Winter Creek in Single Digits: Photo by Photographer Greg Walker

Photographer's Request for Critique

--Greg Walker

Winter Creek in Single Digits

A very cold morning, but worth the freeze.

Critiques

Patricia Minicucci , March 30, 2005; 12:39 P.M.

Yes it was. Beautiful color. Nice composition. Very alive and engaging.

Joe Moree , March 30, 2005; 12:40 P.M.

Serene

Nice shot,love the sunlight drifting in around the trees like fog.

Jeri Thomas , March 30, 2005; 12:43 P.M.

Great composition. You captured the essence of winter.

Mario Paper Martinez Caballero , March 30, 2005; 12:43 P.M.

Master piece photo

A master piece of colection landscape 10/10

David McIntyre , March 30, 2005; 12:54 P.M.

My first 7! I've been walking in the woods for a long time now, thinking "This would make a great shot, except for all that scraggly undergrowth," but here you've managed to make a great shot even with the scraggly undergrowth. I'm inspired to go out and keep trying.

Andrew Innes , March 30, 2005; 12:59 P.M.

A really nice shot

Well done, it is not that easy to get ashot like this. 7/7

Jan Olof Härnström , March 30, 2005; 02:16 P.M.

So beautiful and very well done. Lovely palette. Kind regards.

Carlos Ortez , March 30, 2005; 02:26 P.M.

Excellent. It doesn't get much better than this. 7/7

Michael Nigro , March 30, 2005; 02:38 P.M.

nice capture. simple and well balanced.

Jay Patel , March 30, 2005; 02:38 P.M.

Excellent capture. The colors and details in this image are very well balanced.

Conte Oliver , March 30, 2005; 03:05 P.M.

7/7

Very very nice capture!

compliments.

Tony Georgiadis , March 30, 2005; 04:49 P.M.

Well composed great light with good detail in the shadows.

David Michaels , March 30, 2005; 05:20 P.M.

Spectacular, wonderful . . . extraordinary 7/7 What else can I say?

Marielou Dhumez , March 30, 2005; 06:12 P.M.

So beautiful classic !

Hanna Cowpe , March 30, 2005; 07:36 P.M.

Light and timing is everything here. It's a beautifully captured scene. Well done.

JR Bondy , March 30, 2005; 08:35 P.M.

Wonderful!

Tutte Peever , March 30, 2005; 08:46 P.M.

Stunning!

Stephen Penland , March 30, 2005; 10:01 P.M.

Great composition and exposure -- wonderful image.

Marcelo Dapino , March 30, 2005; 10:24 P.M.

This is a very fine image, extremely well composed with all the elements of a simple but compelling landscape photograph: excellent light, balanced colors and, it's worth repeating, nicely composed. Thanks for sharing.

Robert Greene , March 30, 2005; 10:27 P.M.

excellent

great tonality and limited colors make this a great photo.

Robert Goldstein , March 30, 2005; 10:30 P.M.

Stunning is the word that comes to mind to describe this photo. The backlighting is truly magical.

Evgeni Donev , March 30, 2005; 11:57 P.M.

Fantastic colours and light.7/7.

thomas breazeale , March 31, 2005; 12:47 A.M.

Superb exposure in a difficult lighting situation,no burned out highlites or blocked shadows even though darker areas might even make it more dramatic than already is.Did you use an ND grad here or just crop out the bright part of the sun?The bottleneck intrusion of brush and land really add to the composition along with the warm color tones.My only nitpik would be the tight crop of the reflection but maybe this had to be done due to distractive elements or position of photographer.Either way I really like this...

Walter Tatulinski , March 31, 2005; 12:47 A.M.

Beautiful!

Greg, this is truly beautiful! Well worth your discomfort in its creation. It almost looks like Fuji Provia, is that so? Regards.

Biliana Rakocevic , March 31, 2005; 03:27 A.M.

wow. so wonderful scenery and colors. charming forest! Biliana

John Mitchell , March 31, 2005; 03:44 A.M.

On rare occassions you'll see a painting that is so realistic that it looks like a photograph. This photograph looks like an outstanding painting, like maybe a Thomas Kinkaide. You could really fool people by having it printed on the textured paper that looks like canvas. Absolutely flawless!

Jean-Paul Nacivet , March 31, 2005; 04:43 A.M.

7/7 DAWN OF TIME

So pristine like. Thank you Greg, and sorry for your frozen fingers, you understand now why I spend most of my time in Bali.

jean luc lery , March 31, 2005; 05:22 A.M.

Light mood and colors are just perfect!!!!

Ken K , March 31, 2005; 07:34 A.M.

Excellent!

ROSARIO CAMPIONE , March 31, 2005; 07:50 A.M.

a dream, magnificent photo

Kevin Temple , March 31, 2005; 08:16 A.M.

great

Greg Pichnej , March 31, 2005; 09:20 A.M.

Excellent tone and dramatic colour capture. One's eye and interest is drawn in towards the morning (?) sun with the potential of a beautiful new day. Good shot!

Francesco Favretto , March 31, 2005; 10:41 A.M.

7/7

Greg Walker , March 31, 2005; 11:59 A.M.

