As soon as I saw that the word for the Weekly Photo Challenge was Twinkle, I knew I wanted to find a way to capture twinkling reflected light off of all the fresh snow we’ve had here recently.
I just wasn’t sure how best to capture it. Well there’s that as well as the fact that I’m a bit of a wuss when it comes to standing outside in the cold to take pictures.
This morning however I lucked out with some great morning light bouncing off the snow.
The way our house is built the basement windows are at the perfect height to capture the ground at eye level, by shooting right out the windows in the front of the house. This gave me a great angle to capture some wonderful reflections off the snow and best of all, I didn’t even have to go outside and freeze my butt off to get the shots.
Have a look and let me know which ones you like best:
As always, thank you for looking 🙂
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Such an impressive set of photos. Very beautifully clicked 🙂
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Thank you. I’m glad you liked them 🙂
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#’s 4, 6, and 8 put me in a winter wonderlandy spirit 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the feedback!
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That first one is fabulous, Norm! Great capture 🙂
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That piece of ice standing up in the first photo is indeed inspirational… Beautiful photos as usual 🙂
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It kinda gets your attention which think is why I chose to start with it.
Thanks for the feedback 🙂
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I’m a fan of #6 Norm but they’re all wonderful. Too bad you had to have snow to get them tho!!!
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Thank you Tina!
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Great images, Norm. You’ve captured the challenge prompt word so very well. Keep warm 🙂
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Thanks Hugh. I was pleasantly surprised with how well these turned out.
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Number 1 is my favorite, if I must choose. 😉
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Thanks!
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I really like #4 –
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Thanks!
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Can’t decide between 6, 7, and 8. The light and colors are so beautiful, even if it is nasty, hateful SNOW. (IMHO)
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Thanks and yes know how you feel about that white stuff 🙂
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Great job. I think snow is hard to photograph
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Thanks. Yes the camera has a tendency to see a lot of bright and then overcompensate for it so if you’re not careful they can come out dark – under-exposed.
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I LOVE #1and #7. They all twinkle but those are my two favorites. And, I love that you thought outside the box to capture them. 🙂
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Thanks Judy. I guess I just happened to look out the window at the right moment. 30 minutes later the sun had shifted and no more nice reflections.
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There you go… if there’s a will there’s a way without getting cold. Great shots.
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Thank you 🙂
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Number 1 is very unique. We have a lot of the white stuff so the creativity of the initial photo is my pick. 🙂
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Actually seeing that chunk of ice standing up in the snow when I looked out the window this morning is what convinced me to go grab the camera.
I guess it should be my fav too 🙂
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You really nailed those twinkles, Norm. 🙂
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Ahh thanks 🙂
I’m really happy with how some of these turned out.
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I can’t decide between #1 and #6. Snow is so much better when you can just look at it twinkle in photos! We had a very light dusting a while back that didn’t stick…but other than that we have been snow free here! I hate the cold.
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Thanks. Yeah it’s real pretty for Christmas and all but by mid-January I’d like it all to go away. Unfortunately that doesn’t happen till late March usually.
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That’s just lovely.
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Thank you 🙂
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Great photos Norm, they all say “twinkle” to me.
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Thanks 🙂
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winter wonderland!
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It sure is…until you have to go outside and shovel it
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Thanks for stopping in.
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Number 5 is gorgeous but I also like the last couple – they look like diamond dust!!! Well shot!
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Thank you! Yes I was pleasantly surprised with how those last ones turned out.
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Not a bad one amongst them, here’s to next week’s challenge!
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#1-5-7 are stunning!! Beautiful work!
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Thank you so much for the kind words 🙂
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Nice interpretation of this week’s photo challenge.
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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