Southeastern Snow

Wonderful image, Barbara. The red on a essentially monoshromatic works beautifully here. 

There's a lot of haloing on the branches! Just kidding. It's snow, of course.

Re: cellphone pics, it's the photographer not the equipment that takes the pic. I like the red contrasted with the monochromatic look to the rest of the image. Almost like photo art.

There are so many times when I don't have my camera, and I totally forget that I have a decent camera in my pocket.  This is very nice Barb and a great reminder that a cell phone can work very well.

The contrast of the red against the snow is wonderful, it really adds life to this shot. Without a cellphone, you probably don't get a shot of this unusual scene.

Love this!  We got snow in SE Texas, too!!!    The larger photo has to be seen...much clearer than the thumbnail.  This is why I bought a smartphone with a good lens...  You never know............when you are caught off guard without your camera! 

Nothin' wrong with a phone image--it's not the camera! I like the reds against the snow and the greens of the firs. The framing works well.
--P

Barbara,

There's something about freshly fallen snow on trees; maybe cause it's usually fleeting and melts away, but always enough reason to photograph - even will a cell phone.

I suppose one downfall is dynamic range and the lack of capturing shadow detail.  No biggie, but I could see cropping some off top and left just to reduce the amount of dark space in the trees; maybe even some off the bottom for balance.

Otherwise, the best feature of course is the red leaves and the color added to an otherwise snowy monochromatic scene.

Lon

Nicely done, Barbara.
The red does come through nicely, and really makes the image for me. The only thing I could suggest is to make that visible edge of the curb, or whatever it is around the base of the red tree, to be horizontal. It's off by just a tiny bit now.  The other thing to try would have been to get closer, and get just some of the red tree against the snowy trees in the BG.  Snow on branches is down right mesmerizing.
Of course cell phone images are OK! But, I have to tell you, if you have snow, you really ought to get out there with your regular camera.  I'm not sure what kind of camera you have, but unless it is really snowing hard, you can probably just get your camera right out there in it.  That's what I do with my 5d.  I very rarely use a rain cover; only when it is really raining hard.  I don't think I have ever used a cover of any kind in just snow.  If you are out in cold, snowy are for a long time, you might want to put your camera in an air-proof bag (a big zip-lock works well) while you are still out in the cold, then let the camera warm up while in the bag, to help prevent condensation in side the camera.  I don't do that unless I am outside for a while.  If I just jump out and take a few pictures, and it's above 20 F, and then jump back in the vehicle, I don't worry about that.
I do way more photography in the winter than I do in the summer.  For one thing, I have more time, just too darn busy in the summer.  But I also love snow images, and fresh snow on trees can be magical.