Julie Kenward
01-13-2011, 08:47 PM
Thought you all might like a little more inspiration for the January macro challenge! I'm very excited to head back out tomorrow afternoon as the magical fountain has grown almost six feet tall in places and the water is still flying!
Here's one from the lake last weekend. I had to look twice to see that this leaf actually froze in the middle of skimming across the ice! Amazing stuff is out there so strap on your boots, grab two extra pairs of socks, and don't forget your long underwear while you're at it. Now get going!
Canon 40D, EF 400mm f/4L
f11 @ 1/400th, ISO 400 (probably should have jumped down to ISO 200 but it was so overcast I thought better safe than sorry!)
Manual mode, pattern metering, handheld
Processed in ACR & CS5; levels and curves adjustments for the ice, high pass filter to bring out the texture. Desaturated the blues of the water a bit and added a sepia filter to help neutralize it without losing the browns in the leaf.
Here's one from the lake last weekend. I had to look twice to see that this leaf actually froze in the middle of skimming across the ice! Amazing stuff is out there so strap on your boots, grab two extra pairs of socks, and don't forget your long underwear while you're at it. Now get going!
Canon 40D, EF 400mm f/4L
f11 @ 1/400th, ISO 400 (probably should have jumped down to ISO 200 but it was so overcast I thought better safe than sorry!)
Manual mode, pattern metering, handheld
Processed in ACR & CS5; levels and curves adjustments for the ice, high pass filter to bring out the texture. Desaturated the blues of the water a bit and added a sepia filter to help neutralize it without losing the browns in the leaf.