Winter 2022-2023

[Maximilian]

Lovely series, Del Paso.

Same opinion here @Del Paso

 

[Maximilian]

Do you have enough snow in your area to go snowmobiling or cross-country skiing during the winter?

Here at about 300 to 400 m above sea level we do have only a few days to weeks of snow in winter.
Normally in January to March. Most of the time (95%?) White Christmas is just a dream - and will be this year as well, as the forecasts say this episode will end after a week at about Wednesday.

Sometimes it stays long enough for cross-country skiing. For alpine skiing I'd need to go at least to Central German Uplands if not the Alps.
I don't even know if snowmobiling would be allowed here in our suburban areas. I don't think so.

 

[Click]

Thank you for the information, Maximilian.

 

[danfaz]

That's really some amount of snow and winter. Wonderful mood and light.
To get something like that, I'd need to go at least to Central German Uplands if not the Alps.
Great work.

Thanks, Max! Yeah, last weekend there was a big storm that came through and dumped a good amount of snow there.

 

[Del Paso]

Lovely series, Del Paso.

Thanks, Click!
I'm always surprised by the results one can obtain with the modest and inexpensive (cost me Euro 550) EF 24-70 F4. Mine, at least, is noticably sharper than my RF 24-105 L at identical focal lenghths.

 

[josephandrews222]

Winter 2022-2023 on Florida's Spacecoast

Dec 17 2022...a little while after sunrise (M6 MkII + adapted EF 70-300 IS II + EVF-DC2 viewfinder):





...later that afternoon (same body & lens), several miles south of the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral FL:



....in a few days we head back to REAL winter at home in the Midwest USA and literally single digit (F) temperatures.

And yes I still love traveling light-and-small

 

[dpc]

Bole of very old elm...

 

[Click]

Winter 2022-2023 on Florida's Spacecoast

...later that afternoon (same body & lens), several miles south of the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral FL:

After BIF Bird In Flight, and DIF Dragonfly In Flight... These pictures are RIF pictures... Rocket In Flight pictures.

 

[Maximilian]

After BIF Bird In Flight, and DIF Dragonfly In Flight... These pictures are RIF pictures... Rocket In Flight pictures.

As long as there are commercial rockets only...

 

[Maximilian]

Winter night in the park.
5D4, EF35 IS, f/4, ISO3200, -1 1/3 EV
1/6s and 1/5 sec, handheld, each best out of 4

 

[Click]

Hi, I took a few pics around Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday.

Beautiful shots.

Well done, danfaz.

 

[danfaz]

Beautiful shots.

Well done, danfaz.

Thank you!

 

[Maximilian]

leafy bower

 

[dpc]

Twig in snow...

 

[Maximilian]

5D4, EF100-400L II + TC @140mm, f/8, 1/20, ISO1600, handheld

 

[Click]

Lovely shot. Nicely done, Maximilian.

 

[Maximilian]

I suppose the first one of these two is my winter favourite, so far

 

[Click]

I suppose the first one of these two is my winter favourite, so far

I agree with you, it's a very nice shot. I love the lens flair.

 

[Maximilian]

I agree with you, it's a very nice shot. I love the lens flair.

Thanks, Click

Yeah, me too. But it's all together: sun star, untouched snow, the lines and bows of the reed, the snow at the trunk...

 

[Maximilian]

I suppose the first one of these two is my winter favourite, so far

And this is how it looked like on Wednesday after half a day of rain. At least some cool looking vapour.
Since yesterday, all the snow is gone

Merry (green) Christmas to all of you and best wishes for the New Year.