we had a five-minute snow storm. i looked out the window and was startled to see big flakes. frankly, i have had enough snow but then matt called and said he was outside and this was the big-flake flurry.
i was warm and cozy and finally getting around to matting some prints, just about finished for a west coast customer, but i haven't been shooting much and so even though i had put the big yellow parka away yesterday - i pulled it out and downstairs i went.
the storm lasted about 5 minutes. the snow flakes were massive, maybe 5 inches wide (at times) and i stood on the corner and tried to do things with the trees that were in bloom, the guy trying to hail the taxi (impossible in this weather), and the big gusty flakes.
i decided to shoot at as high a shutter speed as i could manage because this time i was out to freeze those frozen flakes so I shot wide open at f2.0 and 1/500th. sometimes i need some quasi-tech thing like that to get me going. one shot intrigues me - as i bent down to tie my laces and may have pulled off this sidelong shot of a woman in black with a strange curved hat, against a black umbrella and the fluffy blizzard-looking scene. but who knows.
did the best i could in the new york minute snow. now back to matting.
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Yeah, well I tried too and almost certainly failed to take any winners...The kismet or whatever force there is has been against me lately, and I'll just have to be patient...
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