before sunrise

all comments welcome, especially critical ones

I like this very much. Is the tint in the sky natural?

I like the soft color of the horizon. The composition is cool.

very attractive piece of work.

Wonderful lighting! Great capture!

thanks for your comments.

Rich, the tint is real, this is what you observe just before sunrise, when the sun illuminates the atmosphere above the horizon on the opposite side

Wonderful light and colors. The pastels before sunrise are so beautiful when set against a snowy landscape. Excellent composition. The placement of the road and trees is perfect, as it the house on the left. I find the trees at far right distracting, though, and would be very tempted to crop them out, so that the road appears to travel on into nothingness. By the way, this image is much more impressive viewed LARGER.

This is a beautiful image. It would look great on anyone's wall! The only thing I find disturbing is the little blob on the horizon that draws my eye. The same thing happens with the pole in the foreground and the small poles along the snow bank behind the trees. For the fun of it try removing these and seeing how you like it without them.

Dennis

Great composition and I love the colors in the sky. I love the trees on the right and I like the house also. I would probably clone out the little blob just after the main line of trees and probably the 4 fence posts on the ridge in front of the house. As for composition, it might have been nice to see all of the first tree. Just a wonderful photo as is, though.

chris, dennis, bill, thanks for your detailed constructive critiques. the blob on the horizon line are some bushes, but its no problem to erase them. to eliminate the trees on the right would be a larger operation and i am not sure that i would not miss them, but i see your point. regarding including the whole of first tree, it is on the original foto, but it has no attractive shape and i wanted the trees to be sufficiently off center

Fantastici colori pastello

really good winter photo love the warm glow...regards david

This is a very relaxing picture. Kind of like that Robert Frost poem (Miles to go before i sleep)

Let me register as NOT bothered by "blob" or pole or r.h. trees. Although this is not my picture of Frost's "Miles", I can sure see why Donald sees it that way. What I really like about this image is the cheer-leaderish danciness of the front tree and the way the trees' branches look as if they are reaching to shelter the domestic structure on the left at the horizon which I guess folks have been calling a "house". Also the way my eye moves around inside this image. That's a lot of compliments, but this image deserves them all.

Wonderful picture!!!

Your composition is impeccable and is only exceeded by your post processing. This is one beautiful piece of eye candy.