Snow in The Netherlands: photos part 1

As some may have noticed, I like snow. I like how it looks, how it sounds under my shoes, how it covers ugliness and filth, how it makes nature look, even how it makes my car's backside slide when I hit the throttle.

So, after the first and maybe only snow this winter in The Netherlands, I rushed out to get some photos before it all melted away. As usual with snow, my camera and I disagreed violently about exposure and white balance, but it all worked out in the end.

This is one of the entrances into the local peat bog. You can tell there isn't much snow, but it is Real Snow in The Netherlands nonetheless:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 75mm, ISO160, f8, 1/160s

You could tell by looking at the snow sitting on the little poles that the snow was already melting:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f2.8, 1/500s

Composition in branches:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 100mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125s

A bit of old birch:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f4, 1/100s

Even the extra weight of just a little snow can make branches of dead trees fall off, revealing a surprisingly bright orange inside:

Olympus Stylus 1s, 110mm, ISO200, f4, 1/125s

More later!