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Fire and Ice #3

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 10, 2015259 views11 comments

We've had lots of ice, but very little sun over the last couple of weeks, so I was excited to catch this sunburst in the ice around my pond's waterfall. When I came inside and saw the original horizontal image, I knew I needed to go back, get closer and set this up as a vertical. However, in that 15 minutes, the flowing water had washed away the ice,

So I'm left with only this major crop and some mixed feelings about the complexity of the view in the non-burst areas. I would definitely appreciate your thoughts especially on the crystalline areas. (5D3, 100mm macro IS, f/10, 1/125s, iso 400, tripod)

The details (and this is mostly about details) are best seen in the large version.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 10, 2015 at 10:48 AM

Like the close comp/crop, and the colorful 'burst' grabs the viewers attention.. no doubt

It works just fine Mark, plenty for the eye to feast on.
Isn't that what macro's about?

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM

I think this works really well, Mark! The complexity in the top flows nicely to a more simple lower half, where the drop and the sunburst are the stars. I'm also very intrigued by the colored sunburst, I've never seen that before. Really nice detail!

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on February 10, 2015 at 5:48 PM

This works for me, Mark - the sunburst is a real eye catcher that draws my eye away from the top of the image. All I would suggest is some vignetting to darken the top a bit, but I'm not sure that would really help - this works as is for me.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 10, 2015 at 9:15 PM

I've never seen such a distinct, multi-colored starburst as this one, Mark. Wow.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 10, 2015 at 10:37 PM

Roel, sunbursts occur at very specific angles between the camera, the ice, and the sun and I'm pretty sure that they require a layer of liquid water on the ice. A small subset of those give color starbursts. This is the most colorful sunburst that I've managed to catch.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on February 12, 2015 at 3:21 PM

Unique and fascinating shot. I like the complexity of the top and the simplicity of the bottom half of the image, and that sunburst is really amazing. It's fun looking for the smaller, less colorful ones in the top of the picture.

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Comment posted by Jeff Martyka on February 13, 2015 at 11:24 PM

I especially love the blue edge on the water droplet. It feels like a shot of a rather colorful sun rising over the blue planet from space when focused on that area..

Registered on June 20, 2014, 30 Posts, 155 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 14, 2015 at 5:46 PM

Beautiful as is, Mark. Great colors in the main sunburst and nice job bringing out the echoing sunbursts in the crystalline mass.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on February 17, 2015 at 12:39 AM

Amazing colourful sunburst, Mark! The green line in the droplet adds much interest. I also like the sparkles and high lights in the upper areas. A pure delight to view.

Registered on September 11, 2012, 267 Posts, 1621 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 17, 2015 at 10:33 PM

Hi Mark

The ice is very nice,

BUT the sunburst on the droplet is spectacular

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on February 23, 2015 at 1:27 AM

This is quite beautiful Mark. Of course the sunburst is spectacular, but I also really like the ice above it. Very nice detain and texture. And the black backgrounds sets it all up nicely. Well done!

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