First snow...and a HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS! by KarmaSong
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 Long time no see! I've often considered spending time visiting galleries on Renderosity a full-time job, but alas, for a couple of months a nearly impossible task to do also, mainly for professional reasons...
 We had a lot of snow a couple of weeks ago, and this photo I took then was made early morning, at dawn, as I was looking through the window, gazing at the thick white cloack of snow that had covered the rooftops of the neighbourhood, in the early hours of the day when every noise was then muffled by the weight and properties of the snow...I decided on photoshopping it to conjure up the special atmosphere that comes along with the first snowfall of the year- the coming of shorter days and longer nights, the lack of sunlight that plays with the people's mood and stamina, the longing for warmth,snugness and togetherness and the first signs of the preparation for Christmas day. Hope you'll like it as much as I did when the clear contours of that photo faded and merged thanks to the brushes of that popular designing software program. Don't forget, zoom in!
 I wish you all a HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS ,whatever time zone you live in. Let's hope for a sweeter world, a world that will keep being hospitable to the human race for the decades to come, despite the economic downturn and all the newly-discovered areas of fossil fuel that are full of promises for cheap energy and a costly climatic Apocalypse if we don't cleanse our eyes before it is too late... Thank you very much for your support and be merry !


Comments (44)
This is a marvelous image my friend, amazing perspective! Loved it! Merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones!
Superbe photo qui prend l'affure d'un tbleau sous l'effet d'un très joli postwork! Excellent! Joyeux Noël!
A wonderful presentation! Merry Christmas to you too!
Splendid picture. Merry Christmas!!!
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Very beautiful capture and postwork!!
marvelous Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones!!!
Merry Christmas. Aloha
love the lighting here. and the pov is wonderful
It was so nice to see you post in the gallery again Jean-Luc, it was the best present I could hope for. This is such a lovely image and the beautiful touches you made to it really help it stand out. There is something special about that first snow and you've captured those magical qualities so well here. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas
we have a forecast for snow tomorrow, but I will believe when I see. beautiful snowscape and happy holidays friend
A beautiful painting you've made from your photo. It is wonderful to see you post again. Hope your Christmas as beautiful as the image you've created.
Superb capture and dedication my friend. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. God Bless.
Nice work! Best of the season to you and your family!
Beautiful shot and postwork. Merry Christmas to you too!
Hello JL ! C'est bon de te revoir et de constater que tu es toujours aussi bon dans le domaine artistique :-) C'est vrai que ça faisait très longtemps que l'on n'entendait plus parler de toi! Ta photo est une merveille et le postwork augmente encore l'effet de la magie de voir un épais tapis blanc. Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année mon ami ! Prends soin de toi !
Fantastic image and mood!!! Merry Christmas to You and Yours, Jean-Luc!!!
Beautiful, dear Jean -Luc. I know the silent feeling of the first snow. Merry christmas my precious friend. Bisous galore. Di. xx
Has a wonderful and warm Christmas feeling!
On croirait un tableau "pointilliste" peint à la peinture à l'huile ! J'adore l'atmosphère qui est présente ici !
Great to see u posting again dear jean-luc,and This is amazing capture..Merry x'mas to you and yours...Hugs*.
Maravilhosa foto meu amigo é perfeita para o Natal é um clima mágico quando a neve cai,queria ter um Natal com neve mas aqui no Brasil estamos no verão e a temperatura é de 46 graus muito quente.++++++++++++++5 Feliz Natal para você e sua familia.
Houlllllllla toute une première couche de neige :) Nous aussi on n'y a goûter 90 cm a quelques endroits, heureusement Montreal étant au sud du Canada nous avons eu que 15 cm :) JOYEUX NOEL ET BONNE ANNÉE COUSIN :) AMITIÉ PAIX AMOUR SANTÉ
Merry Xmas & Happy Holiday Season.
A beautiful photo and a great you did on the post work Jean-Luc. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. As far as the snow is concerned, you are saying the same thing all my relatives in Germany were telling me. They already had fair amounts of snow, but it is gone now.
Great to see you back Friend - this capture is amazing - Merry christmas day´s
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays You tooo my friend!!!!!Bravissimo!!!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
Je suis un peu à la bourre pour te souhaiter un joyeux Noël ! Alors je vais prendre de l'avance sur 2013 et te souhaiter une année merveilleuse venant combler tous tes désirs...et je souhaite que tu nous reviennes, non pas pour commenter (c'est long parfois !) mais pour nous réjouir les yeux avec des images aussi belles que celle-ci !
Very beautiful photo and postwork. Thanks for sharing.