Snow and always snow

[Doc Henry]

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... snow for 1 month

Extremely cold weather (less 10 to 15 degrees Celsius)

I've never seen this in our area since 1986 !

the cameras work very well but my fingers are not working as i want (-15°C when i took these photos with icy wind yesterday)

 

I do not know which of the two pictures you prefer ?

photographs also dedicated to Keith (M)

 

Photo 1 :

 

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M8 Summilux 35mm Asph

 

Photo 2 :

 

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M9 Summilux 50mm Asph

 

Your opinion?

Thanks for looking

 

Merry Christmas

Henry

 

 

PS: I also took this landscape with my Leicaflex SL.I'll post them after development

Edited December 26, 2010 by Doc Henry

[petewayne]

These images convey well the temperature, or lack of

 

For me the first works the best as there is some strong foreground interest which also leads the eye towards the frozen droplets on the plant.

 

Love the colours in them all........strong blues post dawn are wonderful.

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[Doc Henry]

These images convey well the temperature, or lack of

For me the first works the best as there is some strong foreground interest which also leads the eye towards the frozen droplets on the plant.

Love the colours in them all........strong blues post dawn are wonderful.

Thank you Pete

another in contrejour and with "frozen droplets"

This field is normally for grazing cows or horses

 

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M9 50 summilux Asph

 

Henry

[pauledell]

Henry,

 

I prefer the first version. Nice composition, the cold colors and atmosphere. The blue tint is too pronounced for me and I find the lack of background clarity rather uncharacteristic of your pictures.

 

Paul

[Doc Henry]

Henry,

 

I prefer the first version. Nice composition, the cold colors and atmosphere. The blue tint is too pronounced for me and I find the lack of background clarity rather uncharacteristic of your pictures.

 

Paul

Thank you Paul for the comment

and like this with less blue

 

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Merry Christmas Paul

 

Henry

[Doc Henry]

and for photo 2 same treatment

 

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[biglouis]

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Doc

 

They are both very nice pictures. I think I prefer #1 as the shadow area in #2 does not look as authentic as in the first.

 

LouisB

[Doc Henry]

Thank you Louis for your nice comment.

 

Paul asked me to remove the blue in the pictures.

it intrigued me and I wanted to compare with a photo I took at approximately the same place and

same time 4-5.00 pm but it is true a year ago

I searched in my photo archives and found a photo taken with Kodak Portra 160

The color of snow is not the same.

 

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picture uncorrected

 

M7 Summicron 28mm Asph

 

Henry

[Keith (M)]

An interesting series of images Henry and the feedback is also interesting. Of your first two images, I actually prefer No. 2 and I prefer it because it is a stronger, more impressionistic image that really brings home the essence of a cold and bleak scene. Yes, in reality it is too blue, but do we always have to 100% reflect reality? Many people would say not.

 

PS - thanks for the mention!

[pauledell]

Thank you Louis for your nice comment.

 

Paul asked me to remove the blue in the pictures.

it intrigued me and I wanted to compare with a photo I took at approximately the same place and

same time 4-5.00 pm but it is true a year ago

I searched in my photo archives and found a photo taken with Kodak Portra 160

The color of snow is not the same.

 

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picture uncorrected

 

M7 Summicron 28mm Asph

 

Henry

Henry,

 

Is it possible that the sky being so clear reflected the blue on the snow more whereas on another shot, the sky was not as clear?

 

Paul

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Henry,

 

On a clear winter's day a greater ammount of ultra-violet reaches the surface of the earth. When reflected by the white surface of the snow it records as blue. The clearer the sky the less ultra-violet absorbed by the atmosphere & the more intense the resultant blue.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[Doc Henry]

Henry,

Is it possible that the sky being so clear reflected the blue on the snow more whereas on another shot, the sky was not as clear?

Paul

 

Hello Henry,

On a clear winter's day a greater ammount of ultra-violet reaches the surface of the earth. When reflected by the white surface of the snow it records as blue. The clearer the sky the less ultra-violet absorbed by the atmosphere & the more intense the resultant blue.

Best Regards,

Michael

 

Paul and Michael thank you for explanations

I think that this excess blue is due ,as you said,to reflection of a sky,but i suspected it is increasing slightly in digital photography !

I try to convert the previous picture in black & white and see what happens.

Your opinion ?

You will notice that there is no blue at all and now snow is very white

 

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Merry Christmas

Best

Henry

Edited December 27, 2010 by Doc Henry

[Marquinius]

Henry,

 

So good to see your photos! You must be a happy man with that M9.

 

I like the less blue photo best as I always relate blue with exposure problems.

[pauledell]

Henry,

 

I like the colored version with the less blue the most. I usually like b&w, but in this case colors rule.

 

Paul

[Doc Henry]

Henry,

So good to see your photos! You must be a happy man with that M9.

I like the less blue photo best as I always relate blue with exposure problems.

 

Thank you dear Marco

Yes I have an M9 but I also have an M8

For me the two cameras are similar but I prefer the M8, I do not know why.

You have an M8, keep it safe !

 

Henry,

I like the colored version with the less blue the most. I usually like b&w, but in this case colors rule.

Paul

 

Paul thank you for watching again and for your comment

 

 

For Paul and Mark, as we are talking about "snow and always snow", here are another photos taken with M9 (I'll post later the same in M8 and R8)

It is another place where snow is also eternal (Chamonix 3000m)

We do not see any blue in this photo ! very strange isn't ?

The sky is perfectly blue above me with some few clouds in the distance

 

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M9 Summicron 28mm Asph

pictures uncorrected

 

Your opinion ?

 

Best regards

Henry

Edited December 27, 2010 by Doc Henry