Scalloped Snow

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 16, 2012285 views21 comments

Here is another shot from the prarie after last week's blizzard. The light was fading fast at this point.

Thank you for your comments on my last post and for any comment or critique on this one.

Morris

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 16, 2012 at 1:21 AM

You are killing me with these beautiful snow scenes Morris. After the freak Halloween snow storm, we have not had any. Love the textures and cool coloring.

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Comment posted by Karthick Ramachand on February 16, 2012 at 1:24 AM

Lovely repeating patterns Morris. Like the temperature and the overall treatment.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 16, 2012 at 2:44 AM

Another wonderful shot, Morris, I really like how the snow lines pull you into the scene from both sides. I think this would also work equally well with the sky cropped out.

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on February 16, 2012 at 9:50 AM

Another beautiful shot--love the texture and the play of light on the snow!

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on February 16, 2012 at 11:21 AM

I love the subtle light and textures in the snow.This simplicity is great here!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 16, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Another wonderful snow scene, Morris. Great patterns and texture in the foreground snow and I love the soft glowing light. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Beautiful pattern, form, and tonality, Morris. That beautiful soft light is outstanding. Love it.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Another nice one, Morris--glad you got some keepers!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 16, 2012 at 3:25 PM

Thanks, everyone.

Stan, check Man and Nature for that shot of you.

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Comment posted by Florian Aubin on February 16, 2012 at 3:29 PM

great pattern with this uniform light.
i'd maybe lighten a little the sky...

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 16, 2012 at 3:52 PM

very nice my friend

keep the best my dear

Hamed

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Another convincing wintry atmosphere for me, Morris. The plainness of your composition shows the subtle textures at their best in my opinion.

Peter

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on February 16, 2012 at 7:27 PM

The soft light and great texture in the snowbank makes this very inviting.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on February 16, 2012 at 8:25 PM

I like the mood that you have captured with the cool tones and the beautiful twilight light. I like the way that the wispy drifts in the foreground snow seem to point to the horizon as this leads my eye throughout the frame.

And although I like this as presented I wonder if you were able to get an abstract composition of this with the bottom 2/3 of the image just below the lowest clump of grass in the upper left hand corner. Maybe I'm just in an abstract mood today since I had the same idea on another image. Anyway, just another idea for a little different composition but as usual this is excellent as presented.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 16, 2012 at 9:01 PM

I like the shapes and textures, but this seems a bit under-processed. Something needs to take this up one level. It just doesn't seem to be there yet.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 16, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Brian, I did take an abstract of that section you are describing. I haven't processed it yet, but will try to soon.

Tony, thanks, and suggestions please!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 17, 2012 at 10:59 AM

I'll just add my kudos. Killer snow patterns.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on February 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM

I think this is a great scene that conveys a lot of mood. Your processing is stellar too.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on February 17, 2012 at 4:51 PM

Really great patterns in this lovely snowscape Morris. The central patch of snow patterns particularly catch my attention.

Gary.