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Iced crabapples
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Iced crabapples

by John Tobias

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 29, 201384 views5 comments
An ice storm left these crab apples covered with ice.

Canon XTi
1/250 @ F-9 ISO100
Canon EF-S 55-250 @ 250mm

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Skip Layman on January 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM
I really like the ice "dripping" off the berries. I would have liked to see you get closer and get more detail in the berries.
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Comment posted by Rick Diffley on January 29, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Nice idea. I too would have experimented with taking a variety of different shooting angles. With a grouping like this it can be challenging.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 29, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Conditions like this do make for some interesting macro shots, but this wider view is just as fascinating, with your beautiful pano crop. The light and soft background work well to isolate the icy pomes.
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 30, 2013 at 6:08 PM
Ice storms are destructive but they certainly can make for some interesting photography opportunities. I like your capture of this branch of crab apples covered with ice. Seeing the full branch is a neat POV but I think a tad more contrast/saturation of the crap apples on the main branch would help separate them from the other branches/crab apples in the background. A closer view of some of these would make a great image too. Nice find, John!
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 1, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Nice, John. I like the incipient icicles on each of the crab apples.

:toast:
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