When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Sorry Patty, I'll take the weather here over 11 degrees any day of the week. And I was born in Kansas, so I'm experienced in both climates. I do admit Colorado is beautiful though.
Each to his own.
Dean, I'm happy here so far. I won't be surprised if I get sick of the cold but if I do I'll go hang out in SoCal. It's a tad strange having two different lives, in a way. Here in Colorado I have all my family. I took my son out to dinner tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to go see my daughter and then I'm going to my sister's house to spend the night. It's cold but it doesn't bother me, yet. If I go to California I can hang out with my boyfriend and my other two cats. I like that but I just can't take the crowds, the traffic and noise. If it was calm like it is here I'd probably have a different attitude about So Cal. The warm weather just isn't enough to make me happy.
As you all know, I love photography, so.…here’s one that backs up Patty’s claim about Colorado’s cold taken from my cap after a walk yesterday, and the second from under our Christmas tree. My wife, Mary, is an expert gift wrapper.
We reached -4°F last night and are sitting at -1°F. The F now can have multiple meanings...
I'm truly appreciating the Anderson doors we put in this fall, nice and airtight.
Yeah, we are pretty much in the deep freeze until Sun when it may hit 40. At least it is sunny with no precip on the horizon, unlike places such as Erie, PA!!
Oh so pretty, Gary. How did you capture the snow flake? And lovely package, and lovely bokeh....
Thanks Lainey! The snowflakes were taken with my 100mm Macro lens. There was a slight amount of melting from the time I realized that they (along with hundreds of others) were attached and photographing them. Snowflakes are difficult to shoot.
Mary learned her wrapping skills in a high dollar department store as a teenager.
Thanks Lainey! The snowflakes were taken with my 100mm Macro lens. There was a slight amount of melting from the time I realized that they (along with hundreds of others) were attached and photographing them. Snowflakes are difficult to shoot.
Mary learned her wrapping skills in a high dollar department store as a teenager.
Have a great new year!
Did you have time to dig out the tripod, etc? Put the hat back outside while you set up to avoid too much melting?? Camera and settings? Flash? Tell me more, please.
Did you have time to dig out the tripod, etc? Put the hat back outside while you set up to avoid too much melting?? Camera and settings? Flash? Tell me more, please.
The outside temperature was near 6 degrees when returning home. Placed the wool cap outside on a wind protected chair within a few seconds after noticing the snowflake accumulation…switched to a macro lens, and mounted the camara onto a tripod and visited the wool cap.
The snowflakes were photographed inches away using a 100MM macro lens, f9 aperture, 2 second exposure with a 2 second shutter delay (it was cloudy with a somewhat directional low light),100 ISO, and then cropped to 75% of the original.
Even after a few seconds exposure to the inside temperature the flakes began to melt.
At least it is sunny with no precip on the horizon, unlike places such as Erie, PA!! 
