Photograph info: This photograph was taken on Saturday night in a grocery store parking lot.

It wasn't snowing when we arrived, but much to our surprise (and delight!) there was a half inch of snow on the ground when we left 30 minutes later.

Camera settings and post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon 85mm f/1.2L lens at f/1.6, 1/200s, ISO 1600. Curves, color balancing.

Thank you for visiting Durham Township!

--Kathleen

There once was a woman and her son
To the store one evening decided to run.
While they were inside
It began to snow far and wide,
Then with camera she caught flakes on his tongue.

Lovely shot. Did it taste any good ??

An amazing shot! Such perfect composition and light.

We got less than a dusting of snow here. It was very disappointing. I got all excited when the flurries started...but nothing worthwhile came of it. With all the cold I think we deserve a little snow to justify the cold.

So - does the camera go INTO the grocery store with you, or does it stay in the car?

Love the lighting and the crisp details! Excellent image as always Kathleen. Will you be getting the new 5D MKII?

Beautiful shot. I remember my childhood. Nice atmosphere and compo!

What a great shot!

Kathleen.
Simply Thanks !We're expecting snow tomorrow night , hope , hope, hope!
Fondly
Adolph

Wonderful composition. Love that hat. You would think it was a prop, but I know it's not. I am looking forward to viewing your winter shots. Great job.

Lovely photo Kathleen, and another fine example of you taking full advantage of whatever life throws your way....even if it's snow!! :)

BTW, each time I visit your site I seem to get hit with malware. Not sure why, but thankfully my antivirus software is picking it up. The most recent 'attack' was with the following: http://trafficinc.ru/spl/pdf.pdf\pdf

Hi Kathleen,

First off, another stunning shot. This is the best photoblog out there, hands down.

Secondly, I just wanted to add to Blayne's comment. I have a Mac and can't speak to the antivirus software picking anything up but have noticed over the last few weeks that when clicking the comments link, Safari warns that this site is known to contain malware. This check is done through Google. Here's their page about the malware said to be contained on the site:

http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safari&site=trafficinc.ru&hl=en-us

Don't know if this helps in troubleshooting but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents (and we all know what that buys today :)

Kyle

Delightfully strange combination of elements. The snow has the "look and Feel" of the cascading lines of code in the "Matrix" flicks...the hat is from "Fargo" ...and the lights from "Close Encounters," that look like eyes with a long nose in between, or a hovering craft in the late stages of beaming up a grapefruit, or the aliens have traveled 3700 light years in the Herculean effort to confirm intra-cosmic rumors of earthlings who have pink tongues--("Never mind about your leader, just say aaaah.") Where on earth do you get this wild stuff? (Oh yeah, right, the supermarket parking lot.)

Some folks have a hard time getting started in the winter.....not you, or your stunt man! This is a great start to "Winter With Kathleen!" So put me down for a WWK season pass..........and a three month supply of tomato soup.

Pre-Winter Thanks for all the great faces--and the weird flakes to come!

Another in a long line of wonderful photos, but somehow I can't help thinking the background looks like somebody is being abducted by aliens in a UFO :-)

Tim: Of course!

Steve B.: On occasion, it's gone into the store. :)

Craig Wilson: I pre-ordered it a couple of months ago... just waiting on Canon to deliver.

Blayne & Kyle: Thanks for letting me know - actually, thanks to a LOT of people for letting me know - the problem has been fixed.

Chip: I didn't see any aliens... but you never know!

Great shot! love the focus and lighting, captures a real sense of wintery,chritmaskindof snowflakehappines melancholy thingy stuff.. :)

Real fan of your blog! these shots are the reason why!

Greetings,
Maarten
Netherlands

It makes me smile, thanks for the memories. The hat is perfect and reminds me of Christmas Story :)

Noreen..my thoughts exactly(Christmas Story)..tongue on frozen flag pole...Great image as always Kathleen!

What a wonderfully creative image. Love how you captured the snow in the light..and - I still stick out my tongue to catch them as they fall.
Love this!!!

To this day I still stick my tongue out when it snows!! Wonderfully creative image. Love the warm tones against the cold snow.

superb dof!! light is excellent, like this photo!

Wonderful feeling and craftmanship. Great sensitivity to light and life.

As I see, it is snowing in many places in the world.
I like the happiness of the child for the snow!

Exelent!!!

"It's too early.I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January"

Lucy Van Pelt,
A Charlie Brown
Christmas

Seems like Pennsylvania has mystical atmosphere and photografer soot the machine at the right target and moment.

Very "cool" shot!

We are expecting snow here in Auburn, California this weekend. We are at 1,600 feet and usually only get 1-2 snowfalls per year. If the weatherman is right, it will be an exciting weekend here photographically.

The Lake Tahoe area (which is about 1 1/2 hours from here) has only had a couple light snowfalls so far this year, which is not enough to open the ski resorts.

It sounds like a bad snow year so far nearly everywhere in the country.

Je, je, it's a cool shot !

Very nice shot! it makes me smile!

Wonderful capture! I love the composition ... your son and the lights are perfectly balanced.
Thanks for sharing :)

AMAZING clarity and light - Wanted to let you know I am a Mac user who is still getting the Malware.. depresses me when I can't see your beautiful work... please fix! :)

lucky stiff ... we're still waiting for our snow! it sure doesn't feel like X-MAS yet

Living proof, the all new Acme Tongue Tanner can tan any tongue, even in the dead of night, even in a snow storm! Act quickly, order now, even as the tongue tanning tsunami sweeps the globe.....

(Fade in jingle)
How many tongues can
the Acme Tongue Tanner tan
if the....

(Relax Kathleen, it's only a spoof, I would not seriously suggest that you've sold out to the International Tongue Tanning {ITT} interests--you, {and the stunt crew} are too cool for that!)

We're still waiting for snow in this part of Scotland (Glasgow), when is it going to come? :(

Loving this shot, although he doesn't seem to be all that enthusiastic.

One of the best shots I've seen lately. Fantastic work Kathleen!

I still do this when it snows ;-) Great shot!

The first snowfall of Winter brings a sense of excitement, a special joy to the soul! Shine your light down upon us and show us the way to the simple pleasures in life, where we can all stick out our tongues and get a taste of the child that lives inside.

Very funny!!!!! great shot :)

this is pure americana. up there with rockwell's imagery. just timeless and wonderful!

A great capture of that first snowfall feel. (It almost looks like a faked studio set up rather than just playing around in a parking lot.)

What a great shot! Makes me wanna pickup that old camera of mine again.

Great picture.Maternal background up your way. Mother always enjoyed the first snow. I loved snow shoeing in Vermont. Christmas Eve service most always ended with the first magical snowfall.
Retired to Florida and now live with memory pictures. Thanks again
Lois