Cold corral

[Jack R Mann]

shot with canon 5dmk11 iso 100 at f8 1/200sec with 16/35mm is at

[reima000]

its beautiful and nicely composed, i like the curvy s-shaped horizon line(is there a better word for it..? o.O), quite classic

[Rob Douglas]

Beautiful shot. Nice composition. I love the sky.

[FrankMi]

Has a nice crisp feeling. I can just hear the snow crunch as I walk closer.

[rpcrowe]

Nice atmosphere about this shot...

[JPS]

Hi Jack,
nice shot.

[CougarFool]

Very nice.

[MrB]

Two points, Jack - firstly, with the sunshine and snow, for me the image could be a touch brighter; secondly, the fence posts seem to lean into the corral - a bit of perspective correction needed here? or were they like that?

Nevertheless, this is a pleasing composition with a great sense of depth - I like it.

Philip

[Kathy O]

I love your photo . . . here in Nebraska all of our snow has melted and I love snow . . . so looking at your picture really brought a smile to my face and made me feel like I was part of the photo. I think it is beautiful photo!

[Stinky]

Very nice. It definitely gives the feeling that it is cold.

[Jack R Mann]

i see what you mean the fence is leaning in probably should have tried to straighten i an sure this is due to 16mm lens .

[Rob Douglas]

Yes, I think this has a slight case of barrel distortion. But it should be curable, it is very slight. The 16-35mm f/2.8L does have slight barrel distortion on the 16mm end but nothing that I haven't been able to correct with lens correction opt in PP with Lightroom or CS5. Usually more noticeable in images like this with a lot of horizontal or vertical lines like fences or walls.

[MrB]

I think this has a slight case of barrel distortion.

I still think it is a slight perspective problem rather than lens distortion. The view is up a hill - on a full-frame sensor a 16mm focal length is very wide, so it would take only a slight upward tilt of the camera to cause the verticals to converge as shown.

Philip

[Rob Douglas]

After staring at it for a while i think it is a perspective issue. Still easy to correct though.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi there Jack,

As others have said, this is a really nice composition.

My contribution on the constructive critique is to add that I think it would stand a slight addition of some Local Contrast Enhancement, applied with UnSharp Mask (USM); try just 10% amount, 100px radius and 0 threshold.

That would also address the dynamic range which looks a touch over cautious and push the white and black oint out to nearer the ends of the histogram. In doing so, it may solve the brightness issue rasied by Philip (MrB).

Good work,

[Kris V]

Nice and cold---------Looking at this picture made me search for an extra sweater!