Frozen Austin

Frozen Austin, originally uploaded by DigiDragon.

This is another of my own shots, so I can share my learning experiences in transforming good shots to better shots.

The original of this shows more details in the background. I felt it distracted from the detail of the iced trees in the foreground. So I created a couple of layers, masked out the foreground trees, blurred the background, and did a little bit of accentuation of the foreground.

In print, as well as on the screen, I think it's a more compelling image than the original, as the background is blurred and faded a bit.