Peter, this reminds me right away of @Jesse_Brown_Nelson’s image he posted a few days ago. I really think this is a great subject and I enjoy the contrast between the bare trees in front and the evergreens in the BG. I prefer the color because it provides more contrast between the two “subjects”. However, I am not quite sure about the snow strip on the bottom. If there is texture on it, maybe.
I’ve always been interested in square format. How did you achieve that? Mostly by cropping or do you stitch two (or more frames) to create it (so you don’t lose resolution)?