Baby, it’s cold outside

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Baby, it’s cold outside

January 8, 2015 by Mike Powell

According to the internet weather for my area, it is 8 degrees F outside right now and windy (minus 13 degrees C). Baby, it’s cold outside. We are forecast to get up to about 20 degrees F today (minus 7 C).

This is unusually cold weather for the Washington D.C. area, where winters are relatively mild. Earlier in the week we had a couple of inches of snow right at the morning rush hour and the roads were gridlocked for hours as commuters unfamiliar with the snow struggled to stay on the pavement.

The roads are treated now and mostly passable, but the cold makes even short outdoor trips barely tolerable. Earlier this month I took some shots of ice that had accumulated in the shady area of a stream at my local marshland park and one of those ice shots seem appropriate for today. I really like the way that the shapes and shades of the ice came out in this image, along with some of the bubbles in the water.

I have lots to do at work today—I sure hope my car starts in another hour or so.

Posted in Landscape, Photography, Winter | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Huntley Meadows Park, ice, Tamron 150-600mm telephoto, winter | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on January 8, 2015 at 7:09 am | Reply judysbirds

I’m getting ready to go out and start my car in a few minutes. Keeping fingers crossed!
on January 8, 2015 at 7:27 am | Reply Dan Antion

We are all the way up to 1 Mike, heading to 14, maybe 16! I actually like a few cold crisp days. Not a steady diet, but a few here and there are OK.
on January 8, 2015 at 8:26 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

The ice along streams and rivers can form some really fascinating shapes.
We have -12 F this morning. Anything under 10 degrees and I don’t go out to take photos.
on January 8, 2015 at 9:11 am | Reply Laura (PA Pict)

I walked my kids to school this morning and on the return leg I wondered if my legs would ever thaw out. I am also about to discover if my car will start. Good luck!
- on January 9, 2015 at 6:55 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  My car started without problems and today (Friday), we might get up to 30 degrees. I guess that I have gotten so used to milder weather that temperatures in the teens and below feel really cold.
on January 8, 2015 at 3:53 pm | Reply Lyle Krahn

It’s always interesting to see what different parts of the world consider cold. Trust me your car will start in that temperature:)
- on January 9, 2015 at 6:51 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Of course you were correct–my car started. Riders in the subway system were not so lucky yesterday as most lines were delayed because of tracks that had cracked in the “extreme” cold.
on January 8, 2015 at 4:45 pm | Reply Mjollnir

Aha! Norway-like conditions for you 🙂
on January 9, 2015 at 2:14 am | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

I remember the days of below zero temperatures, glad winter has been a bit milder for us this year.
on January 11, 2015 at 9:33 am | Reply Marie Keates

Ice makes for some great photos but this year we’ve hardly had any.
- on January 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Ice comes in so many forms that it can be a wonderful subject, though mostly I complain about it, because of the challenges it creates for walking and especially for driving.