Thanks for the great comments. I really appreciate them.
Though no one's specifically knocked it, the vignette is natural, which is odd because I've never noticed it from my lens before. Could it have been the heavy moisture in the air? The fact that the sun was setting behind me?
This field might start to get recognizable. It's on my way to work (I cycle along it; yes, even in the snow) and has now been in four challenges (parallel lines, skyscape and clouds, as well as this one, of course).
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I miss views like this. I have a sort of similar shot I stuck in a calendar last year, only without the snow, but I don't see it in my portfolio. My shot was also taken while on a bike ride.
Meanwhile, huge congrats on 11th! That and 13th are my two favorite finishing spots!
Regarding the vignette, the lighter the scene the more noticeable the vignette will be. Let's suppose a vignette had a density-added factor of "10". If the sky, say, were already a "80" (dark blue) then the vignette wouldn't be very noticeable on top of that. But on top of pure white (a nominal density of "0" in this scenario) then the vignette would really stand out. That's what you have here.
Additionally, with the light directly behind you, it's bouncing off of things in front of you and back at the camera, very bright. The more off-axis you get, the less bright that will be. And there's mopisture int he air, so the air and ground both are reflectors...
Congrats with 11th place on this. This was one of my favourites and I scored it a well deserved 8. I'm happy to see that artisitic images like this do better and better at DPC.
Yep, the horizon is the dominant theme here and I find the photo pleasing. You may get some criticism about splitting the frame horizontally. And in general it's a rule to break with care. In THIS case i feel it works perfectly because of the similarity of the snow in the foreground and the featureless sky. Well done.
Pure and simple. Very nice and here the having the horizon line bang in the middle works perfectly. Just shows that the ole rule of thirds can be challenged in some instances.
*screams* OMG I LOVE IT!!! lol the minimalism, imo, is fantastic! The limited color pallet makes this picture. (I can’t tell if it’s in bw or not...) Just a wonderful picture that I really hope does well!
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