My arctic expedition

[Dangermouse]

Well, that's what it felt like. I think there must have been about 8 inches of undisturbed snow up on the hills in places.

The first that I've downloaded and quite like. I'm always tempted to go shooting straight into the sun - I guess a little lens flare is expected :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/Snowintothesun.jpg

[Sgt_Major]

Lens flare looks might fine there mate!

suits the subject!

[Dangermouse]

Okay, I've really got to go and eat some lunch :shock:

Still, I've resized a couple more so thought I may as well slap them up here :)

One or two more that I might post after some more drastic editing :shock:

Another maybe for the village plan
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/Snowyvillageview.jpg

A wall (what more can I say?)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/snowywall.jpg

A rather striking tree
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/snowyskeletaltree.jpg

A bull rush - I love the look of these things
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/Snowybullrush.jpg

The following two don't do the scene much justice. I stood there with my jaw dropped to my toes for a while, then tried to get some shots - even lying on the snow covered ground at one point :shock: I got the sense of being transported into a kid's drama like Narnia or something - where an Ice queen had taken over :) I may re-post these later with a bit of blue taken out - we'll see
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/snowytrees2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/dangermouse101/snowytrees.jpg

[Dangermouse]

I don't mind the lens flare around the sun - it's the green dot in the bottom left that I'm annoyed with. I don't know if lenses have a 'signature' flare, but I always seem to get a spot there no matter how clean the lens is.

Still, I'll have a go at cloning it out when I've eaten :)

[Sgt_Major]

I always look at the pics, then read the post, and my first thought was Narnia too!

GREAT shots mate! absolutely smashing!

[Dangermouse]

Well if Aslan had walked out of the bushes, I think I might have gotten a bit worried ;)

[Sgt_Major]

I like the blue effect. Makes it more wintery....

[Dangermouse]

I did have a play with it, thinking reducing blue would be easy. I got some interesting colours, but nothing of an improvement.

I think they might just stay as they are :)

[Galatas]

I did have a play with it, thinking reducing blue would be easy. I got some interesting colours, but nothing of an improvement.

I think they might just stay as they are :)
Tell me about it :roll:


Believe me the earlier in the day you start , the worse it is :lol:
It's made worse by blue skies. Before the sun gets high , the majority of light comes from the blue sky and the snow picks it up.

[Oy]

Excellent pix DM!

[Dangermouse]

This would have been the case with these. Being a forest on the edge of a hill, not much direct sunlight was getting to it - I think the sky was reflecting the light down.

I'm glad I didn't get up at the crack of dawn though. Because of the landscape around here there wasn't really any decent light where I was until about 11 o'clock :shock: