great light effect

Awesome capture!

(I'm not a professional photographer, but from a personal artistic standpoint)
I know the light is the main part of the picture - I think it would look much better if the tree would be sharper in focus (if possible or would it lose the light effect?)

Also, I don't know if it is because the camera is faced against the sun, but there is a very high contrast between the earth and sky - almost as if the sky is a little washed out. (maybe this is because winter skies are whiter??)

I like the shadows on the ground with the snow and also how the sand-colored grasses are out of focus - looks breezy.

I don't know if this was the effect you're going for, I'm just throwing out my personal opinion, but I really like the photograph!

+4/5

agree with mirroon and vousavec nice light effect, great capture

+6

Good lighting and composition

+6/7

Beutiful and artistic composition....simple but effective.Good Work

Thanx for the crits everyone, it makes me happy... In the original file the tree is very sharp in focus, it seems that I lost some when I made the photot smaller. As for the washed out sky, it´s not possible to get another result without an filter... Well... I could maybe tone the sky in Photoshop... Should I do that?

Beautiful, I love the shape of the tree in the landscape.

i like it alot.

Very nice. It looks cold.... +7