{"id":1840,"date":"2010-12-30T06:32:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/30\/12302010-drift\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T06:32:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T11:32:48","slug":"12302010-drift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1840","title":{"rendered":"12\/30\/2010: Drift!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bright sun on snow! Always an exposure challenge, but who could resist the wind sculpted shapes of this drift (any drift you don\u2019t have to drive through for that matter). We are along the edge of Back Creek where it flows into the Mousam River in Kennebunk ME\u2026where the fields meet the fall to the marsh\u2026and the high winds of the blizzard of the day before (continued into this day) dropped the snow into graceful folds and impossible shelves, half burying the Beach Rose in the process. <\/p>\n

And, actually, with today\u2019s best P&S cameras, Snow Mode<\/em> does an amazing job of simplifying the exposure problem. The shots I took this day in unaltered Snow Mode are among the best sun-on-snow<\/em> shots I have ever recorded. The shots where I second guessed the exposure system\u2026not so much! <\/p>\n

And here we are closer in: notice the plume of blowing snow off the top. The wind is not done with this drift.<\/p>\n

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Take a look at this one as large as you monitor will allow.<\/p>\n

Canon SX20IS in Snow Mode. 1) 70mm, f4 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 80. 2) 250mm, f5 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 80.<\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for intensity and clarity. These shots could only stand a very slight amount of black-point adjustment. Both were cropped for composition and interest. <\/p>\n

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