It was dumping big fat snowflakes at my house yesterday evening, I was in a creative mood, so I grabbed my camera and headed into town for some photography fun.

These were shot last night around 10pm. Shooting in big snowstorms like this can be tricky, I kept the camera wrapped in a rag most of the time and I had to wipe snow off the lens between every few shots. The local warm bars and their cold beers were tempting, but I had work to do...

Yes, I've posted other Downtown Truckee photos recently, I wanted to update the Truckee, Californiastock photos available on my website so I have been busy down there. I had gotten the daytime shots and the predawn shots, finally I got some nice night time shots. These type of photos often do well for me as local businesses like to license them and use them to help market the fact that they are located in an incredibly beautiful area.

Shot handheld on a Canon 5Dsr with a 24-105 lens set at 24mm. ISO 4000, f4, and 1/80 second. No flash was used, the lights in the area lit up the snowflakes.

Shot handheld on a Canon 5Dsr with a 24-105 lens set at 24mm. ISO 3200, f4, and 1/125 second. No flash was used, the lights in the area lit up the snowflakes.

Shot handheld on a Canon 5Dsr with a 24-105 lens set at 24mm. ISO 2500, f4, and 1/160 second. No flash was used, the lights in the area lit up the snowflakes.

So, do you have a favorite of the three photos?

And would you have kept shooting in these conditions or would you have saddled up at the bar and watched the show from inside?

Also, in case you missed it, I'm a judge for @shadalene's #waterwednesday photo contest today. Please join me in the fun there: https://steemit.com/naturephotocontest/@shadalene/water-wednesday-nature-photo-contest-is-open

Thank you for looking and reading!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography

Location tagged using @steemitworldmap, look for the link in the comments below.

Previous posts of interest:

• The Wrath of Nail Man – This Photographer's True Nightmare Story (plus my #scaryphotostory contest – 13 SBD in prizes!)
• I'm Speaking At The Las Vegas Steemit Creators Conference! April 13-15