Frozen River

Thanks for viewing and critiques.

Regards, Jean.

i agree, nice lighting, nice composition. i've only got one problem with the comp...that big featureless expanse of white space in the lower half of the picture. yeah i know it's snow, it's white, that's how snow is. but my eye is stuck in the upper half of the picture as a result. a little texture, foot prints, lumps, anything would have made that area just a bit more interesting and slammed this one home. as it stands now, i almost expect some sort of text to be printed there, like for an ad or a motivational poster. the river bank is making a horizontal line right across the image too, which only emphasizes the white space more. perhaps a tilt of the camera upward would have fixed both those problems, but i don't know what lies outside of the picture frame up in those branches.

but that said, the mood is stunning. the image is cold, makes me feel cold even though it's currently 75? in my house. it's classy without being too trite like some wintery landscapes can appear.