Snow Clearing

[casil403]

...our city crews hard at work!

[Mad Aussie]

That's pretty cool how you caught the snow flying up. Does this thing back up on the snow and blow it away does it?

[AntZ]

Wonderful treatment.

[Fortytwo]

I like the treatment here as well. It really makes the shot interesting. Nice work!

[tomorrowstreasures]

great job on getting the tractor's exposure + -and a big one at that- the light coming around the snow - that is really cool!

[casil403]

That's pretty cool how you caught the snow flying up. Does this thing back up on the snow and blow it away does it?

Actually MA it moves forward and clears the snow. The engine is in the back and the brush is in the front. The brush spins and pushes the snow away.
At least that's how I think it works anyhow...looking at it I'm not so sure now...lol!
Actually I think you are right now that I look at the contraption...d'oh!

And thanks for the kind comments everyone.

[jjeling]

We have those here in Toledo for our campuses. You sit in front of the engine. The large wheels are actually the front and the smaller wheels are the back. The small wheels are also what are used to steer. I know it looks awefully confusing but thats how it works. The brush is just a wild snow brusher, dont get close to one of these are you will get dusted.

[kat]

We have those here in Toledo for our campuses. You sit in front of the engine. The large wheels are actually the front and the smaller wheels are the back. The small wheels are also what are used to steer. I know it looks awefully confusing but thats how it works. The brush is just a wild snow brusher, dont get close to one of these are you will get dusted.

So is he sitting backwards or do you sit that way with them?

Very neat photo. Neat pp! Beats our boring plows. Heck..they don't even clear off half our roads...all snow packed..tell yah though..nice not having pot holes! Too bad that is the only way not to get them!

[JAS_Photo]

Very nice work, Casil! Could you send him my way, though? I am so tired of shoveling snow. :(

[Mad Aussie]

So is he sitting backwards or do you sit that way with them?

Now that JJ and Casil have described it further I realize that the driver isn't sitting facing us ... his back is to us. And when you look at the glass carefully you can see that it is almost full down the brush side of the machine.

I actually didn't like the treatment. It looks like an HDR that needs a lot of work to me. Way too much blue. But I like the photo and composition etc. 1 or two of the originals might actually look pretty cool in their own right too I would think.