The great Christmas Snow Storm of 2011 has come and gone. Of course, it fell mostly as rain. If it had been a few degrees colder, we would have had a good foot and a half of snow cover today…but, alas, it was not to be. I went out in the late afternoon when the setting sun was trying to get out from under the cloud cover in the west to see if there was more snow inland, but evidently it turned to rain at least an hour before the storm passed there too. There were only remnants. Still, the light in the sky on the retreating cloud mass was worth the trip.

This first shot is the view north and east. Turning right around and facing south west, we have the horizon view.

And finally a zoomed in shot of the same horizon.

Canon SX40HS in Program with iContrast. -1/3EV exposure compensation. 1) 24mm equivalent field of view, f4 @ 1/200th @ ISO 160. 2) 50mm equivalent, f4 @ 1/200th @ ISO 200. 3) 173mm equivalent, f4.5 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 250.

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness. All received some color temperature adjustment as well as dueling Graduated Filter Effects to lighten the foreground and darken the sky.