I wasn't really sure about entering this challenge. I was hoping for a completely different setup, but it simply didn't work out. However, I just stumbled upon this park with a giant oak tree leaning over a bench. The difference in scale really seemed to fit this challenge.
I had to process this photo a bit to make it decent. As shot, it was pretty flat (the lighting wasn't great, as the sky had heavy cloud cover). So I started by bringing out some of the details and colors. But then I didn't really like the colors, so I went to this more classic look.
Post Processing:
* De-vignette
* Increase Exposure and Black Point
* Topaz Adjust and InFocus
* Chromatic Aberration
* Increase Brightness
* Increase Contrast and Definition
* Increase Saturation with lower Vibrancy
* Extra Saturation to foreground snow
* S-Curve
* Remove blue from snow
* Black and White
* Export to TIFF
* Resize to 760 px
* Save as JPEG
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Really beautiful shot..may have benefited from more negative space on the right...although I recognize that would've been hard considering the smaller tree you tried to crop out. 7 from me :)
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