Photo Of The Day - January 2022

[PinkyMacGodess]

I spent a lot of my adult years in Toronto and in the upstate and Finger Lakes Region of New York. As Jeff Foxworthy used to say, "You are a redneck from upstate NY if you drive 65mph in the snow"! From what I have read it was the the semi's who initially blocked the road, then it got worse from there. The are a lot of people who do not know how to drive in the snow. If the snow was wet and near freezing, that makes driving more dangerous. You are also right in that people should have heeded the weather forecast.

I drove through Canada in the middle of a blizzard, and having 4-wheel drive, and gripping the steering wheel, people in small cars were passing me like I was standing still. After watching a car spin out into the median and not flip over, I thought people would slow down, but I swear they actually sped up! They had gotten well over a foot of lake effect snow, and more was piling up. I thought the whole thing was a disaster waiting to happen, yet saw very few cars stuck, or crashed, thankfully. I wanted to be home, but spending the night in a snow drift wasn't on my list of things to do.

I was so amazed at the speed people drove at... ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM... I swear some were driving near and over 70mph! One car I remember apparently hit a patch of ice, and went off the road, stopping an estimated 100 feet off the road and covered with the snow they plowed through before they stopped. Yikes...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I snapped this a few years ago on my way to Kyoto. Just pure luck to have a clear view of Mount Fuji (Fujisan 富士山) from my seat on the Shinkansen Nozomi N700 doing over 170 mph. View attachment 1939203

My dad spent a week in Japan with the military and he said that looking at the mountain was odd. He described it as a calming feeling. Weird... I've heard others say that. *shrug* He wished he'd spent more time there. I live in 'flatland', so highway overpasses give me nosebleeds and altitude sickness. I'd worship any mountain...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

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Canon 70D, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM @ 250mm, ISO 200, 1/160 sec @ f/5.6

HAH! Defiance!!! Love it!

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Give 3 grown men 3” fresh powder snow … and we’re boys again playing , smiling, laughing

Yeah, a friend of mine posted a picture of their 'Fat boys fat bike Sunday', and in one they were all laying in the snow as if they all crashed. I am hoping the wife doesn't see their pics. They staged crashes with trees and other stuff too. Yeah, little kids, playing in the snow. My wife has no sense of humor about me crashing in a bike.

(I was test riding an 8k fat bike, and did an endo. I almost had a heart attack. Crashing a bike that expensive? I have a healthy respect for gravity and crashing too)

 

[shanson27]

Mostly cloudy and wet weather

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I snapped this a few years ago on my way to Kyoto. Just pure luck to have a clear view of Mount Fuji (Fujisan 富士山) from my seat on the Shinkansen Nozomi N700 doing over 170 mph. View attachment 1939203

Gold star if you used some sort of Fuji camera.

 

[macguru212]

Gold star if you used some sort of Fuji camera.

lol I used an iPhone 8 😁

 

[Clix Pix]

One of the geese swimming by the white foliage along the bank of the lake:

Sony A1 100-400mm with 1.4x TC

 

[katbel]

I had to warm up the feeder, too cold at night and during the day. It's Canada, true, but Southern BC rarely gets snow and these frigid temperatures. 2021 and beginning of 2022 are really different: heat domes in the summer, flooding in the fall and now so much snow: thanks goodness it rains in between snow falling and melts it but last night it was coming down a lot and there is more for the weekend. Kids are happy one day and sad the next one.

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

Sky over Haywards Heath last night.

 

[mollyc]

new year, new photo of me (sort of)

although i'm not yet comfortable calling myself a film photographer, it is a decided goal of mine to earn that title by year end.

nikon z6 + 50mm 1.8S + strobe | ISO 160 | f/1.8 | 1/160

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

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new year, new photo of me (sort of)

although i'm not yet comfortable calling myself a film photographer, it is a decided goal of mine to earn that title by year end.

nikon z6 + 50mm 1.8S + strobe | ISO 160 | f/1.8 | 1/160

Now go get that photo of Mount Fuji!

 

[AlaskaMoose]

We've apparently gotten around 8-9 inches. I'm not going out to measure it! LOL! I think this is the most accumulation we've had in several years. It IS pretty but can be treacherous, too, both for driving and for people staying at home, as power lines can be downed by branches and limbs falling due to the weight of the heavy snow. I've been lucky so far but others around the region have lost power.

From Christmas to New year approximately 26 inches of snow fell near Fairbanks, Alaska. Also some areas experienced windchills around minus 50 degrees F. I still have to edit some of the photos I took before the new year.

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halley says hi.

nikon z6ii + nikon 105mm macro (f mount) | ISO 1250 | f/3.2 | 1/200

I love your photo, "mollyc"

 

[Steven-iphone]

International - in the industry area of town

F/13 30.0mm 1/200s ISO-100 - dp2 Quattro

 

[stillcrazyman]

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

Very chilly start to the day in Sussex today! ?

 

[squawk7000]

Castle of Park, Glenluce, Scotland

 

[Internaut]

Local park in fog, taken with THE ENEMY (Google Pixel 4a 5G).

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

From Christmas to New year approximately 26 inches of snow fell near Fairbanks, Alaska. Also some areas experienced windchills around minus 50 degrees F. I still have to edit some of the photos I took before the new year.

I love your photo, "mollyc"

My sister got over 5 feet of snow in a day from a nor'easter. I was both envious, and stunned. That much snow, overnight, and just wow... She's also all of 5' and 80 pounds, so... Oh, so is her live-in boyfriend. I can't imagine that much snow, but it would be awesome. They had to have someone drive by and make sure their vents weren't covered by the drifts covering their house.

The coldest Ive ever experienced was around -35, and that was odd. It didn't *feel* that cold, which was a surprise, but there was no wind. Everything crunched, coat, hat, shoes.

 

[GrandeLatte]

Bought some flowers today.

 

[tizeye]

 

[citysnaps]

 

[Internaut]

The coldest Ive ever experienced was around -35, and that was odd. It didn't *feel* that cold, which was a surprise, but there was no wind. Everything crunched, coat, hat, shoes.

I've walked around (short distance) in a T Shirt in -25 (Lulea, North Sweden) but that was just to the nightclub around the corner from the hotel. Likewise, it didn't feel that cold. Just as we got back to the hotel, my Swede (actually my customer) I was with suggested we just stand there for a couple of minutes to experience it. The way that kind of cold creeps up on you is scary!

 

[dmccombs]

 

[someoldguy]

G9,14-140@140 , f5.6@1/100 , ISO 800