{"id":1507,"date":"2009-12-27T23:37:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T23:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2014-08-07T19:50:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:50:02","slug":"photo-of-the-week-86-887-the-beauty-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/s\/2009\/12\/27\/photo-of-the-week-86-887-the-beauty-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of the Week 96 &#038; 97 &#8211; The Beauty of Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the silly-season in full swing it&#8217;s probably no big surprise that I find myself a week behind again, so another double post this week. This time I decided to choose a seasonal topic &#8211; winter scenes. As it happens both these shots were taken on the same day, the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> of February this year. It started to snow in the late afternoon, stopped in time to get some lovely day-time shots, and then the sky cleared to give a dramatic sunset over the snow-covered landscape. A photographer&#8217;s dream, and this afternoon has already supplied two pervious Photos of the Week (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/?p=1269\">50 &#8220;Braving the Snow&#8221;<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/?p=1288\">52 &#8220;Fire &#038; Ice&#8221;<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_7703-Version2.jpg\" alt=\"The President's Arch\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" width=\"450\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbusschots\/3272497673\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Flickr<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbusschots\/3272497673\/sizes\/o\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full-Size<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lens:<\/strong> Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure:<\/strong> 1\/50 sec<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focal Length:<\/strong> 26mm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focal Ratio:<\/strong> <em>f<\/em>\/8<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISO:<\/strong> 800<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera Mode:<\/strong> Aperture Priority<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_7775_tonemapped1.jpg\" alt=\"President's Arch Sunset\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" width=\"304\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbusschots\/4220558364\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Flickr<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbusschots\/4220558364\/sizes\/o\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full-Size<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lens:<\/strong> Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure:<\/strong> 1\/100 sec<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focal Length:<\/strong> 34mm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focal Ratio:<\/strong> <em>f<\/em>\/8<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISO:<\/strong> 800<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera Mode:<\/strong> Aperture Priority<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure Bias:<\/strong> -1.0ev<\/li>\n<li><strong>Processing:<\/strong> Single RAW image first tonemapped with Photomatix Pro, then tweaked with the Dodge &#038; Burn plugin in Apple&#8217;s Aperture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the silly-season in full swing it&#8217;s probably no big surprise that I find myself a week behind again, so another double post this week. This time I decided to choose a seasonal topic &#8211; winter scenes. As it happens both these shots were taken on the same day, the 3rd of February this year. 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