Snow Tree

This silhouetted tree stands out starkly against an overcast sky still producing light snow. The snowfall, tapering off at this moment, would accumulate to 5.5 inches in the area before it was done the following day. The image looks northwest from Boyson Park at the Cedar Rapids/Marion, Iowa border around 6:18 PM, Thursday, January 12, 2012. It is a two-second exposure at f/7.1, 640 ISO and 18mm focal length.