Winter Wonderland

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 2, 2016235 views8 comments

Another image from my hike through Youngstown's Mill Creek Park following a recent snow. As I noted before, it was our only good snow of the winter, and it turned the local park into a winter wonderfland. Nice snows don't last long around here, so I took a number of images during about my 5 hour hike. D600, 24-70 (+cpl) @ 24, f16, iso 160, 1/4. Comments, critiques, and other suggestions welcome. crying

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM

Winter wonderland is the right term, this looks very inviting! Especially the area around the creek is sweet. For me, the left edge is a bit more chaotic than the rest of the photo, and since it is the tranquility of this scene that does iit for me, I would consider a crop from the left to approx. a 4x5 format. It is a minor nit though, I really enjoy this one!

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 2, 2016 at 9:18 PM

Lovely mix of snow and water flow. Following up on Roel's thoughts, did you happen to take a vertical that cut out both sides? That would be interesting to compare.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 3, 2016 at 11:45 AM

A nice winter scene with excellent control of the whites, Scott. I like the positioning of the waterfall and pond in the frame.

devil

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on March 3, 2016 at 4:25 PM

Scott,
This is a beautiful winter scene, evoking a sense of peace. The freshly fallen snow is very appealing. In my opinion the center and right side are the strongest parts of the image. The lower left seems a bit busy and chaotic. As such I would agree with Roel that you could consider cropping the left side up to the branches entering the frame in the LLC.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 3, 2016 at 7:07 PM

I really like the feel of this image. With the fresh pristine snow I can feel the silence that come when everything is muffled by the snow.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 3, 2016 at 10:23 PM

Scott, this is a fine look through the snow covered trees into that lovely pool and stream with it's snow covered rocks. I'm with John in wondering if you've also got a vertical view also. It sure does look like a fun exploration with all the fresh snow.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 5, 2016 at 12:48 PM

Scott,

A quiet and lovely winter scenic. There's a lot going on throughout the frame, but everything seems to just support the central part of the image with the pool, the encroaching ice and stream feeding the pool. A lot to explore, just a pleasing image to view.

Lon

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on December 23, 2016 at 10:33 AM

IU like this image a lot but find my eye distracted by all the foliage and wanting to focus on the beautiful snow and water with their contrasting shades. Perhaps a slight crop from the top?

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