John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Thursday’s Task: Exit 5: Snow In landscape
My examples below:
Knoxville, TN
Sylvan Lake, Yellowstone NP, WY
Grand Teton NP, WY
Rocky Mountain NP, CO
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Alan, gorgeous snowy scenes you’ve shared—Brrrrrr! (And thank you for sharing each of them). I especially LOVE the Hoh Rainforest image—I suppose it’s surprising to see that type of precipitation there. The Mt. St. Helens image is perfect—love the snowy blue mountains capture. Both of the waterfalls images are very nice as well—I especially favor the Latourell Falls image with the icicles, snow—and falling water too! The Multnomah Falls is nice with the green vegetation bordering the frigid falls—a beautiful capture too. And your Bryce Canyon is beautiful in all seasons—very nice in this instance! Bryce is always nice!Happily it doesn't snow often where I live but it isn't impossible.
Icy conditions at Latourell Falls:
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Winter at Multnomah Falls:
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Snow in the Hoh Rainforest:
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Steam venting in Mt. St. Helens
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Bryce Canyon with some early spring snow:
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Rick, I love these two winter landscapes—especially in B&W! Very beautiful captures. I especially favor your first image’s composition with the fence guiding the viewer’s eye into the scene. Your second image is also nice with the fog adding definite charm to this special scene. Rick, thank you for sharing these images!
Ken, gorgeous snowy landscapes you’ve shared! Thank you for doing so—and we would always be happy to see images you have shared before. The images from the Cuillin on Skye are very beautiful—I can’t choose a “favorite” among them. Very, very nice! The Cumbria landscape composition is well framed—I love the bare tree’s snowy branches pointing to the trees and hills beyond. Very nice!I am struggling to find snow images that I haven't posted before but here goes.
3 images of the Cuillin on Skye
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Lastly a local image from Cumbria
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Larry, a very nice group of snowy images you shared—and thank you for sharing them. That’s a lot of snow in your neighborhood—in my locale it is very infrequent to have such accumulation. It’s nice to see…there! (Not fond of shoveling snow). The capture of Red Rocks Park in a winter setting is beautifully composed—my favorite! The Echo Lake and Rocky Mountain NP are also beautiful captures as well. The rocky foreground of the RMNP is another well framed image—a beautiful landscape! Frozen Echo Lake is special with the winter creating this great foreground. Nice. The fence in the South Park Ranch adds compositional interest leading the eye to the beautiful mountains beyond. Thanks again Larry!Here are a few from my archive:
Cityscape: Snow View from My Front Porch
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Red Rocks Park in Snow
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Echo Lake View
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South Park Ranch
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Rocky Mountain National Park
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DES, your first image of the tree in a snowy fog is very nice—I like the foreground of focused bare branches adding visual interest to this composition. Your second mountain image is also very nice with the layered angles creating a simple but effective composition. Thank you for sharing.
Jameel, five gorgeous snowy landscapes—each very nicely captured. I love the layered composition of the Alaskan image. Simple and effective! The Banff image definitely is enhanced by the curved path in the snow covered road. I like this one a lot! The Mt. Rainier landscape is also another special image with the blue shadowed foreground and blue sky above bordering the magnificent mountain between. The Mt. Shuksan is perhaps my favorite, a gorgeous and perfect image. Your drone image of “Close to Home” is convenient, and a beautiful landscape possibility. Glad you captured this in winter. Very nice too. Thank you for sharing Jameel.Some snowy landscapes from my stash of images.
Alaska
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Banff
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Mt Rainier
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Mt Shuksan
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And close to home
Excellent interpretation Jeffrey! Nice minimalist image—very nice indeed!
Kyle, thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous snowy landscapes! Perhaps my favorite is your Norway image—love the intermingled warm and cool colors created by the winding stream reflecting the beautiful sky above. Perfect. The Montana landscape is another beautiful image—nice composition here as well. And a gorgeous Mesa Arch morning enhanced by winter’s snow. Very nice capture! And again, thank you for sharing each of these.
Jim, I love these two minimalist and “moody” (in a good way!) images! Love the light! Thank you so much for sharing!