Snowwalker

Indulge me. We don't get snow often.

Just enough snow to shoot a few snow pics, I wish it was like that here.

 

There's something familiar about that photograph, I wasn't surprised to see it was from you. Good job, as usual! I only wish there there was a bit more of the top of the trees, maybe even a square frame. Maybe I'm just a little clostrophobic but one of the things I like about walking in a forest path is the feeling of space above me.

and by all means post some more 6/6. Nice shot.

Very nice. The lone figure walking into that tunnel of trees makes for a lovely composition.

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to comment. Mike, could you elaborate? Any tips would be helpful. I may have to wait another ten years to have another stab at it, but I can think about it in the meantime.

 

I'm no expert at photographing snow, [just look at my snow pics] If you want it to look white they tell you to go to a larger aperature or longer exposure, but something always suffers because of that. This is a good composition IMO

Mike, thanks for coming back. The snow IS a little gray but so was the sky and I guess that has to make a difference. I was wearing a skyblue glove which I tried to expose off of but this guy was disappearing fast and I wanted to place him there, so I didn't have time to twiddle the buttons. And now I'm going to look at your snow pics.

I've walked a lot of mountain trails in the snow, and this captures the sense of being in the woods in the snow very well for me. I don't think that more brightness is needed here, although Mike is right about a lot of snow pictures. Some are dull. This one is not.

Hanna, a beautiful shot with a strong composition.

 

The reason snow shots often look a bit grey is that the camera's meter assumes all scenes reflect 18% of the light falling on them - hence the 'grey card' used with hand held meters. So your camera is always trying to make all shots look grey which for snow scenes or black cat shots is not the case. So to make grey look white you need more exposure and the cat needs less. I usually get confused so I just bracket tricky shots these days.

 

I would try adjusting the levels in this shot a little to try to lighten the snow without losing detail.

Lannie, it looks like you've been burning the midnight oil. I guess anything looks good at that time (~;

 

Colin, you're right. Using levels has brightened it somewhat but I won't bother posting it and taking up more space. I did alot of bracketing on this day. I generally opened up a stop or more from the reading. But generally I'm pretty happy with what I achieved on that cold and grey day.

I think it is fine just the way it is now Hanna Cowpe. Dont change it.

 

Is it a grayscale picture or a RGB because I see twinges of green and I wonder if thats my monitor about to break or if its in the snow> ?

hmmmm, I have a idea. If you wanted to change the composition the broken tree could be moved or put off of the crop. I'm talking about the broken tree on the left.

Alexander, your crop suggestion is an option but I would prefer to keep the road in the center. This is a coloured image; there's just not much colour in it (~;

Hanna- You always render your images with superb composition. So, my vote is not change anything about the lines or perspective here. Personally, I might have 'kicked it up a notch' in terms of utilizing a bit more contrast. The other thing you might try is bordering it with more of a neutral gray to make the lighter tones appear more "white". All in all, it makes me hope for an ice storm up your way just to see what interesting visual elements you'll find? The unfortunate downside is all the damage the ice can do. Stay warm!

Lovely winter scene.... with excellent composition!

Here's another rendering, you can tell me to pi... off but none-the-less I'm curious what you think of this treatment?

Philip, you're always welcome to fiddle with my ...images. Sometimes it's the only way to get your idea across. You are right about the border and I remember being indecisive when I did this one. I guess I was feeling lazy that day. Your toning is an acceptable alternative. It's hard to tell if it's b&w or just very dark. I quite like the hint of colour in my original. Cheers.