Winter view was created from a picture taken of the woods across the street from us.  These woods in winter are always so serene and contemplative looking to me.  I really enjoy them.  I loaded the picture into Photoshop and enhanced the snow and the white giving it a bit of a painterly touch.  I also added layers that gave it a bit of a dissolving frame around the image, as if you were looking through a wintery window at the Winter landscape.  I have entered this in the Winter Landscape Exhibit on EBSQ for this month, Jan. 2015.