Sugar Coated

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 26, 2010186 views15 comments

We're still suffering with some freezing temperatures at the moment but it is giving some great photo oppertunities. It was aprox minus 10C when I shot this. I know some of you are used to temps like this but it is very unusual to have such a prolonged period of cold weather in the North West of England.

All comments are welcome and thanks for looking.

Gary.

D700, 16-35mm. 1/60 sec @ f/18, iso 200.

Hope you're all having a nice Christmas.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 26, 2010 at 1:07 PM

Gary, at least you never had to fly out of Heathrow airport(or did you). The big news here on the CBC was about the the problems they had for like a week. Great framing on the picture. I really like the warm light through the trees. I could see bringing up the brightness a touch but that could just be my monitor. I do love these types of conditions to photograph in. Great Photo. Cheers

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Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Fantastic gnarled trees complemented well by the straight trunks in the misty background. We're having an unusually cold and snowy winter where I live, too. Makes for some great photography!

Lori

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on December 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM

Cheers Raymond and Lori, no airport problems for me. I've just brightened it a touch.

Thanks, Gary.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 26, 2010 at 1:59 PM

The repost looks great Gary. Now if only we could see this in a large version

Cheers

Registered on January 22, 2009, 12 Posts, 479 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 26, 2010 at 2:06 PM

I like the conditions you captured here, Gary. This has a very nice feel with the soft light and all the frost. Very interesting trees and a nice comp. I really like the one further back.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 26, 2010 at 3:42 PM

Gary, great capture, love the frost on the trees.The tree on the left is very unique. I like the repost.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 26, 2010 at 4:37 PM

I like the repost also. Great subjects, composition, detail, clarity, colors and background colors.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM

Nicely scene and photographed.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM

Fantastic. You're really taking advantage of the cold spell. I really like the shapes of the trees and the frosting of hoarfrost. The warm colors in the background are very appealing too.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 26, 2010 at 8:52 PM

NIce, complex winter scene--i really like this--especially the repost!

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on December 26, 2010 at 10:20 PM

Excellent tamed chaos Gary.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on December 27, 2010 at 11:08 AM

The icy branches and the warm tones make a wonderful combination.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 27, 2010 at 9:33 PM

Gary,

I really like the design of this - the natural flow and patterns of the branches and then also repeated between the two main trees. The frosting/snow is literally icing on the cake...

what really tops this off for me is the soft, warm glow in the background. The warm colors with the obviously cold conditions works quite nicely. A wonderful capture.

Lon

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on December 28, 2010 at 8:30 AM

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on December 28, 2010 at 3:54 PM

I think this works really well, the dark, twisted branches make for a wonderful contrast against the frigid and overcast conditions. Beautiful!

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