Winter landscape/macro C&C please!

[Yownhouse]

Just got out to shoot some winter land photos. Too bad I don't live in a place with lots of trees because it could have been a lot better. C&C is very welcome.

 

[transformed]

1 and 2 don't really grab me. 3 is nice- very peaceful. The white balance on it is way on the cool end- was that on purpose? I'm not a huge fan of blue snow.

 

[hankejp]

+1. Not a big fan of the blue either.

 

[Canosonic]

Try choosing for the background instead of other branches the sky. It'll just won't look so messy.
JMO

 

[HikinMike]

I like the last one. I would fix the WB, crop some of the sky away and clone the spots in the sky. After that, clean your sensor.

 

[HikinMike]

I was bored. I fixed some of the spots in the sky, fixed the WB, converted it to B/W and cropped some of the sky. Sharpened for the web and put a border...

 

[Big]

^^^^ +1 Yeaaaaaaaa much better

 

[Yownhouse]

I like the last one. I would fix the WB, crop some of the sky away and clone the spots in the sky. After that, clean your sensor.

Thanks! It doesn't help that my computer screen is dirty so I mistake them for spots on my screen. I think it was more my lenses that were dirty which leads me to a question. I use a microfiber cloth to clean my lens but should I be using something else to a solution besides condensation from my breath?

 

[Yownhouse]

I was bored. I fixed some of the spots in the sky, fixed the WB, converted it to B/W and cropped some of the sky. Sharpened for the web and put a border...

Love it! Thanks I'll have to fix it once I can clean my screen and see what's going on lol. How did you set your border like that? I can't get mine thin :\

 

[thebeatles]

The background is too chaotic for me in the first two. I would take hikinmikes advice on the third photo and you have a winner.

 

[MisplacedAngler]

I like the edited one. Has an Ansel Adams feel to it.

 

[HikinMike]

Love it! Thanks I'll have to fix it once I can clean my screen and see what's going on lol. How did you set your border like that? I can't get mine thin :\

I made an Action a few years ago (CS2). I used a white 6px stroke using 'Inside'. Then you have to flatten the layer. Then use a black 5px stroke using 'Inside'. Make sense? I don't have Photoshop opened right now, so I'm doing this from memory. :blushing:

I use a lens cloth to clean my lens, but I really think your sensor is dirty. I use a Rocket Blower to clean my sensor.