Ice Crystal Fern
This was shot a week ago on January 16 on what was probably the coldest day I can actually remember. I found this tiny ice crystal on my back window and thought it looked a little like a fern. It was no more than one inch across its entire length and this crop is only a very small fraction of that.
The clarity would have been better if I had been able to shoot it from outside. It was on the outside of the window and I thought about braving the brutally cold temps (for about a nano-second) to get a cleaner shot from outside, but since I would have needed a ladder and wouldn't have been able to use my tripod I knew that would have been futile. So I decided to shoot it through the (double paned) glass.
I did use a macro but decided to do this close crop because when I looked at the zoomed in view of it in Lightroom I liked the way it filled the frame. This was also converted to black and white because there were some little color gradients that I found slightly distracting.
NIKON D700
Nikkor 60mm f2.8 micro
1/320 second
F/8.0
ISO 500
60 mm
The clarity would have been better if I had been able to shoot it from outside. It was on the outside of the window and I thought about braving the brutally cold temps (for about a nano-second) to get a cleaner shot from outside, but since I would have needed a ladder and wouldn't have been able to use my tripod I knew that would have been futile. So I decided to shoot it through the (double paned) glass.
I did use a macro but decided to do this close crop because when I looked at the zoomed in view of it in Lightroom I liked the way it filled the frame. This was also converted to black and white because there were some little color gradients that I found slightly distracting.
NIKON D700
Nikkor 60mm f2.8 micro
1/320 second
F/8.0
ISO 500
60 mm
Labels: abstract, black and white, D700, ice, macro
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posted by Laurie at 12:00 AM
43 Comments:
wow, fantastic shot.... glad to hear you stayed in though...
:o)
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Very good. It looks so 'biological'. Its amazing how water and pyhsics can create patterns - and they are always different..
Hello Laurie,
It's really marvelous. You did a great capture! It's very graphic and I love it :)
The detail is amazing-- I find myself staring for long moments while my eyes follow the complex and delicate patterns.
I first thought this was a drawing...this is amazing !
Laurie! That is fantastic! When I first saw it, I thought that it was an iced-over fern. Very nice!
A masterpiece! Amazing.
Wow I thought it was a fern until I read your post! Very cool!
Hello,
very lovely Photo, it looks like it was´nt from earth! sunny greetings
I like the texture and pattern :) Wonderful frost-fern!
wonderful. I like the hard borders between black and white. This and the enlarging makes it go way beyond just taking up the form. Instead of showing, this transforms.
I had no idea you were running parallel sites, so I looked at aminus3 too. On balance I think I prefer the way this looks on there, because of the black background, but I like the gentle frame here more.
It's an amazing picture, it's fascinating how ice crystals grow - and you're right, it does look like a fern
étonnante image.. très graphique..
Wow Laurie, this is stunning. I can picture this framed. I've never had frost on my windows yet to even attempt this. Exceptional work.
Happy New Year :-)
Ruth Taylor from Bucks County
beautiful abstract shot !
A masterpiece Laurie. I really thought this was ferns. This needs to be enlarged and framed.
Nice. Ice crystals are hard to photograph. I tried some today, still trying to process them. BTW your tutorials are great, straight to the point.
this one's definitely awesome.. actually, my first guess was that of a frozen fern.. i really liked how you shared what went on behind this shot too.. great work.. :)
La poésie, la magie, la beauté de la nature...même en hiver!
Amazing shot! Ice could do a lot of fanciful shapes... it seams drowed with a pencil...
Outstanding!
Impressive macro, it really does look like a fern.
Wow, that's really gorgeous.
Oh wow! That sure did turn out nicely.
So cool...almost a drawing with the B&W.
Beautiful, Laurie! I love the contrast and pattern. Great job.
Nice success culture photograph, process of creation.
very cool (no pun intended). really does look like a fern or part of palm tree with inverse or solarization processing.
it looks like a drawing or a sketch or something. really nice capture! love it a lot! :)
wow, amazing capture. Gorgeous abstract. well done ...
Wow wow wow!! This is amazing! Great work! :)
Great shot, I really enjoy the contrast between the crisp crystals and the smooth, flowing forms. And for me the B&W adaptation is just perfect for this type of shot...
Beautiful! Looks just like an etching. I like the way the "fern" flows, it's very lively. Well seen, and well done!
It has a great pattern to it, and I think the B/W choice really brings out the details.
I absolutely thought this was a fern or some other plant covered in ice rather than ice crystals on a window. Very well spotted and captured.
One of the joys of photography is that it gives us the opportunity to capture images we wouldn't normally see. This is a wonderful piece, very graphic and intricate in it's design.
That is truly beautiful. Isn't this a wonderful world?
What a beautiful texture you have created with this one!
what an impressive image :)
Great patterns
Fantastic!
beautiful!
WOW! Speechless!
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