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Post by Babu on Mar 31, 2018 11:29:41 GMT -5
I tried walking over to the field. First few steps were encouraging and thought of sinking through the snow didn't even cross my mind. Then suddenly my sixth step had me sink down to my bare navel.   |
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Post by nei on Mar 31, 2018 11:31:29 GMT -5
You got snowshoes Babu ? That should make it much easier but you'd still sink a foot. That's a lot fresh snow. Not packed down, no thaw and freeze layers at all. |
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Post by Babu on Mar 31, 2018 11:35:08 GMT -5
You got snowshoes Babu ? That should make it much easier but you'd still sink a foot. That's a lot fresh snow. Not packed down, no thaw and freeze layers at all. March has seen a few mild days but other than that we've had obscenely large precipitation amounts with obscenely little time spent above freezing. I tried digging a hole on the yard and there wasn't even a hint of ice in the bottom and all of it was powdery all the way. It is wind compacted and weight compacted but not melt compacted. Last week saw an additional 20cm of snow too. And no, I don't have snow shoes. I don't tend to go offroad hiking in the winter. |
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Post by nei on Mar 31, 2018 11:48:32 GMT -5
You got snowshoes Babu ? That should make it much easier but you'd still sink a foot. That's a lot fresh snow. Not packed down, no thaw and freeze layers at all. March has seen a few mild days but other than that we've had obscenely large precipitation amounts with obscenely little time spent above freezing. I tried digging a hole on the yard and there wasn't even a hint of ice in the bottom and all of it was powdery all the way. It is wind compacted and weight compacted but not melt compacted. Last week saw an additional 20cm of snow too. And no, I don't have snow shoes. I don't tend to go offroad hiking in the winter. yea, you're weather seems more consistent than ours so less melting, though it's more than usual? Snow couldn't last on the ground here more than a few days by late March, even a foot of snow would go. I suppose you'd always get some weight compaction. Snowshoes sound worth owning there, much more worthwhile in your climate and landscape than mine: I used snowshoes on my Mt. Washington hike a few weeks ago. If I carefully followed the trail without taking any steps off, I might have managed without them but it'd have been annoying in places with wind-created drifts. Can you tell which photos were phone or not?  Felt like a couple spots the SLR was much better. cdweather.boards.net/post/41159 |
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Post by Babu on Mar 31, 2018 12:03:13 GMT -5
March has seen a few mild days but other than that we've had obscenely large precipitation amounts with obscenely little time spent above freezing. I tried digging a hole on the yard and there wasn't even a hint of ice in the bottom and all of it was powdery all the way. It is wind compacted and weight compacted but not melt compacted. Last week saw an additional 20cm of snow too. And no, I don't have snow shoes. I don't tend to go offroad hiking in the winter. yea, you're weather seems more consistent than ours so less melting, though it's more than usual? Snow couldn't last on the ground here more than a few days by late March, even a foot of snow would go. I suppose you'd always get some weight compaction. Snowshoes sound worth owning there, much more worthwhile in your climate and landscape than mine: I used snowshoes on my Mt. Washington hike a few weeks ago. If I carefully followed the trail without taking any steps off, I might have managed without them but it'd have been annoying in places with wind-created drifts. Can you tell which photos were phone or not? Felt like a couple spots the SLR was much better. cdweather.boards.net/post/41159Pretty difficult unless you go by format. All vertical shots and square shots are obviously iPhone. (Btw, you do realize square mode does nothing except make your image smaller, and I would highly recommend shooting with the whole sensor and cropping in post as it allows you to frame the shots better). Also DSLRs shoot 3:2 whereas smartphones shoot 4:3. One of the images has a weird marine blue sky which is an odd trait of iPhones specifically.  This one was my favorite in terms of color and contrast. I would hazard a guess that it's the D7200. Though don't you think the reason the DSLR shots would look better on average could have to do with you using the DSLR instead of the smartphone when the view is great and can't bother to use the DSLR when the pic is dull? |
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Post by ilmc90 on Mar 31, 2018 16:22:49 GMT -5
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Apr 1, 2018 0:05:30 GMT -5
Vancouver Harbour yesterday viewed from North Vancouver:  Then today, went up the gondola to Grouse Mountain ($100 for two people just to go up/down, so we don't go very often). Here's the view from inside the gondola:  Happy Easter:  People having fun on a sleigh:  About 400cm snow depth but the top layer isn't very powdery thanks to 6C temp and sunshine:   View from inside the restaurant:   It's still Christmas here   |
