Season’s Greetings 2010-11 | Oxford snow

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever form you’d like to take the greetings in …

It’s a cold and snowy Oxford this year, and the first I can remember with such an extensive fall of snow lying on the day itself. This picture was taken last Sunday at South Park, on a small hill that overlooks the city centre. Lots of people go sledging here either using professional equipment or improvised sledges from the lids of recycling boxes. It was a gorgeous day with some lovely light.

The minarets of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, from South Park

South Park tree in the snow

Oxford University | January snow | Velvia 50 scans

The January 2010 snow falls brought some interesting variations to these historic parts of central Oxford

Clarendon Building

 

Radcliffe Camera from the passageway to the Bodleian Quadrangle

 

Radcliffe Camera with the University Church, St Marys, behind

 

All pictures taken on Velvia 50 slide film with a Minolta Dynax 7

Veermanskade | Hoorn | winter

Dynax 7 | Fuji Pro 800Z

Capped by the Hoofdtoren, the Veermanskade in Hoorn provides a great setting in Old Hoorn’s harbour area.

Film vs. digital

Minolta Dynax 7 with Fuji Pro 800Z: 1/400 @ f/20 +1.0 EV

Sony A100 set to 100 ISO: 1/200 @ f/9

 

It’s a bit unfair to compare a home scan of a high-speed film against one of the better quality settings in the digital camera, but I like the qualities of both pictures. It’s cold in the top picture, crisp in the bottom one … .

Headington, Oxford | winter scenes | January 2010

The recent snowfall looked really fine on Thursday with a clear hard light. It was worth looking up from time to time …

The Croft, Old Headington

 

And Barton Lane looked more inviting than it did the day before.