Snow

So I was saying the other day that I would rather have snow than the wind and it looks like we got it, though not in the amount of 5 feet that I said (unless you live in the mountains) which probably makes a lot of people happy. I know not everyone likes the snow as much as I do but after the last month of spring temperatures our snow pack went from way above normal to taking a significant drop, so we really needed another round of snow storms to be sure our area has all the water it needs over the summer. With the really fluffy couple inches of snow in the yard this morning I decided to go out back and see if I could find anything that peeked my interest, nothing like doing a short photo walk in your own backyard. Out of the few things I found I liked how the green of these tulip bulb leaves looked against the white snow.

Black and White

We went for a drive out to Crystal Mine today and dug around the rocks a bit. On the way back out I stopped a few times to photograph a few different flowers and these plants. I am not sure just what they are but I thought they would be good for doing some black and white conversions. The lines created by the leaves and the tonal range of the scene is something that works well with black and white photography. I liked playing with this one and I have a couple different shots from this spot I will probably do the same with as well as I will have to make it back to this spot sometime to get some other angles and compositions.