A rare snowfall in Midsouth - how are these?

Hello all,

Today in the Memphis, TN area, we were treated to a very nice and heavy snowfall for a few hours. It's not that often that we see the pretty white stuff around here, so I jumped on the opportunity to get out and ride around, looking for scenes to shoot.

For someone that doesn't see snow that often, did I manage decent shots? Thanks much for the C/C. - Scott

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Nice shots, looks like you definately need to clean your sensor though.

EDIT, nevermind thats snow

LOL, thanks.

It takes a good subject and a skilled hand to overcome the handicap of a bald sky - but these two shots really do it!

Congratulations!

Thanks Mr. Lay! I wasn't crazy about the large amounts of white-out background in the scene, but I was so happy with the snow that I had to just go with it for what I could get.

wow...amazing composition..everythin​g just came together in this photo...the lighting the conditions the sharpness of your lens definately helps...one day ill be with L lenses...i hope soon keep up the amazing shots

The first one is great. The water makes the picture.
The second one is so-so as far as composition goes. Everyting is on axis, which is not a good thing in this picture.
Both are good technically.

Ah, thanks for the insight Panza. I felt the second was lacking as well, and what you have stated explains why. Thanks!

Not bad, WB seems a little warm. #2 should have been shot portrait - tall trees were made for it.

Not sure I understand your comments, but would like too. So did I over or under compensate? I was using +1 EC in those two shots. Also, I don't follow you when you say the second should've been shot portrait. Please explain.

Thanks!

WT

He probably means that you should have held the camera 90 desgrees to what you actually did. So the picture had been taller than it is wide.. Hope you understand what I mean as I couldn't figure out what other way to explain it.

Dear WT,

His comment about shooting "portrait" means that it should have been shot with the long dimension vertical. That is called "portrait" orientation, whereas your choice of orientation was "landscape".

His comment regarding "too warm" relates to the white balance or color temperature. He is saying that it has the look of a shift to higher (warmer) color temperatures. This has nothing to do with Exposure Compensation. You were quite correct in giving at least one stop of extra exposure in order to place the snow at a higher Zone - such as Zone VII or Zone VIII.

The exposure compensation has little or nothing to do with white balance. Normally, white balance for a day like that would be either "Auto" or "Daylight". The only way you can get a more accurate color balance than one of those two settings is to do a custom white balance using a gray card.

Thanks again for the explanations and tips. I was using AWB that day, since it seemed to be doing OK. I don't have enough knowledge yet to understand how the image looks warm, but I'll keep working on it.

thanks guys

You got some great shots. Nice job.

Nice shots. Not easy taking photos with a lot of snow around.