Recent snow as my first post

These were taken several weeks ago with my point and shoot digital. Any and all comments welcome. Thanks.
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...9/101_0283.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...9/101_0307.jpg

I like them... Nothing in the scenes are really eye catching in my opinion though... Just looks like... trees in the snow. It might be how they are cropped or something, I dunno. I love how pure and untouched the snow on the ground is though. I love that blank white sheet before anyone has come along and tromped through it.

Welcome to the forums!

You did well with difficult light.
I like the second better as I think your foreground subject in the first is too chopped.

snow is hard. shadow in the first is the best part.

Welcome! Like daq said snow can be difficult, even more so with a P&S. The sensor gets confused in and will usually step it down up to two stops. Your pictures look exposed pretty good, and I see what you were going for. The shadow in pic #1 caught my eye. I did a few adjustments to it and I will post it up if it's ok with. I also did a B&W conversion.
If you have the original you might want to crop it lower and shift the whole image to the right,leave more of the trees to the right.If you cut the tree to the left to the top of the tallest tree on the right it might flow better, and it might make the eyes draw more toward the shadow. Try decreasing you blue a bit in RGB and increasing the contrast and or mid-tones. This will give the snow more contour and depth .
I hope you don't mind my rambling, but I shoot snow landscapes on a regular basis and I know how tricky it can be. I also see pictures that some thing are lost, but with a few adjustments they can turn into a spectacular photos. Keep up the good work, I look forward to your future posts.

Darin

I agree, snow is hard to shoot. I love the shadow in the first one.

Welcome to the forum!

Like the first shot too Nicci, the lighting looks fine to me, good time of day to play with shadows on the snow. Welcome and keep'm coming.

Thanks for the comments everyone. The shadow in the first one is what caught my eye, I tried several different angles but, this one was the best in that it showed the most of the shadow.

The second one did not show exactly what I was trying for. If you go straight down the center to the point where the trees are in the middle the trail splits to the left and right. Of course the snow hides the trail so unless you know it's there the the point is lost. Canyon Hiker, ramble all you want, I am here to learn. Feel free to post your adjustments and conversions I look forward to seeing them.