Warming the Tops

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 12, 2013215 views10 comments

Early light warmed the tops of snow laden pines last week. Winter Storm "Atlas" (when did they start naming snowstorms?) was followed by a whole series of smaller snows. Looks like winter may set in up here pretty early this year. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think.

f/8 1/125 sec 21mm

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10 comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 12, 2013 at 8:54 PM

Wow, that's a lot of snow for this time of year.

I like the contrast between the golden tipped trees and the shaded foreground. I would back off on the saturation on the golden trees. I also notice a little bit of a halo around the middleground tree on the left hand side.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM

I like the contrasts and beautiful golden light Nancy Lea. I might be tempted to bring up the whites (snow) a bit. Hopefully you don't have a rough winter ahead.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 12, 2013 at 11:48 PM

I like this a lot. The whites look perfect to me, although theres a noticeable darkening at the top of the pine on the lhs (adjacent to the bright bg tree). My only other suggestion is maybe deepen the blues in the sky a bit (selective color, or sat). and i finally responded to your question on my latest post.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 13, 2013 at 12:53 AM

Very nice scene Sandy!

Two questions: are you on a calibrated monitor? Also, did you intend for the image to be so warm? I would consider cooling the over all white balance.

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on October 13, 2013 at 1:55 AM

Very nice! I like the interesting warm/cool contrast.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 13, 2013 at 6:45 AM

Snow, snow everywhere, pretty scene Nancy, definitely like the golds, and of course, the large view works best. I think if you whiten the whites a bit, it would make a big difference, never the less, beautiful snow scene.
John

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 13, 2013 at 9:52 AM

Wow, that is a lot of snow already, Nancy. This is a wonderful winter scene and I like the golden light on the background trees. I could see bringing up the white a bit also, even though this is probably pretty close to what you saw. And it's only October!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Peter Nievaart on October 13, 2013 at 11:01 AM

That is amazing Nancy. A lot of snow at this time of the year.
You managed to make snow attractive by adding the golden colours. I like it a lot.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM

Love the light here, Nancy. Timing was perfect in capturing the upper level beams too. I might slide some blue into this for another look. Regardless, the composition is there.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 13, 2013 at 3:54 PM

The snow looks better in the large version, but it still looks a little gray to me. So, I would bring those up. If you have TK's masks you can selectively brighten those as the pines in sunshine look ok to me. I like the comp, and the amount of snow already is crazy!

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