rising sun

[Jeremy Roussak]

Thoughts?

Jeremy

[Jeremy Roussak]

Or high key?

Jeremy

[MattBurt]

I think brighter is better but the image still doesn't really draw me in.
The weeds (and the shadows) don't make a visually interesting subject to me. Or if the snow is the subject then the weeds distract from it.

[armand]

I think brighter is better but the image still doesn't really draw me in.
The weeds (and the shadows) don't make a visually interesting subject to me. Or if the snow is the subject then the weeds distract from it.

I was thinking along the same lines. The snow is great, the branches less so. I think it will look better if you clone out the left branch but I'm not sure it will be enough.

[francois]

For me, both versions lack simplicity. "Ripples" are fighting against weeds (or vice versa) as the main subject.