The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Oh, wow. Not a lot I can say to improve this one. A very nicely done shot.

COMPOSITION
I think the fact that the horizon is not on a third works okay here. The trees extend upwards past the horizon, and it is not so noticeable. It still has a very balanced, and stable feeling to it. The trees really serve well to capture the eyes and pull them up into the frame. Especially effective is the row on the left side. Also the "humps" of snow add interest and give the picture some motion.

TECHNIQUE
Beautiful focus and I really like the simplicity of colors. You are commended especially on getting the snow to look white. If I could change anything about this shot, I would like to see it with more blue in the sky. Obviously, you are not God, so you didn't have any control of that, but if you could use photoshop and add some more blue there (for reasons other than dpc), this shot would be near perfect in my opinion.

OVERALL EFFECT
Again, this shot is wonderful, and is so peaceful and serene. I bet the rest of the scenary was equally as beautiful. Sorry I can't add anything to make it better. You have an awesome shot here!

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by a1leyez0nm3:
Thanks everyone. This is really cool that I finally won a ribbon :). I took this shot over at Mission Ridge, by Wenatchee, Washington. I was up skiing and it was a nice day, sun shining and everything. I waited until it was a bit in the afternoon and the sun was over to the side, and I started shooting photos here and there. I was skiing down and I came across some trees with the sun shining through, so I climed up through them and up a ways to this. "Wow." I started shooting. I tried shooting with the horizon not centered, but the trees didnt follow the rule of thirds and it just looked strange, so I chose this shot, where I tried to fit the trees in equal portions of the frame. I overexposed it +0.7 on the meter and then used the levels in Photoshop to tone it down a bit/ increase contrast. I set the apeture as small as it could go (8) and focused about 20m away, so that everything would pretty much be in focus. Set the speed to 500. I was about waist deep in snow when I took this :-p. One thing I probably should have done was to crop out the tree on the far right that is just barely in the frame, but I guess it isn't too distracting. I had just enough time to get it in and photoshop it; I submitted this about 10 minutes before the cutoff time :).

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by shutterfly:
I absolutely love this shot!!! Congrats!

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by billy:
:)

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by alanfreed:
Wonderful shot -- congrats!

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by mcrael:
Very beautiful shot - I'm sure you are quite proud of it. Snow is very difficult to capture, and the color and texture is perfect here. Congratulations on your 2nd place win.

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by crabappl3:
One of my highest rated shots in this challenge! Well deserved ribbon. Great composition and exposure.

-danny

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by Jacko:
What a wonderful shot. I had forgotten how beautiful snow could be (been sick and tired of snow lately -- got about 3 feet on the ground, yuck). Congrats of the ribbon. Definitely one of my favourites this week.

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by magnetic9999:
beautiful picture. glad you made it ! :)

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment by Sonifo:
Great shot. Congrats on winning 2nd!