Night shot in the snow

[fly my pretties]

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[fly my pretties]

Oh, I just realised the picture doesn't have any exif data.

Shot was f5.6, 30sec, ISO100, 24mm, spot metering.

[ScottKCooper]

Neat effect. the fish-eye effect is a little distracting though - the trees on either side leaning in - the building on the right leaning in. Perhaps bring the shot in tighter (don't include about a third of the left hand section in this shot). Thanks for sharing!

[Pete]

Very surreal. I like it.

[howaboutnow]

Very cool

[Akire]

I like! I've wondered what a night-time heavy snow shot would look like.

[J Charlton]

looks cold, well done!

[fly my pretties]

Thanks for the compliments guys, glad you like. I doubt anyone will ever capture anything like it in my area again, that was the first time snow fell in that depth for over 18 years.

ScottCooper, I think if I drew the show in any more, I'd lose the balance of tones and end up with an image that was too dark. I kept it a bit wide to keep the white sky and background in shot. I felt it balanced the darkness of the trees.

[ClickPix]

I agree with the fish-eye comment. A little Photoshop adjustment would have helped.

[fly my pretties]

It's not distortion, the tree is just leaning in. I don't think there's a way of correcting that without distorting the rest of the picture.

[lukeap69]

if you have not mentioned this is a night shot, i wouldn't think this one was taken at night. very nice.

[tonydee]

It's not distortion, the tree is just leaning in. I don't think there's a way of correcting that without distorting the rest of the picture.

Have a look at the windows on the side of the house, and the roof for that matter, and you'll get some idea of the distortion around that part of the image. It's definitely a large part in the tree's lean. You can indeed easily correct such distortion in more sophisticated editors, including Photoshop and the GIMP.

A lot of the photo is overexposed. It's pretty hard to guess whether that will happen when using bulb, but you can check your histogram after taking a shot and then take another stab at it.

Cheers, Tony

[fly my pretties]

Thanks for the reply, Tonydee. I purposely overexposed to remove detail and create a smooth image. I thought it gave better atmosphere to the image. The shot was taken at 3am, so there wasn't exactly much detail to be taken anyway.

Unfortunately, I can't take another stab, though, because it was a one off snowfall that lasted for one day and hadn't occured for over 18 years. That picture is as good as it will ever get for me, unfortunately. I'd love another day to perfect it.

[ClickPix]

I liked the over exposure. And it's an amazing night shot. Now just fix that distortion and it will be perfect. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif