Sculptured Forest

Very beautiful! Without those few colored leaves this would have been completely monochromatic.

Guy

Interesting photo. With the layer of ice the trees have a metalic look.

Verena,

Man, right on the heels of my comment in my recent post about "can't see the forest for the trees!" Well, I certainly can here - this is fantastic. The cluster of snow-covered leaves really adds a wonderful touch to this monochromatic scene. I like the gap between the dusted, platinum trees; allowing the eye to explore the wintery forest beyond.

I think this is superb!

Lon

Beautiful image! My eyes could wander through the forest for hours!

I like the comp - especially including the dead leaves.

what contrast, the details are so crisp this feels like a pen and ink drawing or an etching. Nice work!

what contrast, the details are so crisp this feels like a pen and ink drawing or an etching. Nice work!

Great texture in this image. I really like the accent the snow gives the tree trunks.

This feels out worldly. Love it..

Gorgeous I love these sort of shots.

Really great shot Verena - the detail in the fg trees is amazing.

Beautiful, Verena. I love the shine on the trunks. Very pretty view and detail.

This is beautiful. It has a very surreal feel to it and love the way the image draws me back to the smaller trees.

Beautiful image with nice balance. I especially like the touch of color with those few auburn leaves.

David M. Cobb

I love the texture on the snowy trunks in the foreground. Good composition and exposure. Beautiful snowy scene.

I'm loving the gap near center with the arching branches. Makes me want to walk on in.... This has a wonderful, natural feel to it frrom a scenic and compositional standpoint. Nicely done Verena.

Very beautiful image and I love the detail in the trees. Excellent job.

This one's a crash course in texture. You've taken a common subject, snow, which people expect to be soft and fluffy and presented it in a very unexpected way - metallic. Bravo Verena.

Love the snow on the trunks here.

Wow, I would love to see a print of this.

- Dan.

Great conditions, nicely captures. I find myself a bit torn between the two focal points in the scene--group of trees on the left and the group on the right. While I like this scene, I'm thinking that using just one group and composing an image around it might be even stronger.

I like this a lot. The metalic look to the trees created by the sheen off the snow is very unusual. Fantastic detail throughout this image.

Chris

This is absolutely fantastic work! The nearly metallic appearance of those fg tree trunks is amazing. I could stare at this for a very long time. I'd be happy if this is all I got for a winter's worth of work. Great stuff!

Acceptable? I think it is great, it shows the beautiful side of winter in an excellent way. The mentioned metallic look is fascinating.

This is a wonderful winter shot ! The hint of color really makes this image a little different and makes me keep looking at it. Nice framing as well of the Fg trees to lead me through the image

Fantastic image, Verna! Wow! The depth here is great and the lines are beautiful. This really offers a great sense of place too.

Talk about a white out and frosting of the trees!!!


This image is sweet! The foreground trees are nicely framed up, and the gap allows the viewer to explore more into the forest.

Love the snowy capture here!!!

Excellent work!!!

This composition looks so easy but I know it is very difficult to accompliash. Great job. The image is very strong because of the colored leaves as they are magnet keeping your eye in the image. Without them the eye would follow the dark trunks out of the frame. I like that you placed them near the top and did not try to frame the image to make them stronger.

I just LOVE it. An instant classic IMO.