Judges Comments

A great scene that has prospects for a better result. In terms of exposure, this scene presents a real challenge for the photographer.
At one extreme there is bright white snow, and at the other extreme, deep shadows. The photographer has handled this well. I would like to have seen this image
cropped to 16 x 9 to fill my screen and immerse me in the view. Remember, shoot wide and crop later (we all have plenty of pixels to play with).
A slight curves adjustment to provide some further mid-tone contrast would be to advantage.