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Published: 2007-01-22 17:37:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 775; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 11
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Here's how the snowfall looked last night on our street, complete with eerie orange lamplight.(That thin white line you see at the end of the street is a car's headlights moving by. This was a 6-second exposure!)
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Thank you! I adjusted the WB so that the orange street lamps wouldn't overwhelm the image; there's still a warm hue, but it's not "loud". Other pics I took (without changing the WB) looked very garish! Thank you for the 
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Woah... so beautiful... I love the reflection of the warm light in the snow, makes it look so warm and cosy, even though itΒ΄s cold snow^^ and such a sweet city you live in... looks very romantic, IΒ΄m just used to it from watching American movies... itΒ΄s always funny when you discover they really look like this
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Thank you so much, Gesine. Our neighborhood looks really nice when it snows, and in spring when everyone's front yard begins to blossom. The rest of the time, it's kind of ordinary. But I like living here very much.
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Well, to me itΒ΄s not that ordinary^^ I love such villages in every season... But I guess IΒ΄d also get used to it and find it ordinary if I lived in one myself 
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I've lived in this same house for 35 of my 62 years!
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Haha, ok - then I can understand that it gets kinda normal after that time!
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Thank you! I had to tone down that orange from the street lights, but it turned out pretty good.
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Oh, thats lovely. Reminds me of when i went to St Petersburg, except this picture looks a little less busy on the roads!
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Thank you so much! Our street seems to be very quiet, not too many cars. We live 1/2 block from a large highway, but you would never guess it. The neighborhood's many trees help keep the noise down.
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Yeah, here we've got some snow too! 
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I wish we would get another more decent snowfall, but despite all the cold, gray weather, all we will get is a few flurries, probably.
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Ohh yes, think the first snow will come here in the next days....its sooo cold today....nice shot
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Thank you. I hope you get some snow to make it pretty, but not so much as to foul up traffic!
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Your neighborhood looks like a very nice neighborhood 
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Thank you, Lori. I like our neighborhood! Our neighbors are friendly (not pests, though), and like to stay involved in local government. Everyone on our street tries to keep a neat yard, too, so that's a real bonus.
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That's great....our neighborhood is more spacious and the neighbors aren't friendly and most of them don't keep up with their yards. I live on the outskirts of town so that's probably why and in hicksville compared to where I use to live in Chicago LOL
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There are areas in our neighborhood where yards look pretty disreputable. But for some strange reason, our particular street looks good. And there's no pressure on anyone to do anything, so it's kind of a volunteer spirit, I guess.
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This is so beautiful!
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Thank you very much. I've lived here for 35 years, and it's always been a nice street. The neighbors are decent and friendly, so you can't ask for more than that!
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Your very welcome!
No you cannot! I have a great nieghborhood too, and we are very blessed for that...although we are the only ones to have children on our whole street! LOL
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IT's funny you should mention that. There are several families with kids on my street, but you hardly ever see them! Years ago, it was common to see kids out playing ball in the street or messing around in their yards, etc. They were highly visible and voluble. In the last 10 years or so, kids went inside. They do things together, but it's more structured and supervised by adults.
My neighbors, on either side of me, are wonderful parents! They go everywhere with the kids, though, and there's little opportunity for the young ones to try things out on their own, experiment some. When I was a kid 55 years ago (!), on the weekends, parents set us loose and we played until lunch; then we went out and played until dark. We totally did what we wanted, occasionally go into trouble, or hurt ourselves riding bikes and chasing around.
I think those were wonderful years, and I am sorry that kids don't seem to have those same opportunities now. And yet, I understand parents' concerns. the world is a lot rougher and meaner than it was in 1950; there are horrible things going on everywhere, all the time. If I were a parent, I would probably keep a very close watch on my kids, too. It's sad it came to this, I think.
