Out in the storm

Well, we finally got a lot of snow in Pittsburgh.  True, we did get that dusting around New Year’s, but it didn’t really stick around and neither is this round.  Supposed to be low 50’s this week, so it’s all going to melt again.  I did however get up very early on Saturday morning, right in the middle of the storm, to head downtown and grab some awesome pictures both during and after the snow hit.  Wandered around on the North Shore before making my way up to Oakland, where the University of Pittsburgh is located.  Those shots will be for another time though.

When I first got there, you could barely see the city, as evidenced by the first shot above.  The tops of the buildings were barely visible and the sky had this pinkish purple tint.  As I moved along the Allegheny River, the sky turned more bluish purple, as you can see in the second shot.  The water wasn’t quite as still as I would have liked for some better reflections, but hey, what are you gonna do?

I’ve take a bunch of shots of the Clemente Statue that stands outside PNC Park, but it had a whole new look to it in the snow.

After heading up to PNC Park (and starting to freeze as I had taken my hat off and put it over my camera since the snow was really coming down) I decided to take a walk over the Roberto Clemente (formally 6^th Street) Bridge (seen above).  The plow trucks were very intermittent, so there was still a decent about of snow on the road.  And given the fact that it was a Saturday, there weren’t a lot of people out and about.

I walked across the bridge and grabbed a few shots on my journey, adding some depth of field for your viewing pleasure.

The light was hitting the underside of the support at a great angle and it looked pretty awesome in HDR.

I knew there were two shots of benches that I wanted to get (sorry for the overload on them the last couple of posts).  One was right off the bridge on a pathway across from PNC Park that I had shot a couple of summers ago.  Decided to go with a B&W processing on it that might end up on my wall.

Finally I made my way down to old faithful, the Boardwalk below the North Shore.  The vintage tone gave me the exact look that I was hoping for.

So that’s Round 1 of the shots.  Stay tuned for more in the next couple of days.

Thanks for stopping by folks.