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Frosted Lichen

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 11, 201583 views4 comments

Another from our frosty period (now succeeded by a couple of weeks straight of rain with no end in sight).

5D3, 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod, f/25, 1/10 sec, iso 400, aperture priority, pattern metering, +1 1/3 EV to get proper exposure against the bright sky. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped a bit for composition (final size was 18 Mpixels). The end of another branch was removed digitally. Taken November 28th at 8:57 am.

I appreciate all your comments and criticisms and look forward to your input on this image.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 12, 2015 at 2:13 PM

Hi Dennis,

I wonder if you could selectively lighten the BG to make thos ice crystals appear more prominently (Go High Key!). Diagonal comp is nice. and the lichen adds a lot of interest to the image...............................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 13, 2015 at 3:49 PM

Hi Dennis crying

Here in canada we have a lot of lichen. but i never saw them frosted . thanks for sharing this " to me" rare phenomenen. agree with Jim about a lighter BG.

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 14, 2015 at 6:56 PM

I like the delicate look of frost crystals, Dennis. I think Jim's high key bg suggestion is a good one, but I might just lighten the entire image.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Huvelle on December 17, 2015 at 5:39 PM

Dennis,

I am jealous that you are in an area with interesting winter conditions. We don't have much frost in Houston, so I'm glad you share these treats. I agree with lightening. I like the crystally texture of the icy wrap.

Sharon

Registered on December 7, 2015, 9 Posts, 9 Comments