[Don Schaeffer]

Walking in my neighborhood after a fog froze on the trees and bushes.







After Christmas

[Toad]

I like all 4 of these very much - great captures and treatments, Don!

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Toad. This was amazingly hard to photograph because the light is so poor around here in the afternoon, especially on cloudy days.

[gd]

I really like #3 and number 2 makes me look at it alot. 4 shows the coldness of winter.. so good work don.

I think the cloudy weather probably helped give the photos their mood. Sunny might not have given the real winter scenario of it.

[jericho]

Great effect on #2. Good use of the rule of 3rds.

[shuttertalk]

I like what you've done with the desaturation / absence of colour - really conveys the essence of winter.

Meanwhile, I look outside my window and I see a cloudless day, hot sun and sunny blue skies!

[Don Schaeffer]

Funny thing was the photos were not desaturated. That's the exact color range that's out there.

Thanks for your kind comments, guys.

--Don

[Irma]

I like all of them Don... but my favorite is #2 I like very much the post processing in this picture....

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks, Irma. The trick is to make the ice crystals on the branches visible. There was too much black that made eventhe white crystals too dark to see.

--Don