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cshimokita
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Looks like you have some snow in your area...

and it doesn't look like central Minneapolis ; )

Since you asked...  I like the use of portrait orientation in this particular photo... it seems that your point of focus is the near tree (camera left), while (being a bit of a traditionalist shooter) I might have focused on the central tree, which is darker and seems to draw the eye in this photograph.  The B&W conversion is good, and the depth of field and out of focus rendering is very acceptable, particularly with the snow and small bushes.

I have disabled the focus-on-half press shutter and programmed the AF-ON button to focus (with a single central focus point).  You get use to that set-up very quickly... center on your selected focus point, press AF-ON, recompose, and press the shutter.

I see you are using a Canon 5D III with 36mm lens (must be a zoom?) at 1/160 second, f4, and ISO100.  My experience is that the 5D series (I use a Mark II) is prone to in-focus fall off... what's in focus is sharp, but it's much less forgiving than a crop sensor (e.g. 30D).  The 5DIII is a very nice camera.  I tend to shoot my 5DII at f5.6 depending on the lens.

The exposure and framing are good...

Not much snow on the ground for this time of year.... lovely photo.

Casey