Snowy Monochrome Monday

Outdoor photography in the snow is absolutely a whole lot of fun! It can be quite cold and dramatic, as well as a little challenging in terms of equipment and durability. Thankfully I'm not in need of taking any particularly intense photos like long distance ones of incredible birds or animals, so I can achieve most of what I need to take pictures of with my decent phone camera. That's where all of these pictures came from!

We finally got some snow! It's been a relatively mild winter so far this year but I'm hoping we get a decent amount of cold weather and freezing temperatures. That will do a good job at making sure that the ponds, lakes and streams freeze up so that people can enjoy some of the other winter sports like ice fishing, ice skating and just overall travel around on the icy conditions. Time will tell, because we got several nights of really good freezing temperatures but we also have some mild days in the 50's that could throw a wrench into things and give it a good melt. Not good! Lol.

I love the look of really tall and full pine trees absolutely full to the gills of snow! It makes for such a unique and fun looking picture, almost like a cow being stuffed with bad food so that it will fatten up for slaughter hahaha.

The real gem of these though are the tight closeness of the trees and vines as they are dropping down their bows and branches with the weight of the new fallen snow! The pictures were pretty cool when they were full color ones, though it wasn't quite a bit different than these here because of the sheer amount of white everywhere, there are still some noticeable differences that I have taken note of and really appreciate!

I love how purely black the water is with the flip to black and white! It's really cool to see the black color of the water juxtaposed against the blinding white light of the snow everywhere. It's a fun and dramatic comparison!

In the summertime these trees and plants are pretty annoying with how close together they are. That's because the trees are being completely overrun and destroyed by stupid invasive vines and many people have sadly not taken the initiative to kill and remove these yet, so they are absolutely destroying the trees and ground in a lot of places. It's going to take a considerable amount of damage before anyone even pays attention to this stuff unfortunately but we will eventually get there.

I love how they look in the wintertime though, so I guess there's that lol. They do serve a little bit of a purpose: for me to take some nice scenic photographs like this! It's pretty cool to be able to experience these wonders, I know there are quite a number of people in the world who have never seen or experienced snow. I know I am absolutely incredibly lucky to live somewhere that is beautiful and experiences this wonder of nature!