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Iñaki Bolumburu | Chaos among the snowflakes

Name: Iñaki Bolumburu
Picture title: Chaos among the snowflakes
Category: Plants and Fungi
Nationality: Basque Country (Spain)
Occupation: I’m an enthusiastic amateur photographer

Technical information
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens: Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD
EXIF: 1/125s at f/4, ISO 400, 167mm
Accessories: Tripod and manual flash

Iñaki Bolumburu says:

The snow forecast that day was not very favorable: little precipitation and high altitudes. However, although the chances were slim, the possibility of being able to enjoy the first snow of the winter encouraged us to go up to the Sierra de Aralar (Navarra). The truth is that when we arrived we were surprised by the intensity of the storm: the first flakes of winter fell with force, covering in a short time the tops of the highest mountains.

Playing with a manual flash (it was what I had with me) I tried to reflect in my photograph the contrast between the first snowflakes and the shapes of the bare beech trees around, trying to enhance the feeling of cold by using the color temperature.

After multiple attempts (it was not easy for me to take the picture shooting the flash in manual and get the flakes to frame the shapes that had caught my attention) and after getting an image that was close to what I had in mind, we picked up the camera and continued our walk, enjoying the first snow of the winter.