sterile morning

[daniel valovich]

Hello to all,
The morning was cold but everything after a dusting of snow looked undisturbed.
nikon d-300
tokina 11-16 mm lense @ 11
1/320s
iso 200
matrix metering

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Daniel,
Pretty interesting here with nice clouds. I like the dark moody feel and in the repost I tried to keep it. Ideally i would have preferred this w/o the branches on the URC and ULC. I did do a slight crop to minimize it as there also appeared to be a brighter area around it. First thing after that....I opened up some of the shadow and tamed some of the highlights using Shadow/highlights. Then I went mostly old school.....just using the dodge and burn tool. I did not convert it to B&W.....but since it's mostly there anyway....might not be a bad idea. I tried to show you a few possibilities....may not be to everyones tastes but just to give you some additional ideas. Let me know your thoughts.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Daniel, Agree with Roman but I made a more radical crop where I wanted to focus more on the RR tracks than the sky. Image has a nice mood to it with the snow also creating interest...

[daniel valovich]

Thanks Dave and Roman
That is why I like this forum and I appreciate your time spent on the photo.
It is not the best photo But I also like the mood. Should have spent more time there but I took the photo through the passenger side open window as I was in traffic.

[Robert Amoruso]

You captured the clouds well Daniel and the tracks are a good leading line. The reposts really help it reach its potential tonality-wise.