I took my initial exposure compensating for the snow and snapped. Never expose using a shutter speed slower than the length of your lens. If you do, you risk a fuzzy, out of focus image. Next I closed down a stop to capture the moody image produced by the warmth of the sun. This image is my favorite one because it reflects my mood that morning.
Exposure can dramatically change the personality of a scene.
Consider slight changes in your shooting angle. More sky, less sky, no sky, more foreground, and so on. Keep your photos fresh by investigating new ways to present them. Here I exposed as the meter indicated. If you point the camera directly into the sun and expose for that reading, you will have similar results.