fog,  landscape

Spring Snow

April 20, 2011

Last Thursday morning we received about an inch of snowfall, one of those wet Spring snows that soaks the ground. I arose early in anticipation of the snowfall and headed for Lake Loveland. I parked on the west side of the lake and shot towards the east looking out across an unseen horizon. I was not pleased with the white balance, nor could I find what I liked, so I processed it in black and white. Worked for me. The second image is straight from the camera.

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14 Comments

  • Ken

    April 20, 2011 at 11:18 am

    I like your B&W treatment a lot better that the camera version, Monte. It’s a really nice shot. Was this set on Auto WB?

  • Paul

    April 21, 2011 at 8:54 am

    OK. I’ll be odd man out and this is a weird thing since I like B&W so much, but I really prefer the cool blue of the second one. Go figure! 🙂

    • Monte Stevens

      April 21, 2011 at 9:22 am

      You’re not odd, just a bit on the strange side. 🙂 Actually, when I cranked up the temperature I got a more realistic look to what was really there. I shot this in cloudy but wonder what AWB would have done.

  • Mark

    April 22, 2011 at 4:39 am

    I can see the appeal in both versions actually. So much for picking a side. 🙂 The B&W version really just emphasizes the simplicity of the trees – a bit of solitude. Quite a tranquil piece to take in. The blue version adds a bit more mood and feeling of coldness. And therein is an interesting emotional difference. While the B&W version evokes solitude, the blue version seems more like loneliness. Interesting – I just thought of that. Perhaps because cold, cool colors are more of a negative part of the spectrum than happier side?

    • Monte Stevens

      April 22, 2011 at 8:28 am

      Solitude verses loneliness are very different for me. I went back and looked at the WB when shot verses the temperature in Lightroom to find the look I saw that morning. Temperature when shot was 5500 Kelvin and 10,000 in Lightroom. A big difference. And, as always each image will evoke different emotions and feelings from different people.

  • Anita Jesse

    April 22, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I am going to throw my lot in with Mark. I like them both equally, but appreciate the very different emotional impact. Furthermore, I won’t try to improve on Mark’s adjectives describing the two.

    While I am unable to choose a favorite here, I feel strongly about the appeal. I think I would end up spending a great deal of time at Lake Loveland. This is a beautiful picture. One of my favorites of yours.