Disappearing Act

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 28, 2012177 views10 comments

The snow cover was disappearing fast on the warm morning after our last night of significant snow. Slush bombs were raining down on me and my camera as I shot this. As I was focusing for an extra shot for focus-stacking, a bunch of wet snow fell from above, wiping out the snow on the leaning tree in the foreground. Luckily, f/16 was enough to do the trick on the first shot.

Canon 5DII
Canon 24-105
1/8 sec. @ f/16; ISO 50
Converted to B&W in CS5

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM

I like your comp Wayne as well as the nice detail in the snow and the cooler tone of your B&W conversion.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on March 28, 2012 at 1:13 PM

Wayne, I appreciate the graphic quality of your composition. The pattern of the water surface really brings the image to life for me. Your b&w conversion works very well for me, too.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 28, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Wayne, y'all need some Spring up there! Excellent work on the whites and darks. I like the slight s-curve of the creek and the large bank tree anchoring the LLHC.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 28, 2012 at 5:42 PM

Beautiful scene, Wayne! Wish we had some of that here in drought stricken CO... Looks just a bit oversharpened on my laptop.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 28, 2012 at 10:01 PM

Wayne, I like the comp with the meandering river and the diagonal tree in the foreground. Glad you caught this before the snow got knocked off the front tree!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on March 29, 2012 at 1:51 AM

lovely scene well composed. i like your toning. the dominance of the FG tree leaves me slightly - but only slightly - unsettled.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Calow on March 29, 2012 at 8:41 AM

Wonderful winter scene Wayne. Love the textrues on the snow throughout the image and then the texture in the water adds to it.. Very solid comp with great interest!!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 29, 2012 at 9:47 PM

This one works the best for me, Wayne. Just more flow and balance to my eye. I also like the cooler look of this.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on March 29, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Very nice scene and I like the comb. It also seems a little over sharpened to me, or maybe just compression?

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 31, 2012 at 9:59 AM

Very nice Wayne. I really like how you framed this one. Beautiful winter scene, we didn't get much of that here this year. The large version looks best!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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