Pastoral Icescape

The foreground trees are really nice. I think I'd like this better if you just concentrated on them.

- Dan.

The foreground is beautiful, but it gets a little lost in the busy background. Perhaps more contrast would separate them.

I agree, I think I would have concentrated more on those lovely trees. It still does look cold though! Nice.

Wow Albert, bone chilling! I like the trees too.

Looks brutally cold. I like how you show the extent of how much got covered in ice.

This is very nice, but maybe the foreground trees merge too much with the background. This is a recurrent problem when shooting this kind of landscapes. Either you go for a high viewpoint where the first row of trees "float" in the middle of the icy lake or for a very low and close point where you can set the main trees against a nice polarized sky (if its clear, like here). The other solution is just focusing on a more minimalist part of the landscape, getting just the details of a few trees - branches covered with the hoar froast. I like in this image the layering of shadows coming from the side in the foreground, and the image is nice as it is!

I agree, the FG trees are interesting, but the sky is a disappointment

very nice, albert. I like the cool feel of this a lot. those fg trees are wonderful. I kind of agree with others about the backround and sky, would prefer a close-up of the trees but this is very nice as is. fine comp.

Beautiful elements in this scene, looks like lots of photo ops with those frozen trees.

The light is a little harsh, but you've captured the cold scene well.

From my perspective, the strength of the image is in the unique conditions that it captures. I agree that the light could be better, the sky could be more dramatic, etc., but it's nonetheless interesting and well done.

Really nice Albert, this has that cold quiet feel
Bob

What a pretty winter scene Albert, love it. Composed beautifully.
John&Patty