Posted by Chuck Beatty on February 13, 2010 at 12:10 PM
We had a foot of new snow and bright sunshine last weekend. I was repeatedly drawn to the shadows of the trees moving across the snow. Here the afternoon shadows are intersecting a small creek. I cropped this image to accentuate the horizontal lines.
Posted by Jack Graham on February 13, 2010 at 8:08 PM
NIce one CB---I might tone down the blues a bit on the snow.... boy do i NOT miss that snow!
jg
Posted by Andy Richards on February 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Hi Chuck. I am 99.99% a color guy myself. But . . . . might this be more dramatic in B&W?
Posted by Chuck Beatty on February 14, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Jack, they don't have snow in Oregon?
Andy, here's a B&W version. I darkened the shadow areas in the color version as well and I like it better (you get the idea in the B&W version). Let me know what you think.
Chuck, I also like the color version better. I have been trying to capture this type of image in my local Metro Parks with no success so far. Your image gives me inspiration to keep trying.
Posted by Kevin Trinkner on February 17, 2010 at 8:04 AM
I like the bw version Chuck, I love shooting snow shadows. Nice capture.
Posted by Philip Schwarz on February 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I like the b&w version better.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 20, 2010 at 9:37 AM
I prefer the color version, Chuck....to me, it says "cold" much more so than the B&W. I also like the depression in the snow running diagonally through the image.
Posted by Bruce Palla on February 20, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Neat shot, Chuck. The creek's bank adds a lot to this shot. My 2 cents are as follows; Color version depicts the cold. B/W is more 'artistic' and surreal. Keep 'em both!
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jg
Andy, here's a B&W version. I darkened the shadow areas in the color version as well and I like it better (you get the idea in the B&W version). Let me know what you think.