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Frosted Oak and Grass

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Posted by Stephen Weaver on February 16, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Frosted Oak and Grass
Saturday in Colorado Springs produced some amazing frost.

D700
24mm tilt-shift
Posted by Paul Wegemann on February 16, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I love images like this. I bet it looks great large.
Posted by John Mumaw on February 16, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Wow!
Well done, Steve!!
Posted by Dave Showalter` on February 16, 2009 at 11:11 PM
The oak is splitting the clouds - amazing image, Steve! Would that be a gambel oak?
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 16, 2009 at 11:50 PM
That is some amazing frost!

I like everything about this until I hit the blue sky. There seems to be some strange color transitions - at least on my monitor. Probably only a JPEG conversion issue?

I'd consider a 4x5 crop, removing the top, and getting the tree less centered, but that's just my bias.

Did you tilt the lens for this image ?
Posted by Nick Moore on February 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM
That is some amazing frost, and you used it well in this composition!. I like Bill's idea of a 4 x 5 crop, though I don't mind the blue at the top, I think less of it may strengthen the composition.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on February 17, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Very nice Steve. I like the bit of blue showing at the top and wouldn't remove that from the image.

I enjoyed some time out in the wild frost Saturday too.
Posted by Stephen Weaver on February 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Dave: Yes I think it is Gambel Oak
Bill: I did use a bit of tilt
Posted by Guy Schmickle on February 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Beautiful....I love frosty shots like this.
Posted by Morris McClung on February 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I like it a lot, Steve. I like the browns and the blue and the clouds and the tree and the texture.
Posted by John Zinn on February 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Nice shot Steve - kind of takes your earlier frosty grasses style work to and extreme!! I like this with a bit less blue at the top. In this case, I think the hint of a clearing sky is stronger than showing that much open sky. I also helps to keep the focus on the bottom half.

John

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Posted by Jesse Speer on February 18, 2009 at 3:17 AM
Awesome shot Steve. I too am a sucker for frost. I really like the contrasts in color and texture across the composition.