White Winter Frost, West Virginia
One of the prettiest things to me about winter is when all of the trees in an area become covered with either ice or hoar frost, turning their branches silvery white. It’s an absolutely beautiful sight, and if you have ever driven along a highway after an ice storm and seen trees glimmering silver in the sunlight, you know exactly what I am talking about. While visiting West Virginia earlier this week, many of the trees at higher elevations were covered in white hoar frost. Chris and I could see the gorgeous white trees up high on the mountain tops, and drove around for hours on Sunday trying to find a way to access them with our front wheel drive vehicle on the unplowed steep and curvy roads with no luck.
After camping out overnight, we woke up to find the snow still falling, and shooting conditions still less than ideal at Blackwater Falls State Park, so we hit the roads again. Fortunately, the colder temperatures of the night had caused hoar frost to form on some trees at lower elevations, and we were able to find a decently well maintained side road to pull off on so we could get out and shoot the frost covered trees. It continued to snow the entire time we were shooting, and when the snowfall got heavier, I used a faster shutter speed to freeze the motion of the falling snow and capture this frosty, snowy, winter scene.
Canon 1D Mark II N, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, 1/160s, f/8, ISO 200, tripod, processed on my laptop. To order this print, purchase stock rights, or view other photos I have for sale, please visit my website at www.karipost.com.