This is my chosen photograph 
My first thought when I wondered how to depict ‘winter’ was that it ought to include snow but it was fairly obvious, with the mild weather we have been having, that the chance of us having snow before the deadline was minimal.
So I looked to see if I had any archive photographs of snow. Now I always say that if we get snow in Southampton it must mean that the rest of the country is experiencing blizzards! A mixture of clay soil and proximity to the sea is part of the reason I believe. This meant that I have very few photographs of snow especially more recent digital ones. I did find a few taken in my current garden with my son’s Sony bridge camera but they weren’t very good. I did however extract 600 pixels by 600 pixels from one photograph that I thought would almost do. 
But then I thought that trees bereft of leaves are another sign and so I went out and took a few pictures.
This was my second choice to the one at the top of the post. 
Which do you prefer?
And for anyone who is interested here is a gallery of a few other photographs I have taken lately. Just click on the first one to see the full screen gallery.
Rainbow Junkie 
great pics, I think I prefer your second choice. x
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Thank you for the opinion.
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I do like the tracery of the bare branches against the winter sky – the first looks like an alder (?), the second an oak. Your snowy picture looks like cotton bolls – sweet. And I like the reflection in the water too – a really good winter gallery.
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I’m not sure what the trees are. I have always found it hard to remember trees by their shapes. When I got into it I enjoyed photographing winter.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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Just had a look on the web the tree with the ball seed pods is a plane tree as I suspected!
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ah yes! thank you – we haven’t got many of those round here.
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It’s living in a city. I knew there were a lot of plane trees in the middle of The Avenue by the bark.
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Bare trees always say winter to me.
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Thank you!
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Winter trees are my favourite trees. I love the shape of the branches and set against a blue sky, perfect!
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It was one of our better days!
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I love your winters pictures … The trees are my favourites x
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I love the shape of bare branches and we have quite a few round here.
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[…] the list for this challenge. You can leave a link to your WINTER photo post in the Comments on Rainbow Jane’s blog; Nana Cathy’s blog (she usually posts on Tuesdays); Melissa’s blog, she has a super […]
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Such lovely pictures. I like them both but my thumbs up goes to the second…xx
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Thank you! Interesting, the only other person to comment preferred the second one too.
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[…] Rainbow Jane: tracery and reflections […]
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A very close race, but I’d have to choose the second. Wonderful winter gallery!
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Another person for the second one! Thank you.
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You’re most welcome.
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I agree that the bare trees shout ‘winter’! And the way the light is captured, or lack of it, creates a stark and wintry feel. The tree shots are my favourite of the lot with the cloud coming close behind. The puddle, a very familiar scene here too!
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Thanks for your thoughtful comments.
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