This is a really nice looking tree. I think it was cleverly taken. There are only a couple things that I can critique on. I don't think I've ever critiqued photography. :S
1. The telephone wires. As small and faint as they are, they are in the way of the tree, and throw off the focus.
2. In the lower left hand corner, there is this yellowish looking pole thing. It distracts from the tree.
Otherwise, this is really good. It would look good on a Christmas card. Hehe.
yes, yes, I noticed this right after I posted this... There's enough room to crop the picture, though, so it's not too much of a problem.... The telephone wires and yellow pole thing.
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-Buggs
I believe the yellow pole is actually one of those plastic tubes that goes around a power line cable that is connected to the ground. I have one just outside my house. Anyway, except for the power lines and cable cover, I absolutely LOVE this picture. (I think there's some software you can use to cover up those powerlines).
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The snow need to show a bit more, congrats on getting snow in your state, lol. It's a pretty pic, but the power lines were bothersome. Like little flys that keep you from enjoying somthing.
Good job though,
Scorpia
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so are you meaning to tell me that before the time of the picture you'd never seen it snow before?
that's cray-z i don't know how life would be for me if i never have snow anymore.
did you go and play in it like a little kid. or were you like
" oh! snow. "
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I actually really adore this! Did you play with the contrast or was this really how it turned out? I ask because the bottom of the tree looks a bit...sunken? I'm not really sure how to put that, but it just looks like maybe the shadow feature was played with. Not that it's a bad thing, it looks awesome!
There are a couple things to complain about though:
-like others said, the telephone wires. I don't know what was next to this tree, but maybe stepping a bit to the side so you were paralell with the wires rather than perpendicular would have helped get them out of the picture? But, then again maybe not, it may have just been unavoidable.
-not just the yellow pole in the lower lefthand corner, but also that plant I think throw it off a bit. I think because that plant is a bit too close to the camera but not close enough to make it effective so it really just kind of throws it off.
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Bah, I hate it when people say all the stuff I want to say. Takes all the fun out of it. Anyhow, yes, as has been said, nixing the wires and the pole-thingy would be a step in the right direction if you ever do something serious with this picture.
Right now, it's kind of a dark shot in some aspects, what with the sky and the ground looking really close in color. If that's what you were going for, great job. If not, try some contrast. I bet it'll look really good!
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Ditto on subtracting the telephone poles. In all honesty, I don't really find anything that exciting in a picture of a snowy tree, and it doesn't look like there's much snow, either. I do understand that, in a place where it never snows, this would be more of a big deal, but I see snowy trees all the time, and there's nothing in this picture to make your tree, you know, special. It's just a tree with a light dusting of white.
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this is a really great picture. wonderfully taken.
however, there are a few things in the background or near it that sort of distract away from the actual tree. i realize that you could do nothing about that, but, just saying.
great shot, by the way. if the camera would've been just a tad tilted, it would've shown in the picture--the big, straight tree and all.
overall, great picture!!!
-GC10
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thanks everybody... someone asked if that was the first time I'd seen snow, and no, it wasn't! I really love snow and I lived somewhere snowy when i was a little kid, so I did get to play in it...
I haven't edited this picture in any way, but I might check out some way to get rid of the telephone wires and yellow pole. thanks again!
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