Frosted Snags

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 6, 201822,877 views9 comments

One of the winter time beauties of the Mammoth Hot Springs area is all of the frost that collects on the trees. This was taken on Nov. 7, which most of us wouldn't consider as winter, but the overnight low was -4 F so there was lots of frost. (5D3, 100-400 IS II @ 143 mm, f/13, 1/200 s, iso 200, tripod)

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 6, 2018 at 4:05 PM

A cold and beautiful vision. I assume the fog/steam is from the Springs?

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on January 6, 2018 at 4:37 PM

Wonderful winter scene. Love it.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 6, 2018 at 5:09 PM

The frost on the trees stands out beautifully against the bluebird sky, Mark. The steam is a nice touch and I like that you were able to capture some nice detail in the snow. My only suggestion would be to try and tone down the patch of snow just a touch on the ice formation toward the LLC. I bet the cold kept the crowds away.

Ed

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on January 6, 2018 at 7:10 PM

I like the perspective here of looking upwards at these trees.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 7, 2018 at 12:27 PM

Hi Mark,

A very chilly, but bright picture. As Ed stated, you may want to tone down that bright area in the llc. Other than that, comp is fine and having the blue sky out with lots of light adds some crispness to the scene...................Jim

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 7, 2018 at 1:55 PM

Beautiful frosty cold scene. No nits here, looks great to me.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 7, 2018 at 3:27 PM

Mark,

I must say this is the most beautiful blue sky I've seen on the web... perfect, crystal clear blue sky. and to have the pure white frost against it, just beautiful. Beautifully processed. No nits here. Oh, I suppose you could tone down the bright spot in the LLC, but that's minor.

Lon

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on January 7, 2018 at 6:10 PM

I am a sucker for winter images, especially with the deep blue skies. Nice photo.

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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on January 8, 2018 at 2:10 PM

Mark, simply a gorgeous winter image, the contrast of the hoarfrost against the blue sky is wonderful. While the frosty tree is a very high impact subject, what really makes this image work for me is what's going on in the lower right corner. The blowing clouds and the little frosty tree in the lower right add so much much to this image, and really pull the composition together. Minus 4 degrees in November also deserves some extra credit for being out there to get this one.

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