Friday Photo #618 – November Snow

Photo: The morning’s high tide line washed into the snow covered sand of Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 20, 2023. 09:23

Not every year is it possible to photograph snow covered beaches already in November. If I was just shown this image and asked to guess when it was taken, my first guess would be January or February, followed by March. November wouldn’t be in my top three guesses, but here it is.

I already wrote a bit of an overview last week (Friday Photo #617) about November 2023 being colder than average, and in fact, the coldest month of the whole winter. This day, November 20th, was a particularly chilly day at -3.8˚c. Lucky for me, the cold temperature actually made this image possible, as the beach remained frozen enough that even a light dusting of snow was able to remain. Had it been closer to even 0˚c, then it is more likely the snow would have melted away before my arrival.

I would have rather photographed the scene closer to high tide, but with sunrise around 10:00 in late November, the timing wouldn’t work. And the snow was nice enough anyhow!

Camera Info:
Nikon Z8
Sigma 14mm f/1.8
14mm
ISO 2000
f 2
1.6 Seconds
WB Daylight