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Winter Morning

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Posted by Bo Chen on February 14, 2017 at 1:07 PM
Winter Morning
Hello,
I am new to NPN. Posting a photo taken in a typical cloudy winter morning with twilight blue. Not sure if you like the tone. Maybe it's too blue? What would you do in this kind of lighting condition?

Thanks,
Bo Chen
Posted by Keith Bauer on February 14, 2017 at 1:13 PM
Bo:

First, Welcome to NPN.  Glad you are here and have submitted your image.  The place where you want to submit images for comments and critique is in the Galleries.  This probably belongs in either the Landscape Gallery, or the Man and Nature gallery since it has a picnic table.  To answer your specific question, I think the image is too blue.  The snow doesn't feel natural with that tone in it.  A nice frame with the footprints creating a leading line to the tree.  Some simple color adjustments and this would improve.
 
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 14, 2017 at 5:19 PM
Bo, hello & welcome to the NPN web site.....crying

This is a wonderful scene. I suspect it fits the Man & Nature Gallery best having the footprints and more importantly the picnic table.....cool

The blue is very strong and it is a personal preference no doubt, but it would look more natural if brought down in total saturation. Regardless, the composition is very nice indeed.......enlightened
Posted by Bo Chen on February 14, 2017 at 10:26 PM
Thank you, Keith and Paul. Your warm welcome makes me feel at home.
It is too blue for me... The raw file is a little blue but it went beyond the line in post-processing, though I didn't intentionally saturate it.

I like NPN because it's better than a mere rating system, and your comments are very valuable. I will post my photos in the galleries. Thanks for letting me know :-)
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 14, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Bo, this image was a very fine start to what appears to be your very first photo and message here at NPN. The galleries are truly the best place to get feed back on any images you post in the future. We do look forward to those future posts ......cool
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 15, 2017 at 1:18 AM
Welcome! Really nice scene!  A beautiful, symmetrical tree in a nice comp. 
A bit too blue for me as well, but easily corrected.
The Moderators can move this to the correct Gallery, so more people will see it.
Looking forward to more of your work, and also to your comments and suggestions on the work of others. We all learn from each other here.
Sandy
Posted by Igor Doncov on February 15, 2017 at 1:31 AM
I like your blue interpretation. I would suggest cropping off the bottom section to create a square image of the entire top. Repost as a comment that version for us to see.

Welcome.
Posted by Louis Pattis on February 17, 2017 at 7:40 PM
Welcome Bo, I can tolerate the blue in the upper part of the image the sky and the tree but the snow is way to enhanced. Process the blue out of the snow and you have a nice winter scene.