Behind the Lens - Photographing snowfall / LJWorld.com

Photographing falling snow against a dark background and with a telephoto lens can help capture the white flakes.

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KU students get a surprise greeting of snow as they pass between classes. The first snow fall of the year dropped some large and blowing flakes on Lawrence around noon Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Kansas University students got a surprise Monday as they walked between classes. Lawrence’s first snow of the year fell in large flakes around noon Monday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

One KU student, center, catches snowflakes on his tongue as he joins other students passing between classes. The first snow fall of the year dropped some large and blowing flakes on Lawrence around noon Monday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

KU seniors Max Schnepper, Glencoe, Ill., foreground left, and Jamie Adler, Deerfield, Ill., get a surprise greeting of snow as they pass between classes. The first snow fall of the year dropped some large and blowing flakes on Lawrence around noon Monday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

The first snowfall of the year dropped some large and blowing flakes on Lawrence around noon Monday, creating an impressionistic view of two shoppers downtown.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Tom Ewing, an employee with Nebraska Furniture Mart, left, delivers a chair to a downtown business while passers-by shield themselves against the snow and cold Friday.

Photo by Mike Yoder