Frost 2

[Steve Maxson]

Another shot of window frost. 5D II, MP-E 65 mm at about 3X, 6 sec, f/10, ISO 100, tripod, RRS focus rail, mirror lock, cable release. I used NIK Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4 to increase contrast (black background/whitish crystal). Then I applied the Negative (RGB) preset in curves (CS5), followed by adjustments in hue-saturation and levels to produce the white background and blue color tones. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Steve, this is the best one so far. I love everything about it. Fabulous capture and processing!

[Judy Howle]

I like the white background and blue tint. Well done!

[Maureen Allen]

This is fantastic, Steve. You can almost see this expanding

[denise ippolito]

Steve, I can't decide which one I like better but the series is fantastic. Love the processing and thanks for sharing your technique.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Steve. I love your processing. TFS.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Steve....Love your series and this one really stands out for me. Thanks for recording your processing....I copied it down to try myself! Thanks!

[John Storjohann]

Late to the party, Steve..but I echo the comments above. Nicely seen, beautifully processed...it almost looks like a icified (I know, I made that up...) fern leaf!