alt.street The Snow Gauge: Goodbye To a Cruel, Cold Winter

This winter was a cruel one -- worst in 30 years in many places in the

northern hemisphere - suggesting a possible 'hole' in the global warming

theory -- or at least something still to be explained . . . . compared to

those of my youth who predicted a new ICE AGE! This car, parked on a

Kyiv, Ukraine street all winter is a Soviet '60s (I think) model, still

drivable, though at some cost in petrol (gasoline). . . . but a car way too

valuable to throw away (well, not really very valuable at all, YET! Left

alone and not cleared, it acted as an informal snow gauge, (seen here in

middle of night, hand held, about minus 24 C., illuminated by street

lights, with VR lens, and exposure time of less than a half second --

again, hand held. Your ratings and critiques are invited and most

welcome; if you rate harshly critically or wish to make an observation,

please submit a helpful and constructive comment; please share your

photograpghic knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks!

Enjoy! John

Thank you for endorsing the choice of wide angle. I had a wider angle, and might have used it, but it meant changing lenses and going elewhere to get it at 2:30 - 3:00 a.m., in bitter, bitter cold. That was not on my agenda. So what you see is my best effort after a two or three minute effort wearing cold weather gear suited for freezing, not -24 C. (below 0 F.) temperatures.

But for such low temperatures, hand held and at night,with low shutter speed, I think it looks pretty good . . . . if a pro, I would have used a tripod and run through my exposures, even possibly using HDR for more detaiil in snow and a better quality ISO (this is high ISO) for snow detail.

But even with that, it looks very good to me, for a rare (street) still life/urban landscape.

Meir, thanks and welcome back -- were you wathing Olympics or perhaps under the weather?

john

John (Crosley)

In this last thaw, this car had much snow removed, its owners cleaned off the ice and started its engine. Then they drove it away, after an entire winter of its sitting there, like a ship frozen in the arctic ice pack, it just sat there.

Now it's free.

It's also a car of increasing value, being from the late '60s or early '70s. Notice that for a Soviet car it has some resenblance to what Detroit then was pushing on Americans -- lots of chrome and it was a BIG car with prominent styling and lack of regard for 'streamlining' and thus fuel economy, which now reins in car design, making so many cars (machines) look alike.

Best to you my cyberfriend and fellow observer from Kyiv.

john

John (Crosley)