Frost Crystals

[dwaugh]

It's been freezing, again, lately, and two days ago I was told that on the side of one trail in particular there were some large frost crystal formations. So I went out with my 70-300mm Macro lens to see what I could do (I rarely ever carry that lens when riding). I'm pretty happy with the results, especially because I wasn't sure if they would even turn out sharp enough because at such close range and at 200mm, without a tripod I had to be as still as possible and keep a high shutter speed. Anyway, any and all thoughts are welcome on these. Only the third one was cropped a little bit to fit better, and the rest have not been cropped. The only editing as usual was brightness/saturation/contrast.

[Ron Kruger]

Beautiful shots, and very well done, given the limitations of light, the lens and no tripod. You obviously have a pretty steady hand and were resorceful. If possible, try these shots again with early or late sunlight illuminating the ice, and take your tripod along.

[Shebang]

Your first one is my favorite. Your use of DOF and the colors are nice. I like the "arty-ness" of macro photography.

[dwaugh]

I think the first is my favorite too.

One thing I didn't add is that this was early afternoon, with completely overcast skies. Unfortunately, unless I would be able to get out tomorrow between classes (again, the middle of the day...) I don't think I'll be able to get to see this again before it rains on Tuesday. Next time this happens again I'll need to be better prepared.