Snowy Hill

[AmberLynneParker]

One of my first pictures of the snow. I need some tips, please.

 

[ronlane]

Looks like the wb is off or you took it in Oklahoma. Maybe a wider point of view. I like the leading lines but to me they are leading to nothing.

 

[AmberLynneParker]

I took it in Michigan. Thanks

 

[Mully]

Need to fix the color ... snow is not normally brown.

 

[ronlane]

Need to fix the color ... snow is not normally brown.

Unless you are in Oklahoma Mully. We get just enough snow to mix well with our dust and mud.

 

[cgipson1]

Yellow snow? You must have big dogs around there! I am assuming you did not intentionally give it that sepia look? Do a curve on it with the white eyedropper on the brightest highlight (If you have PS). And lose the vignette!

 

[AmberLynneParker]

I don't have PS, but i'll try fixing it to be white

 

[AmberLynneParker]

is this better?

 

[cgipson1]

is this better?

color wise and exposure wise, yet! Much better. However.. there is nothing there... just a snow covered road with part of a tree across the way! May I ask why you took this? What did you find interesting about it?

 

[nycphotography]

Compositionally, it's begging for a subject.

 

[AmberLynneParker]

Well, i'm experimenting, and I just liked the way the road looked because of the hill, but I didn't like how the street looked ahead of it.

 

[cgipson1]

Well, i'm experimenting, and I just liked the way the road looked because of the hill, but I didn't like how the street looked ahead of it.

Understood! We all experiment! What did you learn?

 

[AmberLynneParker]

Well. for the color, it's best to have things look more natural, and also a picture needs to have something for the eye to focus on.

 

[cgipson1]

Well. for the color, it's best to have things look more natural, and also a picture needs to have something for the eye to focus on.

Basically true. The Sepia look that your original post had, might go well in some circumstances.... say a vintage looking photo with a sleigh in it or something, but in general, snow needs to be white! lol!

Photo's without a subject have to become the subject themselves... and be interesting just on their content.

 

[PixelRabbit]

You have some great potential subjects/elements in this shot. Picnic table in the distance, more of the tree, footprints on the road.
The footprints stand out to me as a great subject to set against the road, when assessing a scene look from all angles. Those prints probably make a cool line if you rotated your view a bit to look down the road a bit more and perhaps lower, they would accentuate the lines of the road that likely caught your attention to begin with.