Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That really sums up the magic of a silent winter night. I, for one, will put up with the endless plowing, etc for that amazing post-snowfall feeling... Phil On Feb 12, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Hey foks - > Went out Wednesday during the snowpocalypse, with the GF-1 here's a shot > during the storm: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/blizzard-1.jpg > > the camera got a little wet but held up admirably. I have some $9 lens > shade for it that says "LEICA SUMMICRON" in what looks like powdered sugar > (I think it's the same font from the candy hearts), that did a decent job > keeping snow off of the front lens element. > > The scene itself was ... beautiful magic, really. It was quiet, there were > people in the distance and who'd sometimes pass, but cars were absent, for > the most part. People walked in the street - the quiet was strange, all > the snow dampening sound, and, what really got me was the sky-glow from > the city hitting the clouds, and bouncing back down to earth, only to > reflect up again - it was like being inside a city-sized softbox. > > The heavy snow on the trees made them all creep lower to the ground, > making tunnels of tree where there'd been no tunnel before. > > It was a wonderful, amazing, beautiful experience. > > K > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information