With the little electric, very managable, snowblower in the basement, I find that my whole attitude toward this winter has changed. I can look forward to snowy days again. 🙂 On Thursday we had 3-4 inches of fresh snow (4 in our yard). I cleared the drive in about 45 minutes just before dark with energy to spare. So before breakfast the next morning, when the sun began to touch the tops of the trees in the yard, I was out the door with my camera. The early sun on the fresh snow was exceptionally beautiful. The new snow was highly textured. It had fallen near the end in huge flakes, and the cold in the night had preserved, and even accentuated the ragged surface. Behind the beach here, there was a layer of frost added to the snow. I have photographed this bit of old snow fence…actually, it was not all that old when I started photographing it…in various seasons and weathers…but, of course, it has its true character only in the snow.

The Samsung Smart Camera WB800F in Smart Auto did an exceptional job of exposure here, and processing in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 brought out the full range of light and shadow. ISO 100 @ 1/750th @ f3.9. 95mm equivalent field of view. Cropped slightly at the top for composition.