Autumn Snow (Revisited)

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 15, 2015583 views6 comments

The image above was taken on 11/11/2015. During the snow event that day, I just couldn't resist revisiting this location, where on 11/07/2011 I took and posted this image. Slightly different vantage points ... slightly different lighting ... a little more snow on the ground this year. Which composition do you prefer?

Canon 5D II
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
33mm, f/22, 0.5 seconds, ISO 50

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on November 15, 2015 at 1:15 PM

The current image has a little more of a high key effect. They are both nice but different. Less red in this one. (I wasn't very commital...)

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on November 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM

While I like them both I prefer the version with the red rock/sand that helps ID where the image is taken.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 15, 2015 at 3:04 PM

I'm with the Daves. I liked the first one better. I like this one well enough. cool

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on November 15, 2015 at 8:24 PM

Both of these are very nice images showing the snow in Zion in fall. I prefer the older photo because there is the orange color of the ground showing through and I love color. The older one is a little more distanced, and I like that, too. But both are excellent, as are many of your photos from this area.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on November 16, 2015 at 12:27 PM

Well, I'll go the other way and say that I prefer this one! I like how the snow makes both the greens and the yellows stand out, whereas they are a bit drowned by the red sand in the other version. I always seem to prefer a fresh continous blanket of snow in stead of half melted snow that is scattered around a bit, like on the other version.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 17, 2015 at 12:31 PM

Jim,

This works wonderfully. I like how the snow works to link the two parts of the image together. For me, I think I prefer the previously posted image. Mostly because the comp is not quite 50/50 and as others have mentioned, the reddish/orange soil is more prevelant and complimentary to the scene. Both are quite excellent though!

I also wanted to mention I've enjoyed viewing all your recent images from this area. The leaves/ice images are outstanding.

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