19/365 : Badlands Snow.

Today we got a taste of winter here. Snow squalls and such. Since the snow hit mid afternoon on a work day, I figured I might have a small chance of getting some undisturbed snow drifts at the Cheltenham Badlands. Normally a hundred people make it here before I do and the photos are full of trampled snow footprints. Not tonight, I seem to be here first. I tossed the Nikon on the tripod with my timer and set it to one minute while I ran around with a flashlight highlighting bits of snow from the side. You could call this off camera lighting. The snow whipped up into high gear after this photo so I called it a night before I had too much snow inside the camera. You’ll definitely see more photos from this location as my 365 project moves forward … I love this spot. The photo is a composite from two exposures as the light changed in the background between one shot and another in a way I didn’t like.