Winter Window (Posterized Photo)

Winter Window (Posterized Photo)   Originally uploaded by randubnick

This is one more image that began two nights ago, when I was taking photos of the snow just as it was getting dark.  I took the picture through the window, and an interior light caused some glare and reflections.  It was also slightly out of focus, and off-center, besides.  But sometimes these mistakes are intriguing and can make for interesting results.  I used iPhoto editing tools to straighten and crop the image, and used Painter to sharpen the focus just a bit, and then posterize it.  In art (and in life), it helps sometimes to be able to see beyond the label of "mistakes" to see the potential for a good outcome.  In this case, what I hoped might turn out to be interesting was the sense of seeing a snowstorm from inside a house, looking out.