Nippersink Creek in Winter 01

Nippersink Creek in McHenry County, Illinois

I like the composition, but find my self missing the color. We're always tempted to use black and white for winter scenes like this, but I think that having just a hint of color--even if is only a little--makes shots like this really work. Was it originally in b&w, or converted from color?

It was originally in BW - the always great Kodak Tri-X Pan.

This is a really pretty winter scene. It kind of reminds me if a charcoal drawing. The light and contrast are great.

Great reflections - I think such reflections are better in B&W , still (I recall some from about 20 years ago ...)

 

regards

Maria

This scene doesn?t have much color in reality, even the water is gray due to gray sky. The right bottom corner annoys, otherwise an interesting study one can look at for a long time. Nice. Happy New Year!

This is the shot I wish I would have made. Top notch photograph.

It's very beautiful, i like very much. Thanks a lot for your comments. Greeting since Lloret de Mar (Girona - Spain). Good's phot@s,

Xavi

Great shot. I think the B&W captures the clarity of the reflections and the snow-laden branches perfectly. I agree somewhat with the previous poster that the expanse of white at the bottom right hand corner is distracting, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's annoying, and it detracts from the mood generated by the picture only slightly.

I know the white at the lower right is problematic, but I left it in because without it the eye has no place to really settle in the image. See what I mean?

Yes! I see exactly what you mean, and the crop removes far too much of the reflection as well.

 

 

Yup. :) I vaguely remember taking a lot of time to frame this... and it was *cold*!