The Winter Road

Today is the first day of winter in Australia and the temperature has been about 24 degrees C. It is still around 20 degrees as I write (68 f). I believe a cold front is on its way though so winter could hit soon.

As I have mentioned before we don't get too many deciduous trees where I live but this particular road with its poplar trees always reminds me of winter this time of year.

This is usually such a busy road, but during lockdown it has been very quiet which is why I am able to stand in the road to take a photo.

I decided to convert it to black and white just to add to the winter feel.

I think I will do a few days of black and white photos now, haven't done any for a while.

[Helen Sanderson]

great shot Barbara....love the perspective...excellent in black and white.

[Valerie Chesney]

The long road into winter..love your perspectve Babs
First day of winter here on the sunny coast was sunny & 24 C....

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super in b/w with all the leading lines !

[Peter]

Lovely monochrome image Babs makes it looks much colder than 24 degrees C:)

[Lesley]

Lovely shot. I can imagine that those trees make a wonderful arch when in leaf.

[Jerome]

great pov

[Kathy A]

Nice leading line, it was a lovely day today

[Casablanca]

I instantly recalled driving through northern France on those straight poplar lined roads that lead to the war graves. Caught my breath seeing this. Beautiful pov and very evocative.

[Ingrid]

Great picture! you just follow the road into the picture with those leading lines!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot and a great pov. Great leading lines, too.

[Denise Wood]

Truly winter down here - made it to 11 degrees briefly!!

[Lou Ann]

A great leading lines shot.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great photo, looks crisp and cold out there.

[Wylie]

that's quite the Winter avenue, well done. I think it was about 7C here today, Brrrr.

[Diana]

Beautiful capture of this lovely road.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great winter capture. So different than our now spring look here. LOL

[Ann Williams]

Super lines with the fence, white lines and tree avenues.

[Carole Sandford]

It looks wintery, but those temperatures are a nice summers day temperature here! Lol

[Lil H]

Nice!

[Fisher Family]

A super shot nicely capturing the feel of the onset of winter!

Ian

[Bep]

Beautiful in B&W.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It looks like our winters here- except if our winter temps hovered around 68 degrees F. I'd be really happy!! Great black and white shot.

[Hope D Jennings]

I enjoy our opposite seasons because I can appreciate the beauty without feeling the cold!

[Margaret Brown]

Great seasonal capture caught winter well even though you are warmer than us at the moment 18c as I type.

[Clare Gadsby]

wonderful lines

[Pat Knowles]

24deg....that’s not winter!

[Santina]

great shot, I like the B&W composition, and this deserted street seems infinite

[Pyrrhula]

Great leading lines and road capture.

[Lee]

Looks like one might drop off the end of the road, Great LL shot.

[Maggiemae]

This is so good - the sharp contrasts with the black and white shades!

[Diane]

Great perspective, nice in monotone and has a real wintery mood.

[Babs]

@hrs @beryl @tinley23 @jerome @kjarn @ingrid01 @sangwann @louannwarren @dutchothotmailcom @ludwigsdiana @mittens @flowerfairyann @lilh @fishers @gijsje @olivetreeann @mzzhope @craftymeg @pistache @santina @pyrrhula @maggiemae Thanks. It isn't of often I can take a photo of this road without any traffic on it so there is one good thing about lockdown.

@happysnaps @pcoulson @gilbertwood @pusspup @carole_sandford @happypat After a really mild day yesterday the winter switch was flicked last night and the temperature went down to 11 degrees. Still about 11 degrees now but the sun is shining and we are to have a top of 16 apparently. The good thing about winter in Australia though is that here it isn't winter every day. I am sure we will have lots of warm days again before
Spring.

@gamelee Didn't you know the earth was flat Lee, ha ha. I bet you have wondered where the end of the earth was, well now you can see it

[Islandgirl]

24C sounds like a beautiful temperature to me!
Great b&w and leading lines!

[Jane Pittenger]

You’ve sure captured the season change

[Ron]

Great choice for you first b&w! I feel chilly just looking at it! Love the leading lines too.

[KWind]

Well composed with great leading lines. I like it in B&W!

[eDorre]

Great lines! Very effective as b&w

[Lois]

Very effective in b&w brrrrr!

[Yao RL]

Winter is so mild so far in NZ.

[CC Folk]

Nice shot in B&W! Maybe I would rather have winter with it being 100-105 degrees the next few days! :(