Snowstorm Island

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 28, 20122,122 views10 comments

I am not normally a landscape photographer, but sometimes a scene stops me and I give it a go, and here is my hand held attempt, using a D3S and a 70-200. I am interested in hearing how the "earth, sea and sky" people suggest improvements! This is from a couple of days ago, here in the Black Hills of South Dakota, at the beginning of our first snow of the season.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 28, 2012 at 12:10 AM

Holy cow--a shot from Lon in ESS! I'm honored to be the first comment.

I love this, looks like an oasis in a storm. There's a fair amount of neg space in the urhc--maybe a tad too much, but overall im liking this a lot.

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 28, 2012 at 3:00 AM

Lon I love the snow flakes frozen in the frame as they fall. Even though the negative space on the UR does cause an imbalance in the photo, its not a deal breaker and the other aspects of the photo compensate for it. Its actually quite nice to see this island of green trees among all that white. Well done.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on November 28, 2012 at 5:43 AM

Fantastic composition and detail Lon.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on November 28, 2012 at 6:59 AM

No nits from me Lon, beautiful little scene, and very well presented.
John

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 28, 2012 at 1:09 PM

I like the concept, capture, and the mood here. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 28, 2012 at 6:38 PM

Lon, This really made for a great winter scene. The larger version looks very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM

Lon,

So glad you decided to pop in here with this awesome winter scene! The falling snow and your careful crop make for a beautiful and well crafted image. I've got no nits or suggestions for improvements.

For alternate thoughts, you could do b&w, increase the brights and go towards a high-key look? You could add a soft vignette? but honestly, this is a great winter scene as is.

Great to see more Lon images in Landscape!

The other Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Fricke on November 29, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Great comp Lon, no real nits from me other than on the large version there are 2 big snowflake blobs that are a little distracting, one just above the base of the fallen dead tree and one just right of center at the base of a small pine tree that I would clone out. Other than those, the large snowflakes add a nice texture to the scene.

Registered on January 19, 2007, 133 Posts, 1448 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 30, 2012 at 9:31 AM

This is really nice. I find that it is not always easy to capture falling snow but this is a success in every way. I really enjoy the large version. Nice work

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on November 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM

No suggestions here. I like this a lot.

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