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You know, me and my mom was talking about this just last week! LOL
I told my kids that when my brother and I were kids...we were barely ever board...we played all day...like you...and our mom would be calling us in for dinner in the evening because we were always playing...sometimes we were getting in troubble for being gone too long, or playing too much when there were things to do. But now? My children seem to want me to find things for them to do, because they are always "board" or want entertained. We as children always asked to go play outside...and now children are asking to play video games or watch TV all the time..and that bothers me. I think technology has made many kids not want to be active and play...and like you said also, about our world being much more dangerous with the crime increase, and the way society has become...yes, it is hard to let the kids run, knowing that someone might kidnapp them, or get ran over because people are careless on the street? My husband got onto the Sherriff site in our county, and found that there were over 30 sexual crime registered offenders withing 5 block radious of our house! Now the site does not tell you if they have been charged with child molestation or anything...but it makes you wonder if some of those registered offenders have done the very crime / or could possiably get a hold of a child around here.
Thats real scary.
Its a shame that society is this way, I don't really believe that anyone is as safe as they used to be..I agree with what you say.
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I know what you mean. Video games and the Internet are a blessing and a curse at the same time. I love what we can do with the internet, but I think people can become isolated from "real face time" with neighbors, friends, relatives, etc. There's a place for both, and balance is the key. But too many youngsters and their parents have a hard time finding balance (I do, too!), and tend to stay on the internet too long. One of the worst things to come out of kids not playing outdoors any more is the terrible epidemic of childhood obesity. It's so sad that youngsters are gaining weight at a very early age, and may be afflicted with diabetes, high blood pressure and other systemic diseases even while in their teens and 20s. The thing that kept us kids healthy was all that activity, plus NO readily available snacks. Mom would give me some milk and 2 cookies in the afternoon, and that was it. We had regular servings at all three meals. I don't ever remember being hungry or needing to lose or gain weight. And everyone was like that! We were all so slender back then! With snack and soda vending machines everywhere you look, including schools, no wonder kids are having a hard time of it. Things are definitely stacked against us being healthy, that's for sure.
And you mention sex offenders. We looked at the police website for registered sex offenders in our area, and found 5 within several blocks! Some of them had been charged with rape. It makes you think twice about going for that evening walk!
I think many things were better in the old days, and I'm starting to feel like an old grouch!
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You know, I agree!
You are not a grouch, you are seeing the same things I am, and much more you have since my lifetime. The world needs more people like you!
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Thank you!
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What a lovely community. That light is really cool! Nice shot.
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Thank you very much. I had the "fluorescent" WB setting on, so the orange glow was muted a bit. Otherwise, the color is too intense!
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That's just cool
- no pun intended -
It's like a light sifting for a gingerbread house or something
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Hee hee, thanks! I'm glad you like it!
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You have had more snow than we have up here in the Hudson Valley. That's OK, I don't miss it.
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I was glad to see it come (the first snowfall is always exciting), but it's melting away now, and that's just as well. I don't like shoveling the stuff, that's for sure.
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I know how you feel about shoveling. I feel exactly the same. We have had a few light accumulations of the white stuff lately, over night. Doesn't mess up the roads for the morning drive and it's gone shortly after the sun comes up. Now that's my idea of a considerate snow.
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That IS an ideal snowfall! Let's have more of those!
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wow almost missed that thin white line there, but yay snow for you guys. You know what I love, the way that tires sound on the road when there is snow, this muffled little noise, its comforting to me for some reason
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I like that sound, too. Snow falling seems to muffle all sounds and cover all sins. It's so beautiful for about a day, then it gets all tarnished with the trappings of civilization!
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lol it might just be that when I heard that at night it was a no school tomorrow feeling
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Oh I love that feeling! We used to cheer and shout when we had snow days! Today, I heard the kids yelling and screaming over at the local school; they were sliding down a long, snowy/icy hill on their sleds. That just looked like so much fun, I wanted to join them!
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The glow from the street lamps makes it look really beautiful.
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Thanks, Ginny. I set the white balance to "fluorescent" and that seemed to squelch the really loud orange from the lamps. I think it looks softer, which is better than a screaming orange any day!
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Lovely
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Thank you, George. I got a cable release for Christmas, and it's made all the difference in the world when it comes to long exposures. No more camera shake for me!
Thank you very much for the
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That too! I forgot to mention it. It's so sharp.
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That's the look I'm going for. I really don't like blurry pix except when they're action photos.
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Did you take this picture around midnight?
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