Regular readers have been hearing rather a lot about Darwen’s Jubilee Tower, but I couldn’t resist adding some pictures of the moor after snowfall.
Snow gave away which way the wind had been blowing by clinging to the stonework. Gentle flakes were topping up the layer underfoot, creating good walking conditions. Although it looks chilly, the air was still and I was warm enough to take my gloves and scarf off on the way up.
A clump of youngish silver birch trees were ethereal with a coating of snow. The moor does not have many trees but several have recently been planted.
I’m including a ‘better’ view of the farmhouse you can glimpse in a hollow in the last, although you can’t see much more of it.
It all looks very remote, but the centre of Darwen is about a mile away in the valley below.
Some of you may have observed that these pictures are very blue. That’s due to my faulty technique. I struggled to expose the snow as white on my iPhone without bleaching out the details. Converted to black and white, they are black and grey, almost like pencil sketches as you see here:
It seems I need more practice, but I decided to share them anyway, trusting to your kind hearts.
Our snow was rained away overnight, but I’m excited to hear from my sweetheart that he has awoken to a snowfall. Mississippi is so pretty when it snows.
Susan Rushton 
Never mind. Blue is good
Thanks, Derrick. You’re very comforting.
🙂
Beautiful.
Thank you.
Nice winter pictures and don”t worry to much about the blue.
Thank you – I’m glad I decided not to let it stop me posting them.
Mine always turn out blue but it takes too long to fiddle about with exposures, and anyway, blue is nice and lends itself to snow scenes. I think your snow scenes are really lovely.
Thank you! I did try. Some of them were not too bad, but ironically not the ones I wanted to share.
Oh yes. Your hills give an added dimension we didn’t have here. Lovely. I’m rather glad the rain has washed it all away now, because yesterday’s conditions, neither one thing nor the other, were pretty ‘orrible.
Did I see on the news that your side of the country is braced for another Beast from the East?
I liked clicking back to your Mississippi photos too. Even heavier there – that year, anyway.
They just had a sprinkling this year. The great thing about over there is they seem to have so much more colour around to bring it all to life – those pastels look especially good.
I thought it seemed quite vibrant too.
Beautiful snowy landscapes. A Blue tint is common for daylight settings where you have cloudy conditions. It’s not the exposure you need to adjust, it’s the white balance. You can adjust your white balance when you edit the photo to get more white. Usually adding more yellow and magenta. One of the first setting when you edit a photo on your iPhone is auto-adjust. Select auto-adjust, and then adjust your white balance if needed.
It was very cloudy and snowing gently all the time. I did try the auto-adjust but it made them even bluer! I will try the white balance next time. More snow is due later in the week but it is miserably and drizzly for now.
I love the color! The pictures have a surreal slightly “Out-of-Time” look. 😉
They do. Thanks, Laurie.
I love both the blue and the pencil looks. But then you know I love graphite. Every one of these speaks of quiet and peace, and there’s nothing needed more right now. They are beautiful images!
Thank you! The last one does show a snow fight, but only a gentle one.
Beautiful pictures
Snow always seems a treat provided you don’t have to go anywhere.
Absolutely! It’s a pity that life is sometimes so busy that we don’t have the luxury of standing and staring 💝🌹
Snow does make the landscape feel magical. Lovely images!
We might be getting a little more towards the end of the week, although our recent warmer spell has been welcome.
Great shots of the snow really love the 2 with the tower, it is like another world.
It felt like that to me too, even though it is just down the street.