Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
So you guys might recognize this view from my Summer and Fall shots that I took at the same location - my favorite part of the Prairie River here in Wisconsin. We have had a dismal winter this year with very little snow and warm temps, it’s perpetually November. But it snowed a little last week (it’s almost gone now) and I bolted out the door before the light changed to head here. Because there are ledges of ice all over the rocks and boulders, I didn’t dare go over to the rock I sat on for the other photos. I walked out as much as I dared and then zoomed with my lens instead. The results are close to the other compositions and I like the addition of a Winter photo to the series.
Specific Feedback
Overall impressions and ideas for processing changes/experiments. I deliberately left the tripod home because with snow photos I often want a fast shutter speed for contrast between the water and the snow. Opposite to what I do with rocks.
Technical Details
Handheld while trying to keep the front element free of blowing snow.
Lr for a wb adjustment, the usual contrast tweak, some work with masking to even luminosity between shady and sunny bits, also masked in a color boost in the sunny trees, texture, sharpening & nr. Cropped to sort of match the other photos from this vantage point.