Well, it just started pissing down with something that bears a vague resembalence to snow here. I got back from shopping on a rather windy night, and the instant I stepped out of the car there was a noise like vacuum cleaner, the wind doubled in speed, and I got sandblasted by little pieces of ice going past sideways at about 40 miles an hour. It's not even all that cold (0.1 deg. C), but it's certainly trying to get as much coverage as possible in a short time. By the time I'd unloaded the shopping, which took no more than about 3 minutes, there was already about 5mm of show on the ground.

pca

No contest! Here's what it's like in San Diego right now:


--Nathan

Wow, what did you guys do before they invented traction control

Probably didn't drive 3 litre automatics on icey roads.

Personally I love it, though!

Rob

Wow, thanks for the link to neatimage! That program rocks. Even the demo version does some sweet stuff.

Took this one this morning on the way to work... hope you boys are enjoying the snow! heheh.
(see attached)

Almost all gone now

...and a sudden flurry at about 5pm has put a fresh layer of snow down. There's some kids outside having a snowball fight, but I don't think I'll join them.

My wife texted me to ask if we had snow yet, I checked and texted back, saying "no, just sleet and thunder". Twenty minutes later I checked again and two inches of snow had suddenly materialised. Most unusual weather

That's IT. I need to go snowboarding again. NOW! IN AUSTRIA!

Hugo

NOW! IN AUSTRIA!

[censored]! My board's in Snow & Rock being repaired, otherwise I'd suggest we meet at the airport in the morning...

Took this one this morning on the way to work

That's cool, what did you take it with?

I'm guessing he took it with his crappy little Canon PowerShot that can't take good pictures and should really be traded in for a real camera.

Yup, I left work and thought "neat, I'll be home before the snow arrives".

About 10 mins later it was rainy, and then BOOMF! Snow everywhere and it was a 15mph drive the rest of the way following the cats eyes and lit by huge flashes of lightning. It was about an inch and half by the time I got home and I abandoned the car at the side of our driveway because it was sliding alarmingly (towards my other car) as I tried to turn into the gravel bit where I usually leave it.



(edit: Nikon CP990, 4s exposure, auto ISO)

Gareth

Personally I love it, though!

I discovered the joys of front wheel drive + emergency brake today in our empty corporate parking lot... I could've played for hours, too bad I actually had to go in and work

I'm guessing he took it with his crappy little Canon PowerShot that can't take good pictures and should really be traded in for a real camera

Yeah... S200 Powershot. Really wish i'd have had a digital SLR at the time. I've never seen a fog layer quite like that... and the pics don't do it justice.

For reference, I was being sarcastic. I think it's a fantastic photo, and shows that the camera is a great little camera as long as one isn't trying to take low-light indoor photos.

Looks like you tried to scrape the windshield.

Darn, I didn't see this thread until all the snow around here started melting. It started Sunday night in this area, just when I had to drive from the end of the peninsula in Norfolk back up to Williamsburg. It was not fun on the highway, since down in this area they have no idea how to deal with this stuff. So it was mile after mile of unplowed highway, with everyone approximating the lanes and going 25mph.

Since then, Monday was nice and white, with a good amount of snow on the ground. But it was just above freezing, so that night everything that was covered in snow now had a top layer of ice. Monday night there was an incredibly fine mist, and everything got coated in ice. But today it appears to be pretty warm, and I can hear a steady trickle of the water melting off the roof. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I wish I had taken a picture now for this thread. All totalled we had about 5-6 inches, which is a large amount for this area

I discovered the joys of front wheel drive + emergency brake today in our empty corporate parking lot...

To be honest, sometimes I think I had more fun in my Focus during snowfalls than I do in my AWD Subaru because of the emergency brake turns!

Yeah... S200 Powershot.

How did you piece it together? Anything special?

I think I've seen real snow once. When I was in on vacation to go skiing. Never seen it at home though.

How did you piece it together? Anything special?

He probably used the PhotoStitch software that came with the Canon camera. We discussed it in another thread, it's quite good. In fact, it's the only good piece of software that comes with the Canon camera, the rest is crrrrrrap.

NeatImage seems to be similar to http://www.focusmagic.com/

Oh, and it's snowed here now too..

Tony's right again. Photostitch. Great program. Oh, and Tony, have you upgraded to the newest Canon software? They are actually improving it slowly. This last version is actually usable.

Oh, and Tony, have you upgraded to the newest Canon software? They are actually improving it slowly. This last version is actually usable.

Does the newest software have an upgrade of PhotoStitch? If so, where can I get it?

As someone who lived the first 2/3 of his life in N.C., with its sleet-filled-snowflakes-turning-into-icy-slushballs, and the most recent 1/3 in Colorado, with its high-quality-powder-turning-into-sun-drenched-beauty, I feel somewhat qualified when I say to you: YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR.

Good. My point being: It's not our fault!!!

It's hard to capture ice on ``film'', but I've tried:

Here in Boston we'd been bracing ourselves all weekend for a dump of 12-15" last night and today, only to end up with a measly 1-2". I'm not complaining - my arm is still twinging from shovelling the 10" of heavy snow we had in December. As a side benefit of today's snow, it actually warmed up for once to a toasty 28F.

Didn't seem worth getting the camera out.

FocusMagic seems to do a bit more than just noise reduction. There is another noise reduction tool called "Noise Ninja", great name eh? You can get it here:

http://www.picturecode.com/

Oh, we've got snow, lots of it. It's up to the height of the picket fence where I've been shovelling my driveway. And -10 deg F out right now (I believe that's -23 deg C). Here's what happens when it gets slippery (hit and run, I was the "hittee"):



All the salt really makes it look bad!

We had about a foot here last night. And for the third time I had an encounter with one of the "I have a 4x4, I shouldn't have slid/i should have been able to stop/I'm an idiot who shouldn't be allowed in public" douchebags. Who doesn't have enough insurance to cover the cost of my car, which is probably totalled (or at least I hope so). I want to kill. I am so pissed.