Backlit Frosty Needles

This scene was nice in person, but I'm not sure I fully converted the feeling to the image. The frosty needles had a blue/green feel, and portions were lit with sunlight from behind moving throughout the scene.

I kinda feel the right portion of major sunlit needles are a bit of a distraction...but I haven't printed it yet. The detail might be nice.

I dont know, how do you folks feel about this one?

I think it's quite nice but there isn't enough punch in any one area to create a coi for me. I think this may be begging for a close up of the needles, not sure if you walked over and grabbed some close shots... but may look pretty cool.

Thanks for the comments. I did grab some closeups which I haven't had time to process yet...and David...you surely guessed it! This was taken along the forest along the freeway just out of Sisters.

I like this immensely, just for the high resolution and the composition, I wouldn't have ever noticed any frost. Looks kind of like a Jirka.....at least on my monitor at work.....

Well I guess now you have the kiss of death from eric.

Wonderful palette of colors. Web size presentation is probably the wrong place to view this. I would try to tone down the bright area, or even crop it away.

Rick, did you use the blur/overlay layer technique I described in a previous post on this one?

I really like it but the brightness on the right makes it feel unbalanced. How about darkening that and brightening the middle left a bit?

Thanks again for the comments...I will play with it more this weekend...and will balance the scene out more...and repost.

I blurred only the brushy portion of the ground on this...and only a little bit at that.

Kind of has that dredded "HDR" look to it where there isn't any contrast to the scene.... I also agree with losing or toning down the Right side..... BTW, I went "Square" with the web browser window and liked it a lot more !!

Rick, this is a really nice one. It needs better contrasts though IMO. The comp. works well for me either square or as-is.

Gorgeous, painterly look and feel for a straight shot. It's gorgeous, Rick. What about a square crop (off the right) just the teeniest bit to the left of the most golden tree?
Oooo, really nice.

Well,
I boosted the contrast, cropped it square, and like the end product. Thanks a bunch for the feedback, I appreciate it.

Very nice, Rick. I dig it.

The second version is a great shot, Rick, I'd be real happy if it was mine.

Rick,
I also think think this a good one. Though I don't think the web presentation does it any favors.

More Betta

Rick, the crop you picked is the one I would have chosen but it looks compressed horizontally. I like the subtler colors in the first and think the second has a bit too much contrast and resulting saturation. Great vision - the variations in tone and color are sweet.