Thanks all for the comments - much appreciated!

Thomas - no ND filter was used, I lowered the camera bit by bit until I had eliminated flare but still had a good touch of the sun-lit mist. Positioning was limited, too, as this was taken from a small bridge that spans the creek.

Walter - It's Sensia, which of course is the same thing as Provia, just the consumer version. I like the palette and it's cheaper than Provia and I have yet to have any quality issues that would make me feel the need to spend a bit more.

Adrianna Hoffman , March 31, 2005; 02:16 P.M.

Simply AMAZING !!!

Gary Loveless , March 31, 2005; 03:42 P.M.

Wow!

This is a great photo - very inspiring! I really like the effect of the sun and fog on the trees in the upper part of the photo. Great work!

Paloma Ramirez , March 31, 2005; 04:11 P.M.

Fantastic!!!!!!

Vicki Passmore , March 31, 2005; 05:17 P.M.

7/7

Simply beautiful. The lighting,composition is great.

Talbert McMullin , March 31, 2005; 06:39 P.M.

Superb! Wonderful capture. Could look at this for hours and never get tired!7-7

Show us more of this wonderful place!

Radu Carp , April 01, 2005; 12:55 A.M.

This is a dream,fantastic balance of light and colours,congrats.Best for you,Radu7/7

Richard Thompson , April 01, 2005; 08:05 A.M.

one word for this....

MAGICAL ! what a lovely image - calander material.

Piotr Sosin , April 01, 2005; 10:06 A.M.

6/6

Beautiful!
Looks like painted by impressionist. Well done.

mario balzan , April 01, 2005; 02:06 P.M.

Breathtaking

T. Milo Burns , April 01, 2005; 04:43 P.M.

Fantastic!!! 20/20 Perfection!

Regina Chayer , April 01, 2005; 10:18 P.M.

truely a work of art

Wayne Willis , April 01, 2005; 11:52 P.M.

Stunning

Perfect composition. But its the mist and sunrays that bring this one alive. 7/7

Indranil Sircar , April 02, 2005; 08:52 A.M.

Excellent composition.

Marc Adamus , April 02, 2005; 11:18 A.M.

WOW! one of the best images I've ever seen here. WOW! 7/7

Don Hill , April 06, 2005; 12:09 P.M.

I knew I saw this photo before!

We are both members of a park photo contest site and I loved this photo then as I do now. You do great work!

Kamran Efendiev , April 23, 2005; 02:46 P.M.

.....

WOW!...

Micah Robinson , May 14, 2005; 05:37 P.M.

O_O

Very good job. The only thing I would do different is I'd use a longer shutter speed to smooth out the water abit. Keep shootin'. -Micah6/6

Ferrando Flores Rafael , May 15, 2005; 02:16 A.M.

7/7

SUPREME

George Fisher , July 09, 2005; 09:26 P.M.

Please tell me what post processing you've done here? This is a remarkable picture.

barry cawston , August 11, 2005; 05:00 P.M.

very painterly and a classic composition Cheers

Mike Sobie , May 19, 2006; 12:03 P.M.

Beautiful. I love how the sun shines through the steam. Good job.

hüsn gengönül , May 19, 2006; 12:17 P.M.

Excellent Impression...

Dear Greg Walker,

This is excellent impression. Soft light, swadows and colours are very good. Your composition is succesful. I looked again again...

Thank you.. Best regard..

Abraham A. Agung , June 12, 2006; 12:07 A.M.

great painting looks like a photo
great photo looks like a painting
this one is a great one....
the exposure and detail is perfect...
i kept looking at it again and again and again...

A.K. Sircar , April 07, 2007; 02:12 A.M.

Beautiful!

Excellent composition,exposure,;ight and colors,Greg.

Scott Merola , April 07, 2007; 08:39 A.M.

Fantastic capture. Keep up the good work ..or hard work. Scott

Mary Stewart , April 07, 2007; 04:10 P.M.

Really pretty work. Reminds me of areas where I live. I just don't go out if it is that cold. This may change my mind.

Puck Faery , April 07, 2007; 04:29 P.M.

i am making a comment here although all that could be said about it has already been expressed. these is a magical and mystical quality about this picture that would make it worth blown up to poster size. it could also be mistaken for a painting. lovely to see films still used and with such fantastic effects. i admire how you have managed to avoid flare which are my principal difficulty shooting such scenes.

Walter Tatulinski , April 07, 2007; 05:39 P.M.

Greg...

I saw and commented on this great photograph of yours just about 2 years ago. Seeing it again, as presented on the front page of PhotoNet, was a real treat for me. Just a great job without any tricks! It's beauty is that much more apparent when seen against a backdrop of so many manipulations and "graphic" creations. Regards.

G Dii , March 10, 2008; 02:41 P.M.

7/7

looks like the water is boiling

Marilyn Nichols , March 10, 2008; 09:23 P.M.

Beautiful shot!

Mark Lundgren , March 10, 2008; 09:48 P.M.

Beautiful

Simply gorgeous, the light is great 7/7.

Christal Steele , March 10, 2008; 11:48 P.M.