Good sense of patterning, though perhaps atouch dark - the snow seems grey to me rather than really white, thugh the cleanness of the image is wonderful. Doesn't actually communicate much texture - more a kind of structure and patterning.
Neat. From my own point of view, I might have moved in on the tree to get rid of the empty space in the upper left. That would have also filled the frame with the texture and possibly sharpened your image somewhat. BOL
One of the best snow pictures I've seen. I think the clarity of this and the patterns of the branches makes for an interesting, artful shot. Good textures.
You met the challenge nicely with this image. If it was mine, I'd probably look for an additional shape to contrast with all the lovely tracery. But it isn't, it's yours, and well done.
[World Record Attempt]
+ Snow is nice...
- I think you aren't close enough to give us a good view of the textures. There is too much going on in this photo.