Thanks for your coments big al and tedz the bluish tint was added after as i always feel the picture is too white with a snow scene , my other choice is a 0.6 tinge of red which as is the blue but the bluish tinge does actually accent the sky to the snow although i may have very slightly over done it in this case, the original is too white and the sky too dull
mel

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