Mederm I thot yew sed your derg does not bite….
Just kidding Yildiz but it does look like you have captured a bird of prey of some sort in that first great shot. Wow look at the garden, you have got your snow for sure now, including ice on the roof edge by the looks, that’s some great weather shots the garden is amazing, something I’ll never see in mine I reckon.
Greg
Townsville weather: warm and humid.

Hi Greg,

Thanks. : )

I don't know if it's a bird of prey actually. It was a little too far for me to identify the type of the 'flying onject'. : )) There were a lot of seagulls flying around restlessly, as they usualy do when the snowing halts for a moment to make the scenery visible. But there can be all kinds of birds in search of food at the moment.

The snow has been in full effect for a couple of days now and birds probably use every chance for search of food.


Thank you for your kind comments.


Yildiz

No photo from me - I'm back home in Scotland tomorrow night - but a thought only for any of you caught in the minus 24C etc weather in the central Europe, Balkans to Caucasus region. Been seeing some bad news, hope all are safe.

David

Thank you Yildiz!

Your tree shot is quite nice too (but I like your icicle even better!)

I'm left wondering how many people (at least in the US) would expect, at the same time in January, to see a blanket of snow over Istanbul, and none visible at all in Colorado. I'm guessing that would surprise most. This thread (and last year's predecessor) has definitely given me (for one) a better appreciation for climates around the world.

The temperature shows -13 deg C... (now)

Temperature very not as usual in Montreal ... about +10c from the normal. Turning around ~0C with some rain and pleasure waiting in the traffic to go to work ...

The ice melt a little bit and take back on ice, but that provide a kind of freeze wave effect on the water.

I call this picture the lovers


Frank

Omg Frank that looks cold too my tropical eye, nice pic with the wavy ice/snow.
Greg
Townsville weather: overcast, rained all morning.

Frank, that reminds me of an ex-girlfriend: gorgeous, but oh-so-cold!

Here, half foot or so of fresh snow fell overnight. Here, it's clinging to the roof by the tips of its fingernails, so to speak:

I like your comment about my picture

Your picture remind me kind of bad surprise when you are waiting close to the house door for the Bus ... (lucky when there is not to much ice in the snow ...).

Frank

Very nice pictures of the big freeze from both sides of the Atlantic

Only -6 degrees centigrade here today.

Hi Jcoffin, : )

Same here as well. I'm surprised at the diversity of weather conditions from around the World and these threads make for good photo documentaries.
Thanks all for their contrbutions.

The weather warmed up in Istanbul the last two days and the snow has melted to be replaced by fog.
Here's a photo from early this morning. Hagia Sophia almost appears like floating in the clouds...

Yildiz


A likeness to Peter Pan's fairy world...04 Feb 2012

Sunny but cold in Yerevan.

Nice cold weather shots Jcoffin, Frank and Doc

Really like your island-in-the-mist shot Yildiz - nice light.

Cold to start with today and then a sprinkling of snow late in the day. It got to about 2 inches deep. As it warms slightly overnight (+2!) it is starting to rain and so it will probably be mostly gone in the morning.


2012 Winter - Snowy Lane by Birm, on Flickr


2012 Winter - Field in the snow by Birm, on Flickr

Both shot with Nex 5 + SEL 16mm. I wished they were weather sealed today .

Wow jcoffin now there is something happening I hope that isn’t dangerous, it won’t break off and fall on someone will it? (I know very little about snow build up), btw I kinda like that unusual composure and the B&W.
Doc, you being not all that far from the 35°C below in the Ukraine where people froze too death, I was wondering and a little concerned how it was there in Armenia, but I guess it’s nothing you guys haven’t seen before.
Very atmospheric shot Yildiz, nice capture, Peter Pan’s castle does look like its floating on clouds, I bet Tinkerbelle would like that castle too.

Good one Birma, you finally got some photos of some snow.
As far as going outside with a camera in bad weather I’ve always thought we photographers needed some kind of wearable umbrella, one that can attach securely and allow the hands to be free, and it looks like there is hope on the horizon http://www.nubrella.com all it needs is a way of lifting the front edge a bit so one can aim the camera without obstruction but still be protected from direct precipitation, and maybe the front could be a little larger in forward projection, maybe there are different sizes I’m not sure.
Greg

Hi everyone,

Winter certainly shows in many parts of the world! : )



Frank, your lover-couple-trees appear to be destined for better or worse, forever and ever. I like how the sun's warm rays are dispersed across the snow field of the wilderness. : )

Jcoffin, nicely angled into a photo frame, those layers of snow still look very puffy and tender and long time away from melting. : )


Dr. Harout, that's a good detail from your winter. Our icicles are all gone now and we see the sun at the moment.


Birma, that's a nice shot of Snow-In-Falling. : ) Does this mean there's a good blanket of snow on your fields and hills now?


Greg,

Thanks. I'm sure Tinkerbelle is out there soewhere. : ) Only, I can't see it for being smaller than any of its fairytale friends. Maybe a tiny twinkle would give a hint?



Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz