Winter Landscape Pano

[Forkie]

I really love negative space so this photo almost does it for me.

Almost, because I think the tree is too far to the right. I reckon if you split the photo horizontally into thirds and place the tree on the line between the middle and right third you'd have the right balance.

 

[KmH]

It starts getting underexposed and dark on the right side particularly the snow.

Did you have a polarizing filter on the lens?

I did an edit. I dodged the snow in a gradient from about the middle of the photo to the right. I then burned the details in the snow and some of the sky on the right to bring out some detail there.
I also did some selective burning on the trees/background.

 

[timor]

I would call it an improvement, picture is much crispier, the big gray is gone. :thumbup:

 

[PixelRabbit]

Great edit Keith! That totally refines what I was going for with this, I'm so glad you saw where I was going. Thanks for taking the time to do the edit.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Oh and no Keith, no filter.

 

[thetrue]

Keith's edit is IT!! Now I love this photo!

 

[ceeboy14]

Lee soft edge GND....6 or .9 and life is good.

 

[soflatechie]

Just my .02. The lone tree on the right vs the bright sky on the left draws my eyes from left to right. Just me maybe, but I first look at the bright light ( maybe I am a bug ) then move over to the lone tree. For me it is an excellent photo because it conveys to me the empty landscape but for the tree. I don't know if that is the effect you were going for, but I love it, bright sky and all.

 

[KmH]

There are actually 2 trees on the right, though one is small.

But you are like most people when they look at a photo, in that people tend to look at the brightest parts first.

A tenet of the visual arts says - Light advances. Dark receeds.

 

[Mike Lamb]

Too blown out. I am not sure if it would work even if it wasn't. Except for the tree on the right everything is too small to be interesting.

 

[BobSaget]

This is a good example of what can be done with panorama. I like its vastness and think the exposure adds to it. the tree and house make up for their size by being well defined. Really like the the left side roof's reflection. I'd like to find a scene like this but, unfortunately, there is nothing around like it in southeast Louisiana.

 

[pgriz]

All that untracked white stuff makes me want to strap the boards on and go!

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks everyone for your time and thoughts. I'm glad I posted this one for C&C, I have a lot to carry forward next time!

 

[KmH]

Consider cropping away a good portion of the blah sky so it is even more panoramic:

 

[thetrue]

WOW Keith! I love that edit!!!!

I would hang that one.