SnOwregon 2019 ~ THE PLEASURE - Post I ~ Whispy NightSnows: Staying Out WAY Too Late Running Around Town Recording The Snowy Night-Beauty ~ Original Photography And Some Discussion ~

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The Joy Of The Lovely Of It All

The YIN and YANG of Snow -- The Pleasure To The Pain

Upon our last 'look into' the coverage of SnOwregon 2019, or "snowmageddon", we'd just spent the entire night and a couple of days, working very hard moving TONS of snow from tarp and structure buildings. Can I get a hearty Yee haa here? Which is why those posts were called "THE PAIN. " And believe you me, it WAS painful.

Proof Of Painful Posts:

[SnOwregon 2019 THE PAIN-Post I]
[SnOwregon 2019 THE PAIN-Post II]

But, as that one saying from someone somewhere or another goes: "Along with life's Pain, springs forth MUCH needed Pleasure." And within this massive pile of snow we recently received from above, there was a LOT of visual pleasure, to go along with all that pain. And these next Posts are the end result.

That Pleasure Part

One of the most enjoyable aspects of a snowstorm is wandering about IN the snow, usually at night, watching the way our world transforms from normal beautiful to amazingly gorgeous, simply by adding a deep layer of white fluff to every surface and object around you. And sadly, I was WAY too busy the first night of our large arctic blast, to spend any time wandering around photographing this lovely new version of our world. But no worries, for those that worry. I made up for this 'loss' in the next few days. By staying up WAY too late the FOLLOWING nights, taking oodles and oodles and more oodles of photos. And what became of all these snaps of this bold, new, colorful world? Well, peruse on, and you shall see for yourself.

It's All In The Light

There is nothing quite like the play of the ever-present, normally annoying city lights on clean, freshly fallen snow. The colorful images surround us EVERYWHERE. Just ripe for the taking. You only have to be nutty enough to drive around in the chill mayhem after most folks are in bed, and hang out the window in the raging blow and snow to capture all this beauty on digital film.

This multiple-post series follows the next 3 nights AFTER the storm, including another 3+ inches of snowfall on top of our initial 11 inches, and what I saw of it while bopping about in the Subaru at all hours. Enjoy the results, if you please. I know I sure had a boat-load of fun chasing down and capturing all these images!

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On To That Pleasure

Early morning calm, before the storm

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A local doctor's office--I don't think the doctor was 'in'

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A young lad was stuck in his pickup at the stop sign. He was a bit distraught, "If I could get moving, I would either turn right, and go to work, or turn left, and go home." I waited, stomping about in the snow, while he phoned his boss. Then I pushed his truck as he gunned it out of the snow bank. He turned left.

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No night-birds on the wires. But they're still up (the wires, I'm sure the birds were in bed)

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More snow, coming down in huge flakes- It's was GORGEOUS out there in the yellow light.

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I had a BLAST driving all over the city, photographing the snows. You could stop anywhere, in the middle of the street, and shoot away to your heart's content. No one was around to care.

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More shots out the car window. If I stood outside, my camera got completely SOAKED in no time. My Lumix isn't exactly waterproof.

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I wonder if our fair city owns any snowplows?

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The snow really muffles sound. There was absolute silence across the city. You could hear a pin drop. OK, maybe not. Plus you'd never FIND it again anyway.

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Some other brave person goof-ball, messing around in the snow on four wheels.

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More snow coming down, and more PLEASURE photos coming soon, to a Post near you.

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~ Finto (Temporatudinale') ~

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Thanks for stopping in and viewing SnOwregon 2019: The PLEASURE, Part I. If you have any thoughts about winter storms, photographing in the dark DURING these storms, how light plays upon snow, how WE play upon snow, or anything else this post reminds you of, please feel free to comment away in the spaces below. I'd love to hear from you.

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_{Posted: 03/21/2019 @ 14:24}

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Excerpts From Late-Night Conversations With A Mechanical Cat

Fact Number 128

More Stinky the Cat Classics from Catfacts of Yesteryear

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Author's Note:
All photos are a bit grainy. They were shot with the highest ISO (3200) on my small Lumix camera, while hanging out the window of the car, during the storm. All were handheld, without a tripod. So, there is a bit of color shift and odd things going on, which I feel adds to the effect. Thankyouverymuch. -dds