Frosted Leaf

Gallery: FloraPosted December 30, 2014104 views6 comments

The winter temperatures have returned with lows in the teens this morning. This is a practice shot I took of a frost covered leaf. I did some luminosity masks on expanded midtones, lights, and dark darks to pull out hidden details and colors. K5 IIs 180mm f3.5 (0.3sec at f16, ISO 200)..................Jim

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on December 30, 2014 at 3:31 PM

I can "feel" the crispness in the morning air. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 30, 2014 at 7:16 PM

The detail on the ice crystals is very good, but some of them appear a bit blown out - I wonder if you could get more detail on the crystals by increasing the contrast in the brighter part of the histogram ?

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 30, 2014 at 11:06 PM

Good processing! I don't see the blown highlights Alberto is talking about. Probably a monitor difference. I don't say I'm right, but this looks just right on my monitor.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 1, 2015 at 2:50 PM

Nice crisp image. Looks chilly

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 3, 2015 at 4:06 AM

Nothing like a dose of hyper-realism– my teeth are chattering.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM

Hey Jim,
Nicely seen, captured and processed, the detail throughout is wonderful. You timed this capture to perfection to have the ice crystals in their prime, I too am not seeing any problems with blown whites on my monitor.
Well done . . .

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