I wanted to take this shot for a while now and I needed just the right weather to do it and today was the day :)
Leo LVicari has giving me some editing help with photoshop and I'm really glad he has. I hope I do you proud with this one Leo, Thank you for all the guidance you have given me.
The edit:
Shot in raw
Levels
Curves
USM
B&W conversion
Dodge and burn
Blue filter
Gaussian blur
Sharpen
crop
Re-size for web
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Nice crisp BW show, but it lacks a focus in the image. The line of trees leads the eye to the right, away from the shelter. Cropping off the right, and leaving in more snow at the bottom may help to balance the image better.
hmm, well im not entirely sure as to what the main subject is here, but my eye is mostly drawn to the building on the left. the lighting up in the trees is quite pretty