Remnants of the Great Snow

This morning I woke up to temperatures in the low 50s, rain, and only remnants from The Great Christmas Blizzard of ‘09.  On Christmas Eve and Christmas day, the snow was already in slushy, muddy retreat.  Fortunately, I snagged a few more photographs before the magic disappeared.

The photographs featured in this post only show snow on the margins, but I wanted to post these as another example of photography that is nearly impossible to accomplish without using HDR techniques.  Specifically, both photographs were shot directly into the sun.  HDR lets you take this kind of shot while maintaining the details that would otherwise be horribly underexposed.
I hope you continue to safely enjoy the holidays.
Have fun, and go make some great photography.
Craig