The physical hush

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The physical hush
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Another shot of the freezing fog we had last week. Oh what a difference a few days makes this time of year. A lot of the snow is gone and there is open water on the river. The geese are back as are the hoodies, woodies and swans. I even heard a robin and a red-winged black bird. But winter was good and this will probably be one of the last truly wintery images until December.

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Lr for initial raw adjustment - traditional S-curve, some clarity & texture, a crop to 16x10 and some slight color grading to the mid-tones to bring up the chilly blue. Ps to remove some distractions and to work with the TK8 panel for some specific masking for brightness/contrast and levels adjustments.

@the.wire.smith
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This kind of scene makes me miss living in the Midwest. I really like how you keep everything bright here. With this kind of sky, I tend to make it looks kinda gloomy but I think this works really well. It offers me a different perspective for sure.

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Thanks @Adhika_Lie - it’s snowing again now after several days of above freezing. It will be pretty when it’s done, but it won’t last. The morning I shot this frosty image it wasn’t gloomy at all. The sun was bright and trying to burn off the clouds and fog so I wanted to keep everything crisp and white.

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And here I am thinking it was a rock :sweat_smile:

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Wonderful image Kris. I too love the low contrast sky so that the eye is drawn straight to foreground shrubs and trees. This is well composed with a nice, relatively unobscured window leading to the main tree and larger shrubs filling the foreground to the right and left of the main tree. Very wintery image. Terrific detail too.

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I think you meant the shadow picture, @Adhika_Lie :laughing:

Thanks @David_Haynes - I had a heck of a time in the field and in editing to get this arrangement. It’s basically a meadow that’s filling back in and in summer it’s chest-high with bushes and wildflowers. Very messy and there isn’t a ‘way in’ if you know what I mean. That left reinforcing the big tree and the smaller ones (mostly alder and birch). Glad you like it. More Wisconsin ‘spring’ coming up.

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I love winter and your image is one of the reasons why. I think it’s just beautiful and the feeling of winter really comes across. No nits from me! :blush:

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Thanks @Tom_Nevesely - we got lucky with some frost in these last couple of winters. It makes it much easier to take!