After the big snow, the next day dawned bright and clear. Although the temperature stayed below freezing, the sun and wind managed to melt, sublimate, or displace most of the white crystals that graced yesterday's tree branches. The quantity of snow was less, but a new kind of beauty took over, so I grabbed the camera and started shooting.
Snow is a notoriously difficult subject to photograph in sunlight. If you expose for the snow details, the shadows are unattractively dark:
If you expose for the shadows, the snow is blown out to white:
Of course, the answer is HDR, which can bring both extremes into balance:
If you'd like to see more next-day snow photos, click here for all seven shots, including some pre-dawn light shows. (By the way, all of the daytime snow shots used HDR.)
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