Sorry Jan to blue for me! the snow makes it look as though your wb is out, the branches in the top left distract the eye and the dark patch of the sky with no clouds to break it up doesn't help - sorry

Thanks for your comments, Irv. Posted the same picture on another website, and looked even worse there. Agree with the patch, but the snow has a certain blue tone to it in the shadows. I could correct it more!? Cheers!

Strange, as I think it's a cracking shot and the snow would look more blue at that time of day. Love the light on the mountains and the way the shot is framed.

I agree with Irv I'm afraid. Too blue and too dark - uncalibrated monitor perhpas? Too blue and too bright is often manufacturers' default settings. Beautiful scene Jan. The thing is you'll never please everyone, the question is do you like it? If so, then it's perfect.

Thanks guys for your time and feedback. I agree with Oldboy, that there is a certain blue taint to the scene at this afternoon hour, but I'm really not pleased with the dark patch. Am I overdoing it with both a pola filter and a NDgrad4 filter. Maybe just the ND? Cheers Jan

If you still have access to the location why not pop out and try it with different combinations?

I rather like this. I like the blue tones which are actually a true rperesentation of snow at certain times of the day, and i also like the branches top left as they stop the plain becoming flat. What would also be interesting is to see this scene after getting the IR treatment because tha sky certainly looks like it could use it.

I can see some of the points mentioned before and can agree somewhat with them. However, Snow on a sunny day will have a blue tinge, I noticed this for the first time the other day out walking in the stuff. The dark blue in the centre is more than likely your polarizing filter, I've taken mine off because I had so many images with the same effect on my sigma 10~20 lens. I know you need the sun at your back for the best results, but it's quite difficult to achieve this. Anyway, I still like the shot....Rgds Willy

Jan, having read the above comments, I agree with some about the blue patch in the sky...but the hues of blue are quite pleasing and the branches provide a frame for the eye to linger before traveling through the image. The comment I find most intriguing is Andrews about the IR....oh,DO give it a go andlet us see!

Jan, positioning your camera lower to the ground would have eliminated most of the featureless middleground and improved the composition. A touch of contast during editing could help too as the general blue tones seem a bit overwhelming. A darker sky could certainly improve things also.

Thank you all for valuable input and feedback. I like comment exchanges like these.
Andrew and Nancy - I'll try a IR version of the shot later.
Willy - next time I'll try with/-out pola and/or NDgrad filter.
Wayne - I see your point on a lower angle. I did how ever pull the contrast, but not dareful enough(?). Andrew has a point though, that it tends to be blue in the shadows at this time of day, but a lighter contrast could have done the trick.
Thanks again everyone! Cheers - Jan.

The composition, for me at least, is relatively pleasing Jan - the blue hue throughout the shaded areas doesn't bother me either, though if you wanted, you could alter this with some WB adjustment, then blend back in the sunlit parts of the distant mountains. The dark patch in the sky is almost certainly the polarizer (might be best to ditch it for these types of shot). Cheers, Andrew.