Tough scene for the D300 to meter -- high contrast with the dark shadows of the stream bank and the snow-laden pine branch hanging over. Shooting Raw + Basic, which I like, because I still have the flexibility of processing the Raw yet the Jpeg Basic gives me a peek at the image.
I had the D300 set on Vivid+, which made the image cold, but adjusted temperature in Adobe Camera Raw. Also used the Vibrance slider -- it's great. It allows one to make colors richer without making colors already vivid too much so. Adobe Camera Raw's Recovery slider didn't seem to allow me to pull in texture of the snow on the branch, so in PSE6 I used Shadows/Highlights, zero (0) on the Shadows, and toned down the snow in Highlights.
Details on the shot: Nikon D300 on Gitzo CF tripod with Bogen ball-head, aperture priority, stopped all the way down to get a long exposure, ISO-200, Nikkor 35-70mm AF f/2.8 lens @ 40mm, 5 sec at f/22, exposure compensation -.7.
This camera seems to meter long exposures better than my D70 or D100 did. (Don't remember about my D200. Seth has that in Turkey!) I like the effect.
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