Frost2

[OvidiuCavasdan]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/COV_2006/Frost2.jpg
40D, EF 100mm F2.8 Macro
F/13
1/250sec
ISO 400
BG is snow in shadow. Slightly cropped from left and bottom, cloned out oof ice tip low left, curves, sharpening. Probably some quality loss due compresion.
Any suggestions are welcome.

[Gail Spitler]

What an amazing ice structure :cool:
I think the exposure is excellent , and you've managed to capture a great bit of the detail.
If I tried anything, it might be to see what happens if you darken the bg? Or maybe vinetting ever so slightly. I think the more the ice structure pops out by itself, the stronger the image.
Very well done !!!
Cheers
Gail

[Harold Davis]

that is an amazing structure!! and you did well capturing it. i like the detail in it, even in the small jpeg. were you able to move around to the left and get the main structure parallel with the image sensor? might have been even stronger.

[David Thomasson]

Beautiful details. I masked the background and darkened that a little, and applied just a touch of Topaz Detail to the ice crystals. Very nice capture! :cool:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9838/icelace.jpg

[Gus Cobos]

A beautiful capture indeed Ovidiu,
I like it very much...the details are superb, agree with the suggestions on darkening the background...David's repost takes it over the top...looking forward to more...:cool:

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Repost has more POP, like the composition.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Thanks for the repost David! Much better!:)

[Alfred Forns]

One fine image Ovidiu !! Re post just takes it over the top !!

... with these try getting as parallel as you can and stop down to the max !!! Love it !!

[Lance Peters]

Davids repost rocks - nice work as always David!!!

Incredible Ice structure - Nice one!!