Clinging to the Past

Hi,Chris - very stong image! The snow-dusted, stark trees contrast wonderfully with the remaining red leaves. Great variety of receeding trunks, anchored by the big guy on the right.
Love it !
Sandy

Fantastic, Chris. Your tighter composition is superb with the large tree on the right. The pattern of the snow covered branches really becomes evident and exquisite, and add in the warm tones of the leaves ... incredible. The large image is wonderful.

Chris, I enjoy the warm colors of the leaves standing out from the nearly monochromatic background. A fine and serene composition.

Peter

I'm a sucker for these wintery images! I guess that's because we never have them here!! lol. Beautiful composition, Chris! Love the bit of texture and color the leaves add to the scene. Snow covered branches and those dark tree trunks... love it!!

Hi Chris,
Great composition for this tree-scape. Nice the snow clinging on the barks. It gives more contrast and separation to the different trees.

gio

I love the combination of winter snow and warm colored leaves. Beautiful shot.

Another nice photo for your collection Chris. The leaves hanging on look good and stand out beautifully. I might bump up the snow a touch looks a little too grey on my monitor. Lovely photo. Cheers

Great shot Chris. Really nice comp. I really enjoy the winter trees when they still have some leaves too. With all the oaks we have there are always some around. Nice work on this!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Outstnding, Chris! Great contrast from the moochromatic scene and leaves.

I really like your comp here and the color of the dried leaves against the snow. Nice contrasts of color and tones. You had a gold mine on this trip! Another strong image.

Nice capture Chris, the colorful leaves really add a lot to this scene, and I think you've portrayed exactly what you intended to here. Nice work.

So cool! Yes, I love the lingering leaves, too! The color they add to the scene is awesome.

I love it. I can see how this might work in B&W but I'm partial to the yellow leaves still hanging off the trees.

Guy

Beautiful scene, Chris. The arrangement of trees is done so well. The splash of red/bown leaves adds some nice color. It could just be my uncalibrated work monitor, but I would be tempted to add a tiny bit more contrast to the highlights.

Wonderful image, I'm jealous of the conditions you had!

Really nice image, Chris. I like this a lot. Nice job creating order of a potential chaotic scene.

Very nice. I think I know those trees. This is a great shot of them.

From the thumbnail, I thought this was B&W. However, I love the hint of amber leaves left behind. I like the contrast of the dark trunks and snow as well..... an exquisite winter scene.

Fantastic composition, and the leaves add so much here..very well seen Chris!

One of my favorite things about the bare trees in winter is when they still have some of the leaves clinging to them.

Me too, now. The leaves are the perfect spice for this image.

Beautiful Chris. I totally agree that the leaves clinging to autumn really add the right touch to this winter scene from El Cap Meadow. Of course we have so many of these images of these trees now that it's only natural to compare.... and if I had a favorite, it would be the wider view of this grove that you posted last week. But this one ain't half bad....

I do like the strength of the larger tree on the right that anchors the scene.

You came home with a fabulous collection from the very short trip. Congrats!

Lon

Very nice, I love the spattering of leaves which really add life to the scene. Tristan

When you share images like this one, it makes me wish you were working in 4x5 so that someone would have the opportunity to experience the fullness of detail in your excellently composed scene. Have you thought of trying stitching photos in situations like this?

The large version really sings! What a beautifully balanced and inviting setting. I can't think of anything I would change here... very nice work!

Kent,
Thanks, I do stitches. The pano a couple of posts back is a stitch of 5 vereticals. I just never think to do it with my tighter and more intimate compositions. But I definately could have with this scene. I'll try and keep it mind next time out. I've been wanting to upgrade for a couple of years now to more resolution, but can't afford what I want. So I have countered that with trying to do more stitches.

Thanks,
Chris

What was that crack like a 75mm cannon going off echoing among the sleeping trees. Oh, another sheet of ice has worked loose from the frozen face of Upper Yosemite falls and fallen to destruction. But within moments the hush returns, and winter's silent reverie enfolds the snow blanketed tree limbs and not even the whisper of a breeze disturbs the still hanging veterans of fall.

My feeble attempt at describing in words what your image means to me. Chris.

Sometimes when I see these images of Yosemite or am there myself I wonder if John Muir was alive today how good of a nature photographer would he have been? He only had words due to the limitations of Black and White photography in his day. but they served him well.

Paul

Paul,

Not a feeble attempt at all. Rather, an articulate, elegant, and moving expression of your thoughts, that honor me! Thank you!

Chris

Hi Chris, I am late with commenting on your image. I need to catch up due to my absence. I think this one could not be any better. Very coherent composition, the frame is filled up perfectly. The fresh snow on the trunks is just great. A wonderful winter scene.