Ice crystals

[STEVE DIAS]

I came across these hiking a few weeks ago. I used a old kit lense from my daughters N55 35mm Nikon film camera. It has a really close focal length. I shot it at f5.6 to blur the background. It was hard to stick to the rule of thirds to get in the frame what I wanted. Any suggestions very welcome. love macro photography. Camera Lens 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6 Nikon D90
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 80 mm
Focal Length 80.0 mm
ISO Speed 320
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Quality Fine
White Balance Auto
Focus Mode AF-A
Picture Control Name Vivid
Picture Control Base Vivid
Picture Control Adjust Full Control
Sharpness 4
Contrast Normal
Brightness Normal
Saturation +1
Hue Adjustment None

[Vernian]

I don't really have any critique for you, but just wanted to say that I really love this photo and that the shallow depth of field makes it very interesting. Keep shooting - this is beautiful

[Jo.T]

I find the the left hand corner that is out of focus to distracting, the stongest part of your pic to me is the top right corner try a square crop on just that branch i think it will look fab

[SirGhost]

Nice!
I love the ice crystal in the upper right. It makes me want to run out and see if I can get the same type of photo in any of the 15" of snow we got the other day -- but it's too dang cold right now (-7F).

I may agree with the earlier comment regarding strength of the picture in the upper right corner, as I also find my eye distracted by the orange spot. Of course -- I've been at this for 2-weeks and know very little .. so don't put much stock into it.

The structure of the crystal is amazing.

[Storck]

What an interesting shot!

[STEVE DIAS]

Thanks for all the suggestions. It was hard to plan the shot. They were melting as I was changing lenses. I tryed a few crops as suggested. I don't know how to post them in this box.