Out of Season?????

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 2, 2011298 views25 comments

Well, somebody should let Mother Nature know about it. Although this is from Feb this year, it is still snowing around here. Hail, tornadoes, thunderstorms, chain controls in the mountains, geez! So, I thought I could maybe cheat a little and get away with it! The same two trees as "An Oh Shht Moment". I'd love to hear your thoughts. Larger version included.

D200,
18-70mm,
1/2sec, F/13,

Thanks,
Chris

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 2, 2011 at 9:29 PM

Real pretty Chris. Thumbs up here. Definitely to be seen large.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 2, 2011 at 9:34 PM

I love this Chris! The two trees are framed perfectly and an excellent B&W conversion. The snow adds a lot of moodiness to the scene. What else can I say except this is beautiful.

Talking about weird weather...... Tornades in MA yesterday..... a real rarity.......

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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on June 2, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Spectacular black and white tones and the composition is stellar. The detail textures in the snow on the branches is killer!

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on June 2, 2011 at 9:48 PM

Looks almost like a drawing! Wonderful image, would love to have it in my portfolio.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on June 2, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Superb!

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on June 2, 2011 at 10:20 PM

Snow scenes, where it's actually snowing are very hard to pull of successfully, but you've done it Chris. Maybe and I'm probably being a bit premature here this is another year without a summer. " See little Ice Age" one commonality is the tremendous amounts of Volcanic particulates and gases in the upper atmosphere (see Tunabora and Icelandic eruptions). So much detail in the branches it needs to be seen large.

Paul

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 2, 2011 at 10:24 PM

Were you close to the tornado yesterday? And huge thunderstorms are supposed to hit the Bay Area tomorrow - more snow for Tahoe and maybe more snow for Yosemite. yikes.
This is a very peaceful scene with nice perspective and detail.
Sandy

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Comment posted by James Fougère on June 2, 2011 at 10:33 PM

Beautiful winter scene

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on June 2, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Incredible work Chris. This is simply wonderful.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 3, 2011 at 1:28 AM

Chris,

C'mon, I know what you're doing now. You just take the same trees and scene and just repost them over and over right? I mean who can get so many epic winter images from Yosemite?

Ok, all razzin' aside, this image is Exquisite (spell checker said I spelled it right.) The dusting of snow is just gorgeous in how it highlights and accentuates the form of the oaks. The foggy meadow behind is just perfect too.

Great job with the b&w processing as well. No nits from me. I hope to see a full Yosemite portfolio of prints next time we get together....

Lon

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 3, 2011 at 1:59 AM

gorgeous as ever. i regret the branch creeping out to the left. - EDIT - i mean the right (a little under the weather this morning!)

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 3, 2011 at 7:22 AM

Freakin' beautiful!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 3, 2011 at 8:22 AM

Gorgeous Chris. Being out of season is actually quite nice, as I would love to be in some snow right now - it hit 101 here on the gulf coast yesterday. This is so graphic and composed beautifully. Great shot.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 3, 2011 at 9:33 AM

Fantastic Chris! All of these snow scenes of yours have been wonderful. I like this alot. Large version is beautiful!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 3, 2011 at 11:30 AM

This is a beautiful winter scene Chris. Great work

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on June 3, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Beautiful shot Chris. Certainly no nits from me. I'd say this past winter you really maximized your opportunities to shoot Yosemite with a fresh dose of snowfall . . . you have some spectacular shots, and this holds its own quite well.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on June 3, 2011 at 1:04 PM

Outstanding Chris, I never get tired of out of season shots. Excellent composition and the B&W conversion is just beautiful.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 3, 2011 at 9:30 PM

Spectacular, Chris. The dark tones of the trees in the foreground are perfect, the whole range of tones is perfect, the composition is perfect. This is one stunning image in my book. You need to get a 4x5 view camera.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 4, 2011 at 1:42 AM

This is too cool, Chris--a word class shot! For whatever reason, i like it even more with the very top cropped.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 4, 2011 at 1:57 AM

Beautiful shot no matter what season! Last week here in northern Alberta it was a high of 28 Celsius today it is 2 so I am with you ,what is up with this weather ? Last week I all most had heat stroke and this week it's frost burn!!!!

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on June 4, 2011 at 7:38 AM

Stunning B&W Chris, you capture this place beautifully.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on June 4, 2011 at 9:45 AM

love it love it

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM

A work of art, Chris. Superb conversion.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 4, 2011 at 6:16 PM

Killer image here Chris! I love the entire powerful winter mood it conveys and aside from the speck down at the bottom of the frame in the middle (a rock maybe?) I have nothing to critique!

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on June 5, 2011 at 3:55 AM

Stopped me dead in the thumbnails Chris, thought it had to be yours with the beautiful clarity, snow and trees making a perfect serene seen. Awesome work!

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