Second Bloom

Excellent image of the unusual conditions, Dennis. I like the gradient bg, comp, and morning light.

Hi Dennis,

I went out early Sunday morning and did a similar shot to yours as we experienced a very heavy frost that day in Michigan.  I like the lighting and it looks like you picked up quite a bit of detail.  Larger version is a must see! I'll post mine and we can compare notes.  Your lighting conditions were better than mine.  As soon as the sun hit the flower heads, the frost began to melt............................Jim

Good title, Dennis. The morning light brought a nice warm touch. Great find and presentation.

Definitely looks cold, Dennis.  I like the comp, all the frost, and the lovely hints of sun, but it looks a bit soft, like there was just a touch of movement.  Another possibility is that there was movement as you pushed the shutter.  There's a ss region between about 1/2s and 1/25s where any movement of the camera as you press the shutter occurs on the same time scale as the shutter duration so it's recommended that you use a cable release.  At slower shutters, there so little light hitting the sensor during a slight shutter press movement that it doesn't show up in the image.  A third possibility for the slight softness, and I've documented this with my own 5D3 and this lens, is that diffraction becomes noticeable at f/25 and f/32 resulting in a subtle softening of the images.

Dennis, it took a while for the right brain cells to get connected....  When shooting between about 1/2s and 1/15s, the problem is camera movement due to mirror slap, not due to shutter press.  The fix is to use mirror lockup or the camera's delay timer.

Dennis,

you have choosen a nice title for the picture and the photo really looks like that, a type of revival. Personally I would have placed the flower a bit more to the right leaving more space at the left which I find is rquired since the tilted position of the plant ask for some room to fall in. Technically very well done, good sharpness and details.