First I would like to say it looks very cold there.
Composition:
The overall shot is very pleasing to the eye. You did a wonderful job with the lines of this photograph. The eye goes right down the trail and not once did it loose itself in the overall picture. I believe the center of intrest is the trail itself. Looks very lonely and cold. (no footprints). As far as closeness is concerend I do not think I could have set this shot up better. I think the composition is perfect the way it is. My personal oppinion is that eye control elements are where they need to be.
Background:
Depth of Field is perfect. In a shot like this you want to be able to see the entire trail unless of course you wanted to give a sense of a lost feeling to the viewer. The clear sky in this shot also adds to the "Wow it is cold feeling."
My Oppinion:
As I said earlier, I do not think there is anything I would have done to change this shot. This is the kind of shot I would hang on my wall in my winter house in Colorado if I had one. Overall very pleasing and wonderfully executed. Had I voted in this challenge this would have gotten no less than a 9. Keep up the good work and Bravo.:-)
The ONLY fault I find with this photo is the framing if a little off. I would rather you have taken it from right down the middle of the road so the trees on each side framed the photo naturally. I especially like the pristineness of the snow in the road - not a track in it. Also especially good is how the snow is on one side of the trees and not on the other. This also would have shown better had you had the photo lined up more in the center. But it is still a beautiful winter shot. 9 PTL
I really like this shot; framing, composition, etc. The border, though it didn't effect your score, seems a little wide. It almost "swallows" the whole picture and it is difficult to discern how awesome it truly is.
A lovely picture inviting the viewer to be the first to explore where the path is going. The sparse colouring of winter adds to the quality of the image.
The frame is way too heavy, totally overwhelms the picture. I put some things around the edge to see what it would look like w/o the frame-definate improvement. Its a good picture, conveys the lonelyness of the road.
Really like this shot. It is a wonderful image. What is up with that border??? Way to big IMO and really takes away from the image. I want to see the picture bigger.
I give this image a 7. I would have scored it a lot higher with a smaller border.