This months project is what winter means to your photography. For me, snow fall, subdued light, trumpeter swans, cold feet:)
It was a dark and snowy morning. I wanted an image with snow falling, and went to the local bird sanctuary hoping to catch some birds flying against the darker background provided by the trees along the lake. The darker background really helps show off the falling snow, as compared to shooting against a white snow field.
Well, the snow was falling, but nobody was flying! So, I did the best I could.
D700 500mm f/4 f/7.1 1/3200s ISO 1250 Manual Wimberley/Gitzo
Post: CS4 curves in ACR selective sharpening, small crop for comp.
One of the challenges for images where there is a lot of snow in the air between you and the subject is to get enough detail in the subject, esp. when the subject is white! I played around with the tonalities and sharpening here to try and maintain the snowy feel but still show off the subjects.
The comp. is a bit different than I would normally do with the subjects here, but I wanted enough of the darker background above to show the snowfall.
The shoreline curves in towards us on the left, giving the impression that the image needs a bit of CW rotation, but it is actually level.
Advice and thoughts appreciated.
Hope to see more images on this month's theme posted.
Cheers
Randy







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