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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Timo Löfgren on March 06, 2010, 04:52:53 am

Title: Winter IV
Post by: Timo Löfgren on March 06, 2010, 04:52:53 am

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Title: Winter IV
Post by: fredjeang on March 06, 2010, 06:36:27 am

Beautiful atmosfere, beautiful picture.
I do not know what others will think, but a little bit more sharpening in the first plan would be my idea.

Title: Winter IV
Post by: RSL on March 06, 2010, 11:12:58 am

Wonderful stuff, Timo. Brrrr...

Title: Winter IV
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2010, 01:40:01 pm

Quote from: RSL

Wonderful stuff, Timo. Brrrr...

Yes!


I especially like the way the distant grove of trees looms ghostlike.

Eric

Title: Winter IV
Post by: John R on March 06, 2010, 03:18:22 pm

Wonderful atmosphere. I never would have thought to convert these to BW.

JMR

Title: Winter IV
Post by: Colorwave on March 06, 2010, 03:45:26 pm

This shot has something for everybody.  Absolutely beautiful, and almost otherworldly.

Title: Winter IV
Post by: dralph on March 07, 2010, 10:11:16 pm

That is an outstanding photo.  There are a lot of things that just drew my eyes to it and then kept them there.  

The dark foreground, yet with the plants there lit sufficiently to make out their detail.  The dark sky balances the foreground and helps to pound in the feeling of desolation, isolation and frigid cold.  The brighter middle ground and side lit tree line contrast the feelings from the sky and foreground.  The light/white wind blown looking snow though reminds that it would be a bitter trek across that open ground to get to the trees.

I wonder too about how the b&w conversion was done.  Was the sky filtered with a red filter, like we used to do with B&w film.  I admire folks who get up early, even if not so early in the winter, to take a shot like that.  Big assumption on my part, based mostly on the snow on the branches in the grove of trees.  Wind picks up during the day and blows snow off branches, as does a warming sun.  In these Spring days south of the Finger Lakes has reminded me a couple of times that I could not wait a shot, as I did, til I came home from work since the snow scenes revealed in the morning light disappears sooner and sooner.

I admire this shot greatly. Thanks for posting it.

Dave Ralph

Title: Winter IV
Post by: Les Sparks on March 08, 2010, 12:37:05 pm

Beautiful. What a great B&W. I'm sure that the print looks even better than the image on the monitor.
Thanks for posting.
Les

Title: Winter IV
Post by: popnfresh on March 08, 2010, 01:30:54 pm

A terrific shot. Beautiful--almost alien landscape.