Snow

[Mzaki]

Not sure if this is a micro shot. I increased sharpness on photoshop but still I feel it is not sharp enough.

Is there a way to improve sharpness?
Is it off color?

Exif

Canon EOS 550D
18-200mm @ 200mm
f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
No Flash

[lerabu]

The snow looks kind of gray.

There is a tutorial on the DPS home page about making snow white for you. I think you can also adjust it via curves layers in Photoshop.

Apart from that, I really love the composition.

White surfaces are a real problem as the camera understands them as 18% gray reflecting surfaces and it can lead to a screw-up in colours. There is a way though, I have to check it up in a book I have I will post later when I get home from work.

[Mzaki]

Originally Posted by lerabu

The snow looks kind of gray.

There is a tutorial on the DPS home page about making snow white for you. I think you can also adjust it via curves layers in Photoshop.

Apart from that, I really love the composition.

White surfaces are a real problem as the camera understands them as 18% gray reflecting surfaces and it can lead to a screw-up in colours. There is a way though, I have to check it up in a book I have I will post later when I get home from work.

I have adjusted the snow color. Does it look any better?

[lowbone]

I really likethis photo but I would like it much better if you didn't have those two out of focus blobs to the left of the branch. I realize that they were probably other branches on the tree and you couldn't just hack them off but maybe the clone tool would have hgelped you out here.

[Laurenbiz]

Originally Posted by lowbone

I really likethis photo but I would like it much better if you didn't have those two out of focus blobs to the left of the branch. I realize that they were probably other branches on the tree and you couldn't just hack them off but maybe the clone tool would have hgelped you out here.

I have to echo this comment, as well. Even though it is adjusted to be more white (all of my snow photos SOOC are nice and gray - I've always been forced to adjust them in PS!,) the focus still seems a little off.

[musicalnursynurse]

You not only changed the color tone but the background. I prefer the shade and texture of the first background and find the two blurrs in your edit a bit distracting.
I personally find when I sharpen in PS it gives noise in some instances and othertimes just an odd dimension. I think maybe the sharpness could have been improved by manually focusing. I often will take several shots like this and manually focus on the closest point of the branch 2/3 mid and maybe a point of interest on the branch. The beauty of digital cameras is we can and we have the cost of all that film.
Nice shot. I love photos like this to view, take and decorate my home with.
Keep it up