A few snowy landscapes

[tcom]

Hi

This weekend ended the 34th International Balloon Festival of Château-d'Oex, Switzerland which I attended several times (photos will follow, but the weather was really not ideal for this edition), but on the way to the festival, I could take some snowy landscapes:

1 Château-d'Oex
645D, FA645 120/4, f/4.5, 1/1000s, 100iso, B&W converted


2 Les Sciernes
645D, FA645 45-85, 45mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, 800iso, through the train's windows


3 Train Montreux - Château-d'Oex
645D, FA645 45-85, 65mm, f/4.5, 1/200s, 200iso

[Pacerr]

Nice!!

[blackcloudbrew]

Yep, nice and as is typical with tcom's images, they all have the 'wish I was there too,' appeal. Darn nice.

[tcom]

Thank you for the comments. When I took these photos, especially 2 and 3, I was unusure how these would turn out and if they would work, the light was pretty low, just like the contrast as well. I gave it a try and it worked.

[Mike Pearson]

Excellent Dominique, as BCB said "wish we were there" 

Love the effect of the last one, must be the train 

Mike

[JIMBO]

I really like the last shot though I may have cropped more off the left side. all the interest, I see, is on the right side just right of center. Great image. JIM

[blackcloudbrew]

I'm liking the first for it's excellent composition and point of view but the last one is really cool too because I feel like I'm on the train.

[davidhampshire]

great photos,  dominque.

[Mike Pearson]

I think #3 would also look good as a vertical crop to include the train 

Mike

[tcom]

Thank you all for the comments. I tried to crop a bit the last one to get more attention on the train:


MOB by Dominique Schreckling (tcom), on Flickr

[Pacerr]

It becomes a "pleasing" picture when cropped vertically but for me it looses that sense of "being there!" present in the original.

My preference is to retain the present ratio (appx 6:4) and crop by about 10-15 percent from the upper left corner. To me that retains that panoramic looking-out-the-window feeling much better.