December 26th
by Lois Bryan
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December 26th
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Lois Bryan
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Photograph - Photography
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The day after Christmas means fun and relaxation for one person in particular! Santa Claus!!
The wonderful haze in the background is due to the fact that just off to the left, out of frame, is a giant snowblower actively blowing out the white stuff!! This was one of those rare occasions when I actually had my camera ready, and everything came together.
The large structure up on stilts behind "Santa" is actually the mechanism that brings the skiers up the mountain. Blue Knob is a top down mountain, meaning, you ski down from the top, and are brought back up via large machines like the one you see here rather than the other way around.
Image taken on top of Blue Knob Mountain in Claysburg, Pa, winter of 2012 with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon / Nikkor lens.
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December 6th, 2013
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Comments (23)
Spencer McDonald
Congratulations! Your beautiful HDR image has been featured on the homepage of the original "HDR photography" group here at Fine Art America.
Deborah Strategier
Lois, great snowy scene! (Even if the snow was manufactured on site 😏)Oh how I would like to go snow skiing again!
Elizabeth Dow
So nice!! Makes me feel cool on this incredibly hot day. Santa deserves a break from all his work.
Maggie Terlecki
It looks so frigid and cold. The guy is red really pops and makes this image! :-) Maggie
Kellice Swaggerty
What a great capture, Lois! I had to look at this closely to find out for myself what the object in the background is. At first I thought it could have been a giant mailbox (smile). I like this a lot! V
Lois Bryan replied:
Kellice, I know what you mean ... I've got a couple of great shots of these things ... they look like something from Star Wars when you get them all together and form the right angle ... I should post that one of these days, lol!!!
Lois Bryan
Thanks so much to the hosts of "3 A Day Greeting Cards" ... "3 A Day Waiting Room Art" ... "Red and Blue" ... "Mouse" ... "Comfortable Art" ... "Women Photographers" ... and "Photographic Excellence" for all the very much appreciated features!!
Linda Bianic
superb capture Lois! The light mist of snow truly adds the true feel of being up on top,, and love the pop of red!
Debbie Portwood
Fantastic shot! It took me a minute to figure out why there was a barn up in the air! haha! Looks like Santa is ready for the slopes! f/l ((Found a kind comment from you from back in Oct and I wanted to thank you so much for all your support for me while I was without internet for a couple of months!
Lois Bryan replied:
Hi Debbie ... glad you got the Santa connection ... lol!!! Blue Knob is a top-down mountain, meaning, you arrive at the lodge and ski down instead of the other way around. We get some amazing weather up there!!!! The little barn is actually the housing for the mechanism that works the lifts. They do look funny, don't they??
Lois Bryan
Thanks so much to the host of "Snow and Ice Landscapes" for the feature!!! Much appreciated!!
Carla Parris
Love the selective color, which looks like it might have actually been a natural occurrence!! v
Lois Bryan replied:
Hi Carla!!! Thank you!!! And yes, for once I didnt' do anything other than put it thru Camera Raw and do a bit of cropping!!! The snow from the blowers off to the side created the misty look to the background.
Sandi OReilly
Lois, this is so fun, he looks as if he is holding up the ski lift building, perfect timing and a beautiful photo of winter and the fun of skiing!! F/L!!
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks, Sandi ... I was snapping around, working with the blowing snow when he marched past ... it was perfect timing indeed!!! Glad you got a kick out of it!!
Donna Kennedy
Fantastic shot Lois, the red jacket really pops in all of the white snow!...fav/vote
Lois Bryan replied:
Donna thank you ... it does!! I was really lucky that he happened along at just the right time!!
Rick Grisolano Photography LLC
Wonderful image ... really like how you caught the color on the gentleman in the foreground .... L/F/t
Lois Bryan replied:
Hi Rick ... thank you. This image is nearly straight out of the camera. The opaqueness of the background and the vividness of the man are due to a snow machine behind him and to the left ... just far enough so that he was out of the intense spray.