SnOwregon 2019 ~ THE PLEASURE - Post II ~ Drive n' Around 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 ~ Part II

Wandering About On All-wheel Drive

One aspect of capturing the snowy night views during a winter storm, is getting around IN all this snowy stuff. And though walking IS an option, and a much more pleasurable one at that, driving is sometimes a necessity of this rarefied 'Art Form'. You can cover a whole lot more ground, and see more of your fair city-scape when in the car.

Though this unfortunately means you are now driving around with all the OTHER folks on the road at the same time, which can be a bit dicey in this part of the country. Because deep snow is a rarity here, and most folks have NO clue how to drive in the white stuff. It's bad enough when a half inch gets sprinkled across the road. Add another ten to fifteen inches to the mix, and watch out! Calling it treacherous is an understatement. It's usually best to stay off the roadways during these trying weather times.

But I GOTTA Take Photog's

So...we've decided that taking pictures is what we want to do here. And to accomplish this, you actually have to get out INTO the out-of-doors. Since that's where all this snow IS. Which is why I go out very late at night, when most of the cars in the city are safely parked, and the drivers are all at home in bed. It's much safer for me and the car, with no one else out messing (and crash-banging) about at the same time.

And if you need to stop in the middle of the road, to get out to TAKE those precious photos? Or better (AND worse), shoot out the window of the car? All those other drivers on the road efficiently eliminates this practice during the day. For some reason, excessive horn-honking is common when you stop wherever you are in the thoroughfare, to shoot away out the driver's window.

Just Stay Outa The PlowZone

No, best to do this at night. When no one is watching. Or honking. Which is perfectly fine with me. As the best snow photos are in the dark anyway, with all that cool light reflecting about. You can stop in the middle of the road and shoot away to your heart's content. I can just hear the next question, welling up in Steemitville right about now. "Why don't you simply pull over to shoot?" Good luck with that! Parking at the SIDE of the road is impossible. There IS no 'side of the road'. You're guaranteed to get stuck in a natural or plowing drift, which leads to some very mundane photography over the evening. "Ooh, I love that single shot you took while you were out. The one from ALL angles, ALL night long. Very artsy-fartsy kitsch-tastic".

Long explanation getting longer by the moment: This is the reason I stay up through the wee hours of the morning, driving around, taking photos. Besides a boatload of fun, it's a WHOLE lot safer for me and the car, because I'm the only one out there doing it. Or at least the only one I've ever SEEN out doing it.
So off we go, into the long night...

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Previous PAIN and PLEASURE Posts:

Whispy NightSnows
SnOwregon 2019 THE PAIN-Post I
SnOwregon 2019 THE PAIN-Post II

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Onward-To More PLEASURE

Driving around on day one. Where IS everybody? Oh, that's right, they're smarter than the guy in the Subaru, and stayed home. Which is just fine with me in the Subaru.

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Only about 1 in 47 drivers can safely drive in the snow around here. Makes for more excitement.

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I always stop at the red lights, even though there's no one around. I sometimes see other's just going on through. Some because they can. Others sliding on past the other way because they hit the brakes 10 feet from the light. How's that saying go? -- "I HAD a plan. It's just the catastrophe got ahead of it."

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Whaatamess Avenue, Northwest USA

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A Major Thoroughfare - Snowplows were scarce, and sidewalks were jammed with snow. Walking down the middle of the road was the easiest way to go. There were folks wandering down the middle of the street all night long. I think many were on their way to work, in the middle of the night. I felt bad for them. Why doesn't their boss just say "stay home." Unless you're a sight-see'er, hospital worker, fire-person, photographer, or at some other critical job, there's no reason anyone should be out here.

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Close-in view of previous road-trundlers.

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I think that says Don't Walk under there. But I'm driving anyway, so no worries.

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A Good Kind Of Yellow Snow

Traffic lights relentlessly turn the white world different colors as they change from stop to go and back again, hour after hour, all night long.

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Desolation Wonderland - Out in the country on night two. So gorgeous with the city lights in the background. It was pleasurably quiet as a laryngitical churchmouse out here.

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Good luck getting to work the next morning. Hopefully they have a nice boss and can just watch cartoons in their PJ's all day long tomorrow.

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Jumping ahead a few nights, the rains cleared the streets, and driving returned to some semblance of normal.

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And likewise, in the green glow of 'Go'

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~ Finto ~ _{(Temporaritudinale')}

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_{Stay tuned for more, folks}

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Thanks for stopping in and viewing SnOwregon 2019: The PLEASURE, Part II. If you have any thoughts about winter storms, more photography in the dark DURING these storms, driving around the storm to take photos, parking in the middle of the road at 3 AM, 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: 03/26/2019 @ 13:34}

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Excerpts From Late-Night Conversations With A Mechanical Cat

Fact Number 129

More Stinky the Cat Classics from Catfacts of Yesteryear

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Author's Note:
Many photos are a bit grainy. They were shot with the highest ISO (3200) on my small Lumix camera, while hanging out the car window, during the storm. All photos 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