Which one?

[zbo2408]

We had a little bit of snow the day after christmas here in Charleson, SC and I attempted to snag a macro shot w/ my 18-55 :/
I couldn't make a good exposure I felt like the snow was "blown out" no matter how underexposed I tried to make it ... These are the edits I did do they look ok? Which one is better? How could I of taken the shot so it came out better in the first place?

I shot in RAW all thats done here is Auto Exposure in Aperture and one of them I used the polarizer brush in Aperture to try and bring out more detail in the snow.

Just incase its not obvious I have no clue what I'm doing with the editing software ... I was just noticing that when making minor adjustments to RAW photos iPhoto & the Canon software seem well kind of crappy so I d/l the Aperture trial to see how it does.

 

[MidnightGrimm]

I like the first one more, personally. Even though the perimeter is a bit dark, it brings your attention to the snow better. Makes me think of a light in the darkness. Overall, they're both great captures. BTW, we got 11inches up here in Va!

 

[zbo2408]

11 inches wow ... yeah it literally snowed from 12p - 9p here and that is literally all that able to accumulate lol

 

[er111a]

1 imo

 

[MidnightGrimm]

Yeah, it started snowing about 9pm Xmas night, but the same time the next night, we were under a foot of snow. We never get that much snow. Haha!

 

[Wesche]

First one for shure, it seems darker, making it nicer

 

[zbo2408]

thanks for the votes!
Does anyone know why I wasn't able to make a proper exposure on the snow? Or what I should of done?

 

[Bram]

I attempted to snag a macro shot w/ my 18-55 :/

Wow a handful of comments yet nobody is interested on how he shot "macro" with an 18-55 kit lens?
Enlighten me
Hah just messing with ya, definately not macro, little OOF.

 

[robb01]

1st one