Fresh Snow, a photo from Ontario, Central

Photographer's Note

There is something quite inspiring about fresh snow: the white blanket just begs for a camera (now that I am "grown-up"). When my children were growing up, it begged for snow angels and when I was younger still, it inspired snowball fights and snow forts.
This winter, we've had relatively little snow, so the few good snowfalls we've had have been welcome. And though I might complain about the cold for a while, I am happy to look back on the results.
And we are glad for the snowfall that will melt in the spring, the means to water our trees and flowers, the replenishment of our water tables.
Snow is the promise of life too: life in waiting ... ... ...
Tech: Handheld camera; jpg adjusted in levels; trees lightly dodged to bring out the texture of the branches; cropped top and bottom, resized and sharpened
Thanks for visiting and for your critiques and suggestions

sabyasachi1212, JPlumb, pierrefonds, MLINES, FORJP001, Tue has marked this note useful

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PixelTerror (0) 2007-03-02 0:48

Hi Silke,
Nooooooo, that's a torture such a view, such a nice snow, its texture is lovely and the white is shining under this snow, it's hard to avoid to be blown out by the sun on such shots but choosing such a small aperture was the right thing to do, a good finishing touch would be now to clone out the two wires.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-03-02 1:34

Hi Silke,
Nice winter shot, love the way you have got the sun in one corner.
Best Wishes
Sabyasachi

msirin (433) 2007-03-02 1:36

merhaba,

Pırıl pırıl bir çalışma,tebrik ederim,selamlar.

memet

JPlumb (3159) 2007-03-02 2:00

Hi Silke, this is a nice capture of a bright winter day. The angle of light with that snow on the hill is great. You have captured some texture with this shot. The light shining through the spruce gives them colour. The sky is great. On your personal copy you might want to lose that power line.

Thanks, John

pierrefonds (115462) 2007-03-02 8:44

Hi Silke,

A nice photo of the snow and of the evergreens under a beautiful winter sky, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Have a good weekend.

Pierre

MLINES (12516) 2007-03-02 19:09

Hi Silke. Very fine winter photograph. Clarity and colours are good. Interesting note. That one wire is a slight distraction only. TFS. Murray.

placombe (7715) 2007-03-02 21:05

Hi Silke
Appropriate exposition on this one. Nice sun rays like spokes on a wheel and textured snow. Nice job. The electric wires...ahhh
Pierre

berek (50518) 2007-03-03 1:49

Hi Silke,
I like sun with this beautiful winter view. good point of view and colours. Have a Nice Weekend.
Burak
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FORJP001 (3819) 2007-03-03 23:17

Hi Silke,

Nice effect of the sun rays on the new snow.

Sun rays look like laser beams aiming something well hidden in the background.

Jean-Pierre

Tue (93340) 2007-03-04 16:06

Hej Silke,
Beautiful capture of the snow. It looks great as no-one has touched it yet. The sunlight and the inclusion of the sun itself is very good too. Well done, thanks for this winter view!
Hilsen,
Lars