Lovely!

Thanks for your appreciative comments, everyone!

Steve - no problem at all with your alternative. I can see that my version is bottom heavy, but maybe you have gone too far the opposite way for my taste. Perhaps David's compromise is the best . In actual fact, I think a couple of distant walkers would have improved no. 11 too, especially with the light being softer.

David, "dodgy" referred to my choice of lens to take out on the walk, not to the lens itself. The conditions as they unexpectedly turned out did not really need a lens with the reach of the 55-300. Even so, I do find that it's a pretty good allrounder as the close-ups of the frozen elements testify. You just have to "see" the shot earlier than with other lenses, before you get too close.

An off shoot of the Colne Valley, part National Trust moorland with three large reservoirs and good walking with great views. I picked the wrong day, though, and ended up spending most of it with severely restricted visibility and a dodgy choice of lens. So I was quite pleased in the end to have something to show for the effort - hope you agree! K-70 + DA 55-300 PLM
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All comments welcome, as always! Thanks for looking!

Thank you, Peter - I do have a soft spot for big skies and we seem to have had a generous helping of them locally in recent times.

Thanks for your comments, all.

Kingfisher - I can see why you would mention the "greyish hue". The light was almost gone by the time I took those and it was more for the late pm sky background that I did take them. I was a bit annoyed that my walk didn't bring me to that spot until it was almost too late to get even that! I just tried to whiten the snow a little which was easy to do on the ground, but it made the snow on the tree branches look very odd and I didn't have the patience/technique to tackle that!

The first one's a classic - subject, composition, DoF, lighting all spot-on.

Great technique and a lovely outcome! And without the "flippy screen", even better!

No snow left today, so glad I got out in time for these. I really like how a touch of frost (where have I heard that before?) emphasises the detail in the trees. These are only 5 minutes walk up the road from home. K-1 + FA 28-105.
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Thanks, all, much appreciated!

Thanks for the appreciative comments. If you like them, I'll dig out some more crep ... crepes.... crepulscural - oh, what you said, David!