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I decided to escape the frustration of being unable to do some winter landscapes, due to the current uninviting weather conditions, and at least play around a little with the panning technique in the forest. By excluding the sky and blurring the image I tried to at least create something nice, in this otherwise not so nice current conditions. I tried to find the trees from this image again, but unfortunately couldn't.

As for the processing, this has only seen Lightroom and some final level adjustments in PS.

I hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Aperture: F14
Exposure Time: 1 sec
Focal Length: 40.0 mm
ISO: 50
Exposure Bias: 0
Shooting Mode: Aperture priority
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment

: Impressionism

: 08:23PM Dec 13, 2008

Comments:

I think I like the winter version even more than the summer version (and I liked that one too). I like the way the white is carried up through the bark of the trees. It works well with the impressionism technique.

Posted by laanba on December 13, 2008 at 08:35 PM EET #

I like the stark character of the image. Really does capture a bit of the winter woods feel. Nice job.

Posted by Mike Blanchard on December 13, 2008 at 10:16 PM EET #

Handsome, and impressionistic.

Posted by milou on December 14, 2008 at 02:30 AM EET #

Beautiful serene composition

Posted by Thomas on December 14, 2008 at 05:40 AM EET #

Simply beautiful. I love the painterly effect.

Posted by marcus on December 14, 2008 at 07:55 AM EET #

This post has been selected as PixyBlog's Daily Shot for Sat, 13 Dec 2008

Posted by Pixy on December 14, 2008 at 10:00 AM EET #

Fine work.

Posted by deceptive on December 14, 2008 at 02:57 PM EET #

Beautiful composition! Congratulations!

Posted by mario iso101 on December 14, 2008 at 03:59 PM EET #

Yes, this technique worked perfectly with this scene!

Posted by Debbie Hartmann on December 14, 2008 at 04:41 PM EET #

Great composition; I love this effect, looks like a painting ...

Posted by Wolfgang on December 14, 2008 at 06:13 PM EET #

Bonsoir,
Well done exposure, treatment, effect..bravo!

Posted by jelb on December 15, 2008 at 12:09 AM EET #

Beautiful capture and very imaginative, artistic processing. I like it!

Posted by Arnd on December 15, 2008 at 12:17 AM EET #

Very impressionistic... I like it!

Posted by Jay on December 16, 2008 at 04:15 PM EET #

ce leger effet de flou très pictural est superbe

Posted by Lasiate on December 17, 2008 at 12:44 AM EET #

I liked the summer version and perhaps like this even more. The birch trees work really well in B&W and the lack of colour helps to focus the eye on the pure texture elements of the image. The motion blur suggests even the trees are shivering in the cold northern air!

Posted by Eric on December 19, 2008 at 11:06 PM EET #

That's a pretty weird effect ! But I like it ;D

Posted by jotabe on December 22, 2008 at 01:07 PM EET #

A beautiful yet haunting image. I expect to see a wolf creeping in the background.

Posted by Natasha on December 25, 2008 at 01:05 PM EET #

I love the quality.... like a pencil/watercolor drawing.

Posted by Diane - Daily Walks on December 29, 2008 at 09:42 AM EET #

The result is very artsy and beautiful.
Very good work!

Posted by Mario Jean [madoc photo] on December 30, 2008 at 05:32 AM EET #

Amazing photo. I love the atmosphere here.... The almost total black and white looks awesome here.

Posted by Ilan on January 01, 2009 at 05:13 PM EET #

I got the feeling I am running in the woods. Very well done.

Posted by Tero on January 01, 2009 at 09:17 PM EET #

Magical!

Posted by Chris on January 03, 2009 at 07:55 AM EET #

Very nice shot. I prefer this one to the colored one, the background here is more complex and more detailed.

Posted by Vincent on January 21, 2009 at 06:47 PM EET #

Splendid picture

Posted by Darhy on January 31, 2009 at 07:57 PM EET #