Frosted Aspens v.2

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 18, 2010308 views33 comments

Hey,

I shot this scene in December 2008, in Utah's Manti-La Sal National Forest. I originally preferred the vertical composition (http://www.alexmody.com/photo/frostedaspens/), and forgot about this one, but I'm now not so sure about that.

D300, 70-200mm at 200mm. ISO 100, 1/3sec, f/22

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Comments

33 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on March 18, 2010 at 7:04 PM

They're both splendid, well seen and executed. This is great, I absolutely love the frosted branches and trunks against the darker background.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on March 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM

Both are great Alex, but the vertical definitely wins my heart. It seems a little more organized, and the crystallized branches stand out more for some reason.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on March 18, 2010 at 7:17 PM

This is absolutely beautiful Alex. Great work.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on March 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM

There's both really beautiful. I wouldn't want to have to choose.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Aaron Burdick on March 18, 2010 at 7:47 PM

I love it! The contrast against the dark background really makes this photo. I slightly prefer the vertical version for the snow on the bottom border.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on March 18, 2010 at 8:20 PM

Beautiful use of light. I love the way the frosted branches stand out from the dark background. excellent work.

Guy

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on March 18, 2010 at 8:51 PM

Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 18, 2010 at 8:59 PM

Frosted branches and a dark bg, it looks great. Very well done. I guess I like the vert image a little better, but think they are both really nice.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 18, 2010 at 9:24 PM

This is just a little bit of wonderful. Great light and lines with good separation from the background.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 18, 2010 at 9:41 PM

Super sweet. Wow!

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Comment posted by Aaron Ellingsen on March 18, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Dang. Those are both incredible photographs. I don't think that I could pick one over the other. They both work very well in their respective formats. I really like the oh-so-subtle color palette, with the tiny hint of evergreen in the shadows. Very unique, and very easy to look at.

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on March 18, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Beautiful frozen scene Alex, love the tone of this, excellent work!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM

Electric and fasinating!

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on March 18, 2010 at 11:35 PM

Both are beautiful. I seem to prefer this horizontal version for the more abstract composition.

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Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on March 19, 2010 at 12:27 AM

Wonderful image! I like them both for different reasons.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on March 19, 2010 at 1:18 AM

Both are stunning, great light and the bg really sets off the frosted branches

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 19, 2010 at 1:20 AM

Superb Alex. The frost and trees have a wonderful luminance against the darker background. Both the vertical and the horizontal are fantastic. I sort of favor the horizontal for the simplicity of design and the more graphic appeal.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on March 19, 2010 at 1:34 AM

Alex,

Pure elegance.

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Comment posted by Mat Malone on March 19, 2010 at 1:53 AM

They're both beautiful. I like how this one seems to have a nice layering of the dark BG, the aspen trunks and the frosted branches.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on March 19, 2010 at 2:23 AM

Fantastic capture Alex, very exquisite!
SS

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on March 19, 2010 at 2:53 AM

Wondeful!
Georg

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Comment posted by Peter Gordon on March 19, 2010 at 5:50 AM

Very beautiful and the contrast is great. I do prefer the vertical version though..

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on March 19, 2010 at 7:46 AM

Wow, this has neat delicate yumminess!

Great layering and graphic qualities.

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Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on March 19, 2010 at 7:57 AM

Wow, man! This is incredible! I might be in the minority, but I like this version better than the vertical.

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Comment posted by Daman Sidhu on March 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM

Both are fantastic Alex, but i do prefer the vertical composition a lot over this one as the frozen grass at the bottom add a lot to the photo Imho.
-Daman

Registered on December 16, 2009, 21 Posts, 176 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on March 19, 2010 at 12:22 PM

These are beautiful. The icy branches are so perfectly delicate in both but the vertical is really marvelously composed

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Comment posted by Mel Ladewig on March 19, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Generally, repeated verticals produce a more pleasing image in a horizontal frame, so its not surprising that you've come back to this version although the clumped interpretation in the original works well too. They're both really striking images.

Mel-

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Comment posted by Erik Iverson on March 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM

I really love the "layered" look - it's not just a dark background, but progressively darker layers of the branches and (I think) evergreens behind.

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on March 20, 2010 at 5:49 AM

This is so wonderful.

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Comment posted by Reed Bowman on March 20, 2010 at 9:18 AM

Really nice Alex: you've used the trees and branches to echo frost patterns on window or water. Its a beautiful natural filagree. Your composition and exposure are spot on..no nits from me. I prefer this over the vertical. The vertical is more representational because you include the base of the trees..this seems more abstract to me.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on March 20, 2010 at 10:27 AM

Gorgeous!