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Ice Crystals on Ouzel Creek

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Posted by Richard Siggins on December 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Ice Crystals on Ouzel Creek
Another shot from October in Rocky Mountain NP. This is a crop of the original that was shot at 1/4 sec., f7.1, 96mm. Once I got back and was editing this one I wished I had zoomed in tighter when I took the shot instead of cropping. I lost some of the sharpness.

If you're interested, I posted a b&w version of my tree on the Glacier Gorge Trail
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=37270&CGISESSID=c845dfa61c5562e94dbfa40361358938&u=15844
Posted by Dave Showalter` on December 20, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Cool shot, but the FG reflections catch my eye. Did you try a polarizer?
Posted by Richard Siggins on December 20, 2008 at 12:01 PM
I was in a hurry and didn't put the polarizer on :mad: I think it would have improved the details in the ice crystals. Live and learn.
Posted by Don Grall on December 20, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I don't mind the reflections myself and the fact you cropped in probably meant you had better depth of field on your main subject. Something I will do on purpose to attain better depth of field is to use a shorter lens and then crop
Posted by Nick Moore on December 20, 2008 at 2:26 PM
I don't mind the reflections too much, but the polarizer probably would of helped the image out as a whole. I like the composition/your choice of crop, it has just the right mix of water, ice and colour from the rocks.