Snowy night

[tmcman]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9239218@N03/3467451532/sizes/l/

One of the most beautiful snowfalls in years. The snow fell softly and perfectly vertically without a breath of wind. 5 shot aeb. 1ds2, 17-40.

[lkb-28]

Hello tmcman;

Looked a tad on the dark side on my screen; so I pulled it into PS, nudged the midtones slider in levels up to 1.25 - added a touch of USM - and voila - it makes a huge difference - IMO !

Brightens it up a treat... NICE image...

Cheers;

Lee

[tmcman]

Perhaps you can post a shot of the revision...

My final edit went the opposite with a bit of darkening, desaturating and blue hue painted in around the edges, to contain the feeling of the orange light to the middle of the shot.

Thanks for your thoughts.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9239218@N03/3471659246/sizes/l/

[Karsty]

I am by no means an expert but I like what I like and I like this shot. It has that warm looking feel about it. I can picture sitting in front of a roaring fireplace inside with a cup of hot chocolate ... maybe with a shot of Bailey's. Very nice!!

[CameraBuff]

I like that last edit best, very nice shot.

[canonloader]

This would be a postcard image, but your adding blue to it seems to have caused some blue and red cast in the snow by the base of the tree on the left. Maybe just changing the temerature of the shot after rendering it would make it more yellow without adding blue?

[tmcman]

Thanks Cambuff and Karsty.
Hello Canonloader. Here's the story on that blue snow.
To the left of the shot there was a street light which shot down green light onto that tree and the snow beneath.
I changed all that green light to blue with the Viveza plug-in, a decision I'm not married to.
The blue hue painted in around the edges is an additional 5%.
Too bad I couldn't just turn out the street light while I took the shot.

[canonloader]

I'm only familiar with Photoshop, but if you draw a selection around that area, then use Image/Adjustment/Hue/Saturation, then pick Blues from the Edit dropdown, the cursor turns into a sampling eyedropper. Sample some of the blue. You might have to expand to 200 or 300% to get a good sample. Once you do, then use the Saturation slider to reduce the blue by sliding to the left. It usually takes about 70 or more to get rid of it. You might know about that, but it's worth a try. :)