This past Saturday...

...was a bust in regards to snow.

I wonder if (s)he stopped...

Driving to play a giant game of ping-pong...

A light powder creates havoc...

I don't get it... My daily driver is a '94 Celica and I can plow through a foot of snow without any problems. But, while we were driving home in our Tribute from Gettysburg, PA, we encountered snow... a whole quarter of an INCH... and what should have taken 4 hours became a seven hour ordeal. There was a bit of ice under that minute amount of powder.

There were trucks in ravines, pickups flipped over, multi-car collisions, torn up dividers and SLOOOOOOW moving traffic. I was a bad photographer and did not have my camera at the ready for the carnage and most was on the opposite side of the road. We couldn't get over 25 miles an hour and at one point we were debating whether we should stop at a hotel for the night.

We made it home but I wanted to share some of the ride with you. The snow followed us the entire way and the beasts are now frolicking in the backyard and getting quite messy.

Our navigator was quite diligent...


This was the worst it looked...


These dudes were MOVING out there...




Night fell...


And slow shutters clicked...


I'm home in a warm house now... and the snow continues to fall.
I'll see what morning brings.

Movers and shakers...

Last week I commented about experimenting with movement. I will surely do more of these, and with different subjects in the future, but I'll start with a focus on vehicles.

I did not use blur effects to alter these images. They were shot at different speeds varying from 1/30th of a second to 1/4 of a second, hand-held, and following the subject/vehicle. They were color corrected and slightly cropped... but other than that, "What you see is what you get."

Two things today...

Yesterday I mentioned inspiration. I was inspired by a video that I had seen MCF attempt after watching a video that the Greek had created. But the two videos we had watched just weren’t FAST ENOUGH for me. I have a lead foot.

Now, without incriminating myself, I sped this film up by about 250% from its original speed; making a 20 minute drive take about 5 minutes. I’m estimating that some stretches convert to over 200mph. I hope you enjoy it... And maybe this can shed some light on a previous perilous answer. So turn the volume up and enjoy...especially the end.



And I didn’t forget today’s picture...


And hat tip to Swimming in Champaign for this:

Scary Little Girls: Horror Movie Matching Game



Score: 100% (11 out of 11)