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Post by Babu on Apr 1, 2018 2:37:46 GMT -5
Wow, so this was pretty interesting. The morning was foggy and overcast, but now at 9.30 only valleys and the east is foggy. I don't know if I've ever experienced such brightness before. Here's an unedited RAW image taken to the west at 1/3100 exposure:  And here's an unedited RAW taken to the east with 1/3600 exposure (i.e. a darker exposure):  Here's a 1/15000 (!!) exposure, which I didn't edit the exposure on (brought down the highlights by 100, added shadows, contrast and saturation). Even though it's at 1/15000 and I brought down the highlights at -100 it's still over-exposed. All shots were at ISO 100 and f/2.0 for reference. I don't think it's possible to get a brighter view. Snow, sun and fog at the same time. UVA radiation must be off the roof, about two to three times as high as a normal summer's day. As a reference, most shots in Thailand were around 1/1500-3000, and one shot directly into the sun managed 1/6000.  Frost from the freezing fog. Also it's nice that the roads are clear now. Certainly a spring sign, although there's usually less snow around the road...  Still foggy over the lake.  |
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Post by rozenn on Apr 1, 2018 9:37:56 GMT -5
Pics from yesterday. 3/11°C and overcast for the last day of March.  Promenade follows abandoned train tracks. I see not only flowers, but also leaves!   Leaving the trench for an at-grade part.  Elevated part offers nice views over the city.   Railroad viaduct from down below  Spotted flowers!  And from up above.  I see the Gare de Lyon clock tower. Reminds me of my Nice-Paris journeys.  Spotted Monsieur Chat!  Had seen it in Naples a couple years ago.  Pretty sinister despite the ornate architecture  One can spot a subway viaduct across the Seine:  Is that an old chimney? That's a pretty rare sight in central Paris, as industrial heritage hasn't been taken care of until recently in France. The district has traditionally been a woodworking hotspot. Its inhabitants had a prominent role during revolutions, the storming of the nearby Bastille among others.  Noice!   Lonely tree  Chestnut trees are always the first to leaf out, but still I wasn't prepared for that.  Random city shots  |
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Post by Babu on Apr 1, 2018 10:42:53 GMT -5
Nice with the leaves. Really, Chestnuts are early leafers in Paris? Here they're definitely among the later ones, normally about two weeks later than the birches.
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Post by rozenn on Apr 1, 2018 16:50:57 GMT -5
Yup, they're the first to leaf out and the first to lose their leaves too. Usually they leaf out a few weeks before the majority of the trees outside cities.
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Post by Hiromant on Apr 2, 2018 1:12:02 GMT -5
Somebody hit the reset button on spring. I'm not too bothered though as it will all melt in a few days.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 7:56:00 GMT -5
And this is the current view from my apartment window:   |
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Post by Lommaren on Apr 2, 2018 8:15:31 GMT -5
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Post by Lommaren on Apr 2, 2018 8:20:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 10:17:35 GMT -5
  took these a few days ago. this lake is called fryken. |
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Post by Lommaren on Apr 3, 2018 12:20:29 GMT -5
Easter weekend: Not all that many pictures, but got a few at least  West of Nyköping; the road was atrocious btw, but this is around Kungsladugården (King's Barn; very rural look for being only 2 km one way from downtown; it's that direction that is least urbanised; kind of looks like "dead prairie" this time of the year:    Same spot, two directions; one towards the farmland and one beneath the E4 motorway:   Epic cycling corner in far eastern Nyköping; crest, falling, sharp left, half-blind corner. Always good fun.  Saturday's sunset right south of downtown, basically between Nyköping proper and the residential area of Arnö:  |
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Post by Hiromant on Apr 3, 2018 15:27:27 GMT -5
After yesterday's blizzard the day started out wintry but snow quickly started to melt in the sunshine.  Some parts were unfazed by the warmth, however.  The sun was so warm I even got the first barbecue going. Obligatory bit of snow on the background included.  |
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Post by ral31 on Apr 3, 2018 20:29:06 GMT -5
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Post by Beercules on Apr 3, 2018 20:32:50 GMT -5
Hiromant you're doing bbq right man! Best part is lighting the coal while drinking a million cans of beer.
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Felt like a couple spots the SLR was much better.
