Here in Fort Waste, the ice is gone completely and it didn't start to rain
till nightfall. I went out photographing with my girlfriend today, but it
was very windy :(
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Fort Wayne, Indiana
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
On 12/27/08 7:59 PM, "Paul Braun" <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> I love crappy weather. I went out on the 23rd and stood in the rain on
>>> ground so icy I could barely walk to do some landscape photography. I do
>>> that a lot. I love bad weather, it makes awesome photos. Sunny "Nice" days
>>> suck, I hate them. The light is ugly.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Actually, I am in total agreement. Foul weather is far more photogenic.
>> However, in this particular case, the weather actually made for extremely
>> dangerous conditions--I couldn't even stand on my driveway! The interstate
>> here is "travel not advised--100% ice covered". When they lose Interstate
>> 80, you know it's bad.
>>
>> AG
>
> Today it was 60deg F (NW Indiana/Chicago-ish) and rainy all day. That
> means that the layer of ice is starting to melt and get a nice layer of
> water on top of it. Yesterday was worse -- it had just started to melt,
> but it was right at the melt/freeze point all day. My driveway is on a
> slight incline -- it was all I could do to keep from sliding down it
> when I tried to get in my car. Once down in the street, there way no
> way I was getting back up my driveway until it melted some more.
>
> We also had the "stay home, you idiots" warnings out all over the radio.
>
> Sadly, I'm the tech on call, so I had to be there at work. I just drove
> reeeealllly slowly and left plenty of space. All-wheel-drive don't mean
> squat when you're on a sheet of wet ice.
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|