Landscape Photo Competition 2013 No 4 : Entry Number 444

Well had we not have had such an outstanding winning photo this would have been this round’s best. I love the beautiful colourless tones from this snowy and foggy scene. You have given each tree plenty space, enhancing their differing shapes and characters; the silver birch is beautiful in the foreground, its straggly form glorified by the pine and the larch behind. The exposure is perfect, the tracks in the snow slowly creeping out of the white. It is a lovely eye-pleasing minimalist composition which would make a fabulous enlargement to hang on the wall. Great photo, well done!

Thank you for the encouraging words. My name is Willi Vetter and the image was taken within the moorland areas near Dornbirn/Austria using Canon EOS 5D II with EF 24-105 mm 1:4 L at 35 mm (F/4, 1/320 s and ISO 200; raw processing in CS5). Congratulations to the winner.