All That Glitters

We had some unusual March snow earlier this week. I love the snow and, sadly, we don't get all that much of it around here, so when we do, I tend to take a lot of photos. One thing that made this week's snow even more unusual is that it snowed all morning with temps hovering just over 32 degrees, then cleared up late in the afternoon. The setting sun combined with the melting snow set the many trees in my yard and neighborhood to glittering. I took many, many photos and only a few even come close to looking as amazing as it was in real life.

And a couple of my less successful shots. My main mistake here was trying to take the photos from too far away. I should have walked right out there instead of using my 55-300 mm lens, fully zoomed in, but - I'll be honest - the glittering, dripping trees were beautiful, but that didn't mean I wanted to, you know, walk under them.

I saw this blog post a few weeks ago about a zoom lens being a crutch. I need to acquire some better lenses and occasionally venture out without my crutch.