# Early Snow (+revised) **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape, weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [October 17, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619 "2026-10-17T20:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/1 "2026-10-17T20:54:41Z")
## Revised Version ### Revision 1 (latest) ![Revision 1 - DSC_2977-2 2.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/4/d4d4c00de27722466a0d87c95a80bf1838f9d3f0.jpeg) **What changed:** Here is a version with the foreground desaturated. _Added after receiving feedback from the community._ * * * ## Original Version ![Original - DSC_2977.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/e/5e0a19466a48f51be301b121e97955e4039d8b5f.jpeg) ### Weekly Challenge Seasonal Contrast 10/11/26 - 10/17/26 **Critique Style:** Standard The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below. **Feedback Focus:** Artistic + Technical ### About This Image I dug into the archives for this one, to where I once lived near the base of Vermont’s Mount Mansfield. The early snow late in the day with the maple-colored hillside caught my attention. ### Feedback Requested Any feedback and suggestions are welcome. ### Technical Details NIKON D7500 18.0-300.0 mm f3.5-6.3 ISO 400 600 mm f6.3 1/500 s ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/2 "2026-10-18T19:25:41Z")
Elizabeth: A pretty marvelous scene and I especially like your comp and the proportions of FG, middle ground and sky. I would like to see the FG opened up just a bit as some of the darkest areas look blocked a bit. I suspect your original is considerably better but when you post such a large image with lots of fine details the site does some fairly nasty compression. I would venture that if you sized this at 2000 pixels on the long side the result we’re seeing on our screens will match more closely what you see on yours. I’m speculating but I think this view is worthy of tweaking. \>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Buffington](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Steve\_Buffington](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Steve_Buffington)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/3 "2026-10-18T20:06:33Z")
Very nice Elizabeth. Like Bill, I think the foreground having more detail would add. Since your depth is not coming from a focal point (or points), but from the difference between the foreground and background I believe this would help. Bill has a very good point on the sizing. I myself would process the foreground separately and then PS it in. But that is just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/4 "2026-10-18T20:17:17Z")
Elizabeth, the blocks of color work very well at separating the different portions of this great view. I especially like the quiet subtlety of the sky and the snowy mountain. I am thinking the the reds are over saturated and that toning them down would visually fit the rest of the view better. I do like the difference in red between the trees along the bottom and those of the first peak. It is a spectacular scene. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/5 "2026-10-18T21:04:19Z")
An amazing concentration of super saturated red in the forest, Elizabeth. It may be what you saw, but I do think backing off a touch would help the image. The composition with the masses of color works very nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/6 "2026-10-19T00:23:29Z")
Thanks, Bill. I forgot about the 2000 pixel limit and the consequences of posting something too large. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/7 "2026-10-19T00:25:01Z")
Thanks, Steve. I did process the mountain separately from the foreground, just a bit, but I didn’t use your technique. I will try that in future. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/8 "2026-10-19T00:26:02Z")
I’ll try that. It really was intensely red, though, because of the time of day. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/9 "2026-10-19T00:26:47Z")
It is pretty much what I saw, but still, it would be worth backing off a bit on the reds. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/system/32/86481_2.png) [@system](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/10 "2026-10-19T00:42:11Z")
The original poster added a [revised version](#post_1) of their image. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/11 "2026-10-19T15:15:13Z")
I really like what your changes did, Elizabeth. The other colors get to play a much larger role now and I find the varied palette more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Buffington](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Steve\_Buffington](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Steve_Buffington)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/12 "2026-10-19T15:27:24Z")
I like the revision. The foreground is much more detailed now. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Nevesely](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/tom_nevesely/32/75980_2.png) [@Tom\_Nevesely](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tom_Nevesely)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/13 "2026-10-19T17:05:07Z")
Beautiful shot an nice work on the revision. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/14 "2026-10-19T21:14:00Z")
Yes, much better. Thanks so much for your help, Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/15 "2026-10-19T21:14:34Z")
Thanks, Steve, for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/elizabeth_thompson/32/82795_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Thompson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Elizabeth_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/early-snow-revised/52619/16 "2026-10-19T21:14:47Z")
Thanks, Tom.