Deep Woods + rp

Nick this is an interesting idea to crop this into a panoramic. I very much like the cool white balance you used, it creates some real mood in the image. I think the shapes of the trees are pretty interesting and work well together. My only nitpick is the very dark tree on the far right. It is so much darker in tonality than the other trees that it tends to draw my eye away from the rest of the scene. I would recommend dodging it to bring its tonality more in line with the other trees. I do like that tree as a framing element, so I wouldn't crop it away.

Thanks Ed! I appreciate your comment. I agree that tree on the right edge seems quite dark. I just did a bit of dodging on it and the tonality is probably a little closer in this version. Thanks for the suggestion! Nick
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Edit: ​Maybe still a bit dark but I can work on that if need be.

Well thats pretty fun.   Nice shot!

aF

Nick, this does a good job of capturing the almost dawn quietness of a snowy forest.  I especially like how the two twisted trunks contrast with all of the straightness.  For me, subtle views like this appear only when I've spent some quiet time in one area and this captures that sense well.  I could possible see cropping this on the right to put those two dark trunks at the edge of the frame.

Real nice scene, Nick. I like the change in the repost.  It is a nice, moody image that works for me. 

I hear you on being connected to the scene!

This has a lovely darkness Nick. I think I would like a crop down to use those to sinuous as edge framing. (Hopefully that made sense.)

Nick, your handling of the panorama format is again excellent to my eye! I enjoy to explore all the details, while the the repetitive pattern of the trunks makes for a firm structure in the composition to me.

I just think of brightening the prominent trunk at the right bit - even in the repost - as it makes for a rather heavy weighting of the image in my opinion. Anyway, I like your presentation of the scene a lot!

Peter

This is cool.  You don't see many panos of trees like this, and it is nice to focus on the tangle of branches and trunks.  You are really good at finding incredible comps, like this.  Having that dark tree on the right did not bother me, although I like the new version, too.  I like the almost soft light back there in the trees.  Excellent comp and processing.
I actually prefer the last image you had, I think just because there was more room, and it invited me into the image more....kinda hard to describe what I mean.  I like images that make me feel as though I am right there, and that's what those last several images did.  It's just harder to get that feeling with a pano, I think.  This was a super series of images you had.  Well done. 
(Our snow looks horrible now.  I took some pictures yesterday.  The snow is hard and crusty and dirty from all the wind.  I doubt I will get any more good images, even though we still have a foot or more of snow on the ground.)

Thanks so much to all of you for taking time to comment on this one. I always look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions, and what a good way to keep improving. 
I think I will try and lighten the darker trees on the right a little more yet and then maybe crop so they are at the edge of the frame.
Genny, Thanks, and I agree! Our snow is all gone now and we didn't get that much this year anyway. Guess I'm ready to shoot Spring now.. Cheers, Nick

This seems to convey a somber mood.  I find these kind of scenes to be difficult to photograph because I struggle to find a cohesive composition.  Your composition here works well.  You have nice separation between the foreground and background trees which helps to give a sense of depth and it also alleviates some of the complexity of the scene. 

Thanks Brian! Appreciate getting your thoughts on this. Cheers, Nick

Nick,

Better late than never....  This has quite the mood.  I would say almost creepy - in a good way, like something from a movie - Blair Witch Project, etc.  Like, I wouldn't want to be there after the sun went down... 

I too like the color balance and even exposure which really enhances the mood.

Ed, maybe others mentioned the dark trunks on the right.  I agree, but am of the opinion to crop them. And to match that, crop off the evergreen on the left.  You've got plenty of width and the forest is still hauntingly captured.  but of course it's all on how you feel about representing your image.  Repost certainly improves over the original.

Lon

Thanks Lon! I appreciate your comment. I really hadn't thought about that crop but I tried it and it works! ... Thank you, Nick