged from the depths of Riverside Park the other night....headed back to where I had parked my truck, I came up on the above scene.  On a bar night, in a college town, it's not too often that you can walk up on almost deserted streets, but the heavy snowfall ensured that the sidewalks would be virtually deserted.

My Canon caked with snow, batteries almost dead, I knew I couldn't just head back to the truck, I had to try and make the picture before the last bit of juice was drained and the camera went black.  After all, when would I get a scene like this again?  Not likely anytime soon.

I set up my tripod alongside of Cross Street, wiped the snow and condensation from the front of the lens, and the top LCD, and framed my shot!

I'd like to think that if Thomas Kinkade visited Depot Town, his painting would look something like this. 

-MT

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