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I like these cold, white Winter days
Posted by MARIANA (Waterloo, Canada) on 6 July 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
“I like these cold, white winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.”
~ Bill Watterson
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
YES!!! me too!! that is why i go to the arctic!!! this is a GORGEOUS shot!! so graphic!!! bravo!
6 Jul 2009 5:15am
Nina from Haute Loire, France
Me too, although I find the winter a little long! This photo is very beautiful it looks like a drawing!
Beautiful graphism!
6 Jul 2009 5:45am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
I miss them also, well done, we need some refreshing images :)
just white
6 Jul 2009 5:55am
k@ from Paris, France
The sequel of the quote is delicious :) and your picture a de/light ! Minimalism and great work on White (not easy), your abstract landscape is a wonderful painting, brava*
6 Jul 2009 6:07am
@k@: ... and reading your comment is just delight to me :)) Hugs :)
Frissons from No City, France
a landscape according to my standards! It's minimalistic and the beauty is in the simple composition making it almost like an abstract. A great picture
6 Jul 2009 6:50am
zOOm from Paris, France
High contrasted lights, which suit so well this snowy landscape. Superb, minimalist and graphic as well.
6 Jul 2009 7:07am
Benkirane from Fès, Morocco
Jeu très réussi sur le vide et le plein!
Bonne journée lumineuse!
6 Jul 2009 7:33am
Mathilde Collot from Fontainebleau, France
Image to the extreme of the image! to the extreme of existence! melted from the cold, the white! Superb evocation of a beautiful quote.
6 Jul 2009 8:13am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
I love this style for winter landscape ( I used it too sometimes ) very minimalist and graphic, I love the mood !
6 Jul 2009 8:31am
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
Very risky post process. I particulary like it. The greys in the middle justify this presentaiotn.
6 Jul 2009 9:06am
Alex from Barcelona, Spain
Me parece que es la primera vez que veo una clave alta de un paisaje y la verdad que me ha gustado mucho, buen trabajo.
Saludos.
6 Jul 2009 10:00am
Aurore from Paris, France
Lot of light which leads the pic toward abstract landscape. Nice minimalism, well done !!
6 Jul 2009 10:05am
Ann from Cedarburg, United States
I like the whiteness and the contrasting dark. Really looks cold.
6 Jul 2009 11:49am
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
You are definitely living in the right country then Mariana! A well crafted shot with an appropriate saying to accompany it....Well done! ;-)
6 Jul 2009 12:04pm
@Eric Cousineau: That is right Eric :)) I love winter in Canada but hate windchill, especially when temperature drops down to -40 C :))
Marcie from Newton, United States
Love the simplicity. And surely - not even in Waterloo - you're not having winter in July?!?!?
6 Jul 2009 12:11pm
Hiro from Kyoto, Japan
Thank you for nice and really cool shot. It is hot in Kyoto these days, this photo makes me refresh.
6 Jul 2009 12:22pm
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
A graphic and very artistic photo !
6 Jul 2009 12:38pm
Ti from Alpharetta, United States
I like it cold, too! So I don't sweat like a pig (do pigs really sweat? why the expression?) and nobody will see my beer belly hidden under the heavy coat! :-)
Too bad we only get about one snowy day per winter here in Atlanta, and it's gone the next day... :-(
6 Jul 2009 2:13pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
This is such a beautiful minimalist and amazing abstraction! Wonderful wonderful work my dear! This deserves a real big frame and prominent wall space!:-)
6 Jul 2009 2:23pm
@hugo poon: wow.. what a great compliment:)) thanks Hugo :)
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Terrific capture. Zenlike scene. Very compelling.
6 Jul 2009 2:31pm
@john4jack: many thanks Jack :)
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
A mainly white B&W image. This is very beautiful. I like the high contrast graphic nature of this wonderful landscape. I don't think you savor a bad mood though. :-)
6 Jul 2009 2:48pm
@Steve Rice: you are right :)) Thanks Steve !
Don from spokane, United States
The blank white field with stubble makes a fine foreground for this interesting homestead. A fine shot.
6 Jul 2009 3:01pm
@Hervé: Thanks a lot :)
rian from mobile, United States
wow! now that definitely looks chilly! very cool high key treatment here.. great work! :)
6 Jul 2009 3:38pm
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
A minimalist high key winter shot that I really enjoy on this hot summer day...
6 Jul 2009 3:49pm
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
I love the minimalist picture!!! Bravo Mariana!
6 Jul 2009 3:57pm
khadi from New Delhi, India
Amazing image. I really like how you have used this technique.
6 Jul 2009 5:01pm
Marie from Paris, France
Very original and also a fantastc view !
Winter as per a no man's land.. with just a shadow of life (house and tree)...
I love it vry much !!
Well done !
Marie
6 Jul 2009 6:00pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
nice high key effect here on the landscape shot!
6 Jul 2009 6:42pm
Lynn from United States
Very unique look!!! Love the quote...it fits so well!!! Great work :))
6 Jul 2009 6:55pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Awesome shot and fitting words. Great work.
6 Jul 2009 7:00pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Thank you for channeling 'Calvin' in this mid-summer's flash-back!
6 Jul 2009 8:05pm
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
an original, beautiful creativity!
kiss!
6 Jul 2009 8:28pm
flyingwind风飞扬 from Taiyuan, China
...Hnnnn...PS or orginal? Anyway, it reminds me of doing so next time and express my different thoughts by using the same menthod shown here ^_^
You call it a winter and love it? I love it too! Believe it or not^_^
I remember your coffee and my pool~~~
6 Jul 2009 9:10pm
@flyingwind风飞扬: No PS. I hardly did anything on this picture. It is just one ordinary winter, very, very cold day on a farm . I think it was -40C when I shoted this; I remember when was back in a car I cried, could not feel my hands :)) !
Godo from Barcelona, Spain
Hi Mariana,
Just beautiful landscape
Really sweet winter postcard
I think this pic it's five starts
Thnks for share it with us ;o)
7 Jul 2009 12:14am
@Godo: Thank Eduardo for visiting :))
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Excellent quote! Like this very mono looking shot. Very nice.
7 Jul 2009 1:31am
Mike from United States
Your creative eye for how to process a shot is incredible. No two shots the same. This one looks like a Courier and Ives drawing. Nice job!!
7 Jul 2009 1:35am
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Stunning composition, love the high key effect with the eye being drawn to the dark landscape. Excellent creative work!
7 Jul 2009 1:36am
shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines
excellent minimalistic work Mariana. looking at it makes me want to engage in silence and deep thought. moving. :)
7 Jul 2009 2:25am
@shoti: thanks Shoti :)) maybe you visit Canada and get bunch of these white days :)) I can go to Philippines to get some hot and sunny days :))
Mijo from Rognonas, France
Superbe le rendu ! Entre carte postale et dessin à l'encre de chine.
Merci pour la visite. Votre portfolio est un plongeon dans la poésie et la tendresse. J'aime beaucoup le regard porté sur les gens et la nature. Bravo
7 Jul 2009 4:18am
@Mijo: Merci beaucoup. Je suis heureux vous aime ma portfolio :)))
Jaol from Canarias+Asturias, Spain
Really white winter, It was last year when I step on snow for first time. I like the hard contrast here. Cold, isn`t it?
7 Jul 2009 9:25am
Bethany from Michigan, United States
It looks just like a Bill Watterson sketch! Nicely done! (Except where are Calvin & Hobbes?!? :)
7 Jul 2009 11:54pm
Dan Creighton from Pottstown, United States
Harsh but interesting in a way because of it. Glad there is no snow here now!
14 Jul 2009 3:17pm
