Abstract - Winter Color

[Christopher Miller]

I took this photo back in early February while experimenting with motion blurs. In this one, I liked the contrast between the young, yellow-green pine trees in front and the dark woods behind.

In PP, I boosted up the color and contrast to match my vision for it. I also added a touch of the orton effect, gave the snow a slight yellow tone, and lightened the edges of the image just a tad. Any comments and suggestions would be most appreciated!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f8.0 @ 1/20, ISO 50
Manual mode, pattern metering, cloudy WB

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and effect, Christopher.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very nice Christopher. I really like your colour palette and motion blur. The only thing better might be have all white to frame it at the bottom. but I am sure that would be hard to do:) Very lovely.

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I love the colors and the layered look to this. It's one of my new favorites of yours!:)

[Julie Kenward]

Christopher, I love the blur and the colors are so nice and soft. I am not really all that fond of the white at the bottom and wonder what it would look like with about half of that area out - leaving just a hint of it at the bottom? For me, it is still too stark to go with the rest of the soft and graceful image.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks for the nice comments, Mark, Jackie, Denise, and Jules. Much appreciated! :)

Jules, I experimented with your idea just with a browser crop and I think you might have a good idea there, though I'm not 100% sure because I do still like my original framing too.

Jackie, I like your idea of all white at the bottom. It would rather hard to do with this particular shot, but I think there's another location that I might be able to get a shot with all white at the bottom. I'll give it a go next time I'm out with my camera.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent work, Christopher. The colors have come out really well.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks very much, Indranil. :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Christopher, I think this is my favorite! I love the colors and the lines and the softness. It beautifully done.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Christopher, I like this one a lot! Very pleasing colors and lovely abstract imagery. Well done!