bluechameleon
wintering
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 20 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural.
"Wintering in a dark without window"
-- Sylvia Plath
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John from Durham, United States
I love this - what is that effect you put on here? Its like from a movie still or something or like the dark side tv show.
20 Dec 2008 5:12am
@John: Thank you John :)
I desaturated the colour and did some dodging, burning and blurring. I use a soft focus filter when shooting sometimes as well.
Marcah from Quincy, United States
Excellent image. The perfect composition to set such a mood. Does this have the orton effect. Whatever, it is wonderful.
20 Dec 2008 5:16am
@Marcah: Thanks Marcah :) No, I don't know how to do the orton effect, I guess it's similar to this though. I am pleased that you like it.
Sien from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Excellent image!
a feel-good composition.
Nice catch Sharon...
Grz Sien
20 Dec 2008 6:42am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
PAR-FAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! j'adore !!!!!!
20 Dec 2008 6:53am
Ross Collins from Wellington, New Zealand
The people add much to this excellent image!
20 Dec 2008 8:18am
k@ from Paris, France
Hello Sharon, didn't receive your visit for a few days - I miss it ! :) Love that pic, reflections and quality - and the couple is the detail that give the landscape its scale, increasing even more the scene ! Great one (once more - but I don't get used to it ;o) Nice w-e....
20 Dec 2008 8:31am
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
What a lovely dreamy mood you've captured and enhanced!
20 Dec 2008 9:46am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
magic processing ! I love this atmosphere and the couple walking add more to this beautiful pic !
20 Dec 2008 9:47am
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
An unreal light that comes out of this image. Fascinating.
20 Dec 2008 12:08pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Oh My God, a real Life Treasure, do my eyes deceive me or is there this magical golden hues that comes and goes this is such an amzing photo, it's worth millions of start...Oh Blue, WOW my favourite in a long, long, time
20 Dec 2008 12:48pm
4ah from Kuwait city, Kuwait
Gosh...i need you to teach me how to bring out beauty in black and white...and i looovvve winters!! :)
20 Dec 2008 1:15pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Beautifully observed and presented, and oh so romantic
20 Dec 2008 3:10pm
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Perfect composition, the couple add a touch of life to this winter scene. I like the mood "like in a dream".
20 Dec 2008 3:11pm
martie from US, United States
Fantastic! Love how heavily the snow rests on the shrubs and how quietly that couple seem to be moving.
20 Dec 2008 3:56pm
paolo from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy
soft and romantic, really a lovely photo.
20 Dec 2008 7:00pm
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
Wonderful use of selective focus. It certainly is an image that demands B&W. This is a put on your wall photograph!!
20 Dec 2008 7:21pm
Gary from Cochise County, United States
Andy williams is singing Holiday songs on the radio as I'm looking at this. What a treat. This is a wonderful holiday image.
20 Dec 2008 7:48pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
this image could be SO cold, or SO warm and romantic...I'll take warm and romantic....well done
20 Dec 2008 9:54pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
A lovely iamge and I know that your prefer black and white but I would love to see this one in color. It is so beautiful.
20 Dec 2008 10:20pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
What an enchanting image this becomes . . for a moment, I thought it was IR !
21 Dec 2008 12:21am
Sean from Champaign, United States
Wonderful sentiment here; excellent processing and framing.
21 Dec 2008 2:19am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
So Christmas like...it's beautiful.
21 Dec 2008 4:05am
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
a wonderland, the people look under-dressed. best...jerry
21 Dec 2008 4:05am
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Gorgeous. On the calendar, winter starts tomorrow but the snow falling outside says it's here now!
21 Dec 2008 4:56am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wow what a gorgeous image!!! Love it:-)
21 Dec 2008 7:43am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
You've turned this into a land of fantasy with your style and processing choice. Wonderful...
21 Dec 2008 2:51pm
dewaun.simmons from Dallas / Ft. Worth, United States
Fabulous ambiance here... the softness is punctuated with the people walking along the pathway. Very nice and dreamy!
22 Dec 2008 7:33pm
grant from kansas city, United States
it looks impossibly fragile, brittle even, but beautiful
22 Dec 2008 7:47pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
WOW this has such a soft surreal feel, so beautiful Love this
23 Dec 2008 3:45pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
I spent a moment visiting, I hesitated and I choose this one because I like it, the snow on the trees with the couple give a long, long fairy tale... This image could be made with IR film.
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Nikon D70
1/45 second
F/4.5
ISO 400
70 mm