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Photographer’s Note

On this, the first fine and fair day after a blizzard, icicles grace the eaves, and the snow itself lends a wondrous white covering to everything -- transforming mundane neighborhoods to pretty ones and old districts, such as this house in one of Appleton's more historic areas of town, into settings of beauty.

On the technical side, I did a manual white balance on the snow, used average metering, and for PP did a slight levels correction, erased a distracting utility wire, cropped, sized, and sharpened. Shot was hand-held.

Dyerco, gunbud, cfreire, papagolf21, angela926, AROBN54 has marked this note useful

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wautersw (3601) 2008-02-23 5:56

Hi Jim,

fine capture of this lovely house, covered in snow. Great colours and details. I would have preferred to see a little more of the surroundings. Crop is a little too tight for me. TFS

Wolf

jmcl (13721) 2008-02-23 21:47

Hi Jim.

Beautiful snow .. the way that stately building is contrasted by the white snow is wonderful .. a pristine memory of how winter should be .. beautiful. wonderful job with the processing ..

take care,

John

Dyerco (8854) 2008-02-24 19:54

Hi Jim
Beautifully exposed with lots of fine detail. Nicely composed with hardly any lens distortion. My only comment would be to clone out the satellite dish and it could be any time in the 20th century.
Phil

gunbud (27533) 2008-02-24 20:32

Hi Jim,
Beautiful winter landscape of this 19th century brick home with its intricate red woodworked eves that contrast wounderfully with the old brick. The fresh snow looks lovely as it clings to the shrubs and contrast with the wonderful Feb. sky.
Regards, Tom

cfreire (11647) 2008-02-25 6:39

Hi Jim
Splendid shot about this winter scenery with fine adjustments of colors, contrasts and framing. Good job. Best Regards, Consuelo

jplebrun (16570) 2008-02-25 11:17

Hi Jim
très belle composition de cette maison dans ce décor hivernal, ça me console de voir qu'il y a aussi de la neige en grande quantité ailleurs qu'au Québec, bien vu, bravo.
Salutations
Jean-Pierre

papagolf21 (55956) 2008-02-27 4:39

Bonjour, cher Jim,
Une vue très intéressante de cette maison sous la neige et sous un magnifique ciel bleu. J'aime la beauté de ces stalactites à la hauteur des gouttières . Quant à la présence de ces grosses bosses neigeuses, je suppose qu'il s'agit de voitures ensevelies sous la neige.
Addenda : à propos de ma photo, les bordures hautes et basses n'ont en aucun cas supprimé la photo d'origine, malgré le grand angle, je ne peux mieux faire.
Amitiés.
Philippe
Hello, dear Jim,
A very interesting sight of this house under snow and a splendid blue sky. I like the beauty of these stalactites at the level of the gutters. As for the presence of these large snow-covered bumps, I suppose that they are cars buried under snow.
Addenda: in connection with my photograph, the raised kerbs and low do not have to in no case removed the photograph of origin, in spite of the great angle, I cannot better do.
Friendships.
Philippe

angela926 (1882) 2008-03-05 17:05

Hello Jim,
Very lovely winter scene, nice composition and point of view, very good sharpness and depth of field, good colors and details.
angela

evanrizo (456) 2008-03-11 5:00

Hi Jim,
a fantastic and idyllic winter scene, the beautiful house is nice illuminated with very good contrasts and the ice crystals hanging from the roof add a nice affect already forgot here in Greece.
TFS
Evangelos

AROBN54 (10683) 2008-03-20 16:26

Hi, Jim,
splendid view of this Victorian looking house. I love the angle of view and the light is just right. Beautiful winter color, excellent detail and sharpness and the red trim sets it off nicely. I just NEVER want to see that much snow up close and personal again. :)) Great job! Thanks and have a great weekend,
Shelly