Winter Wonderland

[Christopher Miller]

I took this during a walk in the woods the other day.

Applied a blur overlay
Added faint light rays and falling snow
Applied a slight orton effect
Used two white fill layers to lighten the center portion and add more of a misty feel
Converted to B&W using channel mixer and then toned the image using hue/saturation
Added a slight vignette

Thanks for looking :)

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I like the composition w/ the slanted trees. The processing work looks great. The white fill layers and the snow give it a wonderful winter effect.

[Cindy Mead]

a very inviting scene Christopher.. I like the dreamy feel, well done :)

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice effect.

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful scene, Christopher. My only comment would be to experiment a bit to see if you couldn't get it to look less flat with the snow and light layers...maybe mask off more of them in the FG or BG or let less light through on the sides than the middle. It's very nicely done as is but I think you could get more of a 3-D feel if you played with those layers and their opacity a bit more. Just a thought...

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice effect Christopher, the outer trees frame the pic nicely and invite you in to this wintery scene.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Chris, you've created a very dreamy feeling to a beautiful original image.

[Paul Lagasi]

Good job on this Chris...up here we can't walk in the woods anymore...lolol...too much snow

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks a lot everyone. Appreciate the comments. Thanks for the suggestion, Jules. I'll give it a try.