but the late autumn woods are stunning

David

[edit]  oops!  it really _is_ snow...I guess I was unconvinced enough (and misled by "Test") to think it was just some foam lying there on its way to becoming  something else.  But yes, late spring snow is really dirty.

And the late spring woods still blow me away.

Not sure what you were after but it works for me.  Now if you just clean up the other one as good you'll be set for an open house

Steve

Your grade recorded in my grade book.
John

A fantastic scene, with a couple of minor caveats.

The snow.  With the presence of the larger piles of dirty snow in a very open and exposed area, I find myself expecting to see some signs of remaining snow in the sheltered areas under the trees and around the rocks where it could have collected, maybe drifted up, and may be somewhat protected from the melting rays of the sun.

That would help to sell the snow piles to me.  I also feel that the left most snow pile, while looking very much like a pile of plowed old dirty snow, it looks a little to defined on the edges, too vertical maybe. Last, if the snow is melting, why does the ground appear uniformly dry?  I would expect the ground around the drifts to appear wet and there may even be a puddle or some run off from the piles.  Perhaps that is represented out of the frame?

But hey, I live in Canada and if there is one thing I know, it's snow!

Great scene, fantastic realism in your scenery!

Very nice. If you keep practicing, you might be able to give that Mike Confalone guy a run for his money. I think he's modeling the ALagash too...

John

:-)

Kevin,

Thanks! The post is about diesel weathering, see the Extreme Diesel Weathering thread.

While we're at it, here is a better example of springtime melting snow. This is the woodyard scene at White Mountain Jct.

Enjoy.

Mike Confalone

The post is entitled "Test"

Who knew it was specific to Diesel weathering?

I love winter scenes with all the snow, ice, bare trees...  Reminds me of why I live in Texas