You wanted to desaturate my snow pic, I tried to raise the contrast and deepness of the blue of yours
It is a play of white and blue contrast for me.
But of course matter of taste, as you said

The same with nr 3.

I love nr 1 !
great !

wow !
Very lovely !
What a beautiful winter !

No, not all the sea is frozen
It is the gulf of Pärnu only.
where the ice is

Usually there is a car-road opened to the islands over the sea-ice. Not yet, as far as I know. But in that region the ship traffic is stopped already.
But not to Finland

Here is a pic from febr 2009. About 10 min walk from the coast. Pärnu.



Thank you Bob, for your poit of view. It made me think why I chose this kind of "crop". And I really tried different crops.

Maybe really nr 2. The attention going more to the robin.
Nr 1 is ok too.
Very nice capture.

I like the moment seen in the harbour wall meeting !!!
And the horse is also my fav!

Nice time you had

I am happy like kitten about the real winter.
Last 2-3 years have been dark, wet, disgusting muddy and damp here. I hate that gloomy time. Now, in snow, it is like paradise. No ploblem with the minuses, if you have got good clothes and warm home. It is real fun.

BTW, I think there was a record of snow yesterday in Tallinn....more than half meter ( 62 cm )! Some problems with traffic. Plus parking cars cant get away from theis "places".
I have no such sight here.

Edit: 62 cm

It is not soft snow any more on the road. There are so lot of walkers, that the ground is "hard".
So no clear footprints.
(No any cloning work, if you were thinking that !)

Thanks Lilly,
but yes, I am waiting your entry too

Thanks for the comments !

TonyM and Bob. I do understand what you mean.
I will work with it a bit and compare then once more
The double track for me gives a kind of color-balance between blue and the sunset warmth. Also the part in focus is greater on the final pic this way. Thatswhy I didnt crop..... but I will play once more!

PS. This alien is walking on the water It is a view to the frozen sea