alpine snowscapes

[Nike]

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#01

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#02

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#03

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#04

[Roll on Moon]

Wow, gorgeous! I love them all
A little bit preference for the first one.

Keep up the good work

[Nike]

thanks a lot, Roll on Moon!!! I'm really glad you like them. The first one's my favourite, too.

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#05 [last for today]

[Grumbledook]

I like 1 2 4

3 the foreground is a kinda unintersting and the sky is washed out on the last one

nice contrast between the shadow and light on them though, first one deffo the best

[ec_nana]

Love 1 and 3. Colours of the sky's amazing!

[purplerose]

#1 is beyond awesome.

[Nike]

Thanks a lot for your comments, ec_nana and purplerose, and thank you for the crits, Grumbledook

new snowscapes

#06

[Nike]

... and from the same place the view to the South (the high ones in the very back are the Dolomites - sky was really clear today)

#07

[purplerose]

I love these too! Really great handle on the exposure of the whites.

[William Squires]

I really love number one too. These images are beautiful. I think just a bit of cropping could help out number three though. Take a bit off of the snow to accentuate a little bit of the sky.

[Nike]

Thanks a lot for your comments! Cropping the snow a bit is a good idea, *will do*

I've got a new one of not so untouched nature... and if I'm not too tired at the following weekends I want to take more "scars" shots in crowded skiing areas - I'm thinking of getting a collection of strong contrasts (untouched and radically altered/destroyd and "in-betweens" like this one).
Only problem is that I hate crowded skiing areas and find an excuse every weekend not to go to such a place good that it's still snowing, so I hope there'll be plenty of time left to get back to that.

[Frutsel]

Nice one!! Like the composition

[Grumbledook]

Originally Posted by Frutsel

Nice one!! Like the composition

I concur

[Barbaari]

Wow! Very nice pictures. I always love mountain and snow pictures. 1 & 4 are best IMO.

[EvrEst]

I have nothing to say but fantastic work!

[headlessAdi]

# 1,2,7 are freakin insane!

[Nike]

thank you so much for your kind words, guys!

I have some more now, there's still plenty of snow.
I've been to the Dolomites today, where you have a nice contrast between the beauty of nature and the uglyness of skiing areas.

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#11

[EvrEst]

I wish so much that i had something constructive to tell you about this work but in my opinion its ready to put in a book!

what lens do you use for this type work?

[Nike]

Thanks a lot!

I usually only take my lightest equipment with me, because the camera is heavy enough already - so that's either my 18-70 mm kit lens, which is not very fast (1:3,5-4,5), but usually fast enough, because the light is very strong in the mountains, exspecially when there is a lot of snow - or my 50 mm 1:1,8 lens.

The panoramas usually consist of 3-7 shots merged in photoshop, that way I have better image quality and am able to print them really large if I want to.

I often use a circular polarizing filter, but that depends on the situation - sometimes it's better without it, because the higher you get, the darker the blue of the sky is getting.

[seth1]

I love the last image mate. Inquisitive, but so Subtle. I can't wait to see more.

[EvrEst]

nice, I like the panoramic idea and i think those are some of your best shots!

[Roll on Moon]

Great updates
Love mountain shots, there're quite peaceful.

I reckon the last three shots could be better in W&B, don't you?

[Nike]

thanks for your comments!

Roll on Moon - W&B= Black and white?

I have a new one (well a month old, but still)...

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[Roll on Moon]

Originally Posted by Nike

Roll on Moon - W&B= Black and white?

Oops, I switched the letters, sorry. Yea, I wanted to say black and white .

The last shot is quite nice, I absolutely love the mood of this!

[EvrEst]

Spot on! I love the vignette on the outside and the child! Great work.