few shots - CC please

[mkoop]

A few shots I took yesterday. Any tips or advice are more than welcome - I am having a lot of difficulty getting the snow to look correct. Here are my 4 favorites - let me know how to improve.
Still learning my DSLR (1 week into it) - these were all taken with either Tamron 90mm macro lens or Tamron 70-300 - D200 shot in Aperture mode.

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[JoshC.]

1 is a nice shot. Good exposure and beautiful tree.
The rest don't really do it much for me. 2 is kind of interesting, but not really drawing me in. 3 is out of focus. I think 4 would benefit from a different time of day.

 

[mkoop]

1 is a nice shot. Good exposure and beautiful tree.
The rest don't really do it much for me. 2 is kind of interesting, but not really drawing me in. 3 is out of focus. I think 4 would benefit from a different time of day.

Thanks - sun was setting at my back in most of these. I couldn't get #4 to look right at all - it was right before sun set, I will try a different time of day as you suggest as I really want it to work.

With 2 I was really drawn in by the shadows contrasting the highlights on the trees from the sun setting so I was trying to put emphasis on that.

I have no excuse for 3 being out of focus. Bad shot I didn't notice it in my own CC.

 

[rickabobaloey]

The first one is the best. I think it would benefit more however from a change of position. There's a house in the background but all we see is the roof. I'd try and find a view where you can capture the tree by itself or include the full frame of the house. Still a nice shot. The rest don't really do anything for me. The last two especially as they both look overexposed.

 

[bjmacphe]

I also think the first is the best. I think there needs to be more sky above the tree, though. And maybe if the tree were to the right a little more. I don't know if you cropped it, but if you did, then 'back up' just a bit so it's not so cramped.

 

[o hey tyler]

3 is the best for the graffiti on the left.

 

[Tired but willin]

Have to agree that number 1# is the most enjoyable. The others didn't really do much for me. Probably would have looked to cut the little house out the pic and the power lines....

 

[mkoop]

I'll have to learn a bit more about photoshop to make some of those changes to #1. I opted to have the roof of the house in the photo over moving it to the left and having the highway with cars

Shot #1 was taken with a 90mm macro, I may go back today with snow boots on so I can back up and do more with the frame.

 

[rlemert]

Interesting how everyone seems to like #1, and yet it's the one that does the least for me. I find it too dark (especially toward the top), and as a result the tree itself seems "fuzzy" (almost like it's out of focus, or like the branches were all shaking in the wind).

(However, consider that I'm new to this game - check out my post count - and my eyeballs maybe haven't calibrated themselves yet.)