Winter wonderland

[Arisha Zehra Photography]

[theantiquetiger]

Since you are asking for a critique, I'll give my two cents

First off, your white balance is off, the entire image has a blue tint (not sure if intentional or not).
As for the image it self, there is not much going in this image. Even from someone that lives in south Louisiana and hasn't seen snow like this in 20 years, the image just has not interesting points. You are too far away from anything of interest (snow covered cars, Etc). There is too much dead space at the bottom of the image.

I do like the leading lines of the trees coming right off the top corners, nicely done. If this was mine, I would crop it to landscape mode and cut off the entire bottom of the image just below the curb on the right.

One of the best things I learned on this site as a beginner, try to shoot 100% with no post cropping. Try to make sure you frame your image in camera.

I am viewing on my phone, so I can only comment on composition. My phone is too small to comment on sharpness, etc.

[Runmonty]

Marko has a good podcast about the blue cast here White balance in photography and fixing blue snow | Photography.ca

[Arisha Zehra Photography]

Thanks for the feedback and the link.

[Lorey]

It brings to my mind the works of Stephen Shore. One of the most influential photographers in bringing color to the art of photography. It could loose some blue cast, but I like it otherwise!

Follow your own instincts on subject matter and shoot what you see that you like and not what you think others will like. Don't let inward sight and instinct be forced in a box.

[theantiquetiger]

Follow your own instincts on subject matter and shoot what you see that you like and not what you think others will like. Don't let inward sight and instinct be forced in a box.

I agree with this 100%, but she is a beginner and is still learning/asking for advice in the critique section. Another great thing this site taught me was to do everything technically correct when starting out. Once you mastered the rules, then you can break them.

I got my signature quote from Scott Kelbey, and it says exactly what you just said.