Crystalline Garden

I had some fun the other day with some frost growing on my window.

To me this photo is exceptionally beautiful. However I am the one

that shot it so it doesn't count.

 

What do you think? Does it spark your imagination as much as mine?

Any comments/criticisms are much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Phil

I see razor-sharp ferns, bubbles rising from below and frozen mid motion. It's a striking shot.

Yes, it's a beautiful image. Reminds me of the colds days, when our windows were frosted... Now, living in Florida, that's only a memory.

The cool blue background is perfect for the frosty subject, which by the way is outstanding!

I really love the pattern of the ice. Great shot. It reminds me of a childhood science project where I preserved snowflakes by spraying them with krylon as they fell on glass - it actually worked!

Nice catch on this.

Lovely...Makes me want to go light the fire in the fireplace and start the stove for some hot chocolate!

That is canada 6 months a year. Well 5, since global warming.

At the first glimpse i thought it is graphic design photograph. The rich blue adds to the subject. Good work.

Lovely! Have never seen such a picture before! How did you make it?

This is a portrait of frost that grew on my bedroom window one cold winter morning. It took a fair amount of repositioning to get the composition and background that I wanted.

 

The pearlescent globules are water droplets that froze as the frost crystals were growing out of them.

 

I wonder what the people across the street thought of the guy setting up a tripod in his bedroom and pointing an SLR at their house. It really is all about one's perspective... :)

Wow... ice fairy's from another planet coming in for a landing... Kidding... It is wonderful/beautiful. I'm transfixed. Great light, great patterns... Absolutely magical and quite unique. Thanks!!

Very nice, quasi-abstract composition.

The difference between shapes and texture work well. Composition has a lot to offer. You could even crop various sections to make other photos. Blue background clarifies the frost. It looks like you had fun capturing this.

VERY nice photo, Phil.

 

Just for the record, the freezing of the water droplets had nothing to do with the frost. In frost, water goes directly from the vapor (gas) state to the solid form without going through the liquid state.

 

Nice that you got the frozen droplets and the frost in the same photo, in any case.

Bad autofocus. You tried to shoot out the window, and all you got were these crystals in the foreground! (note the tremendous sarcasm!!)

 

Great composition, and an eye to match. It's always great to see the detail in the macro world! Wonderful shot!

I don't like the colours. The blue is muted, and the shot would be much better if shot using any of a variety of transparency films, such as E100G, EPR, Kodachrome 64, or (shudder) Velvia. IMHO the image needs a crisp, clean, fresh look and that is just missing in the execution here.

 

I would crop 10% off the bottom.

 

Nevertheless, I welcome this type of an image as POW.

Wow that's really cool... i thought it was in an acquraium at first, then thought maybe it was related to xmas... reminded me i've got frost shots on the car window being developed now (the roll had been in the camera a few weeks(!) and i couldn't rememmber all that was on it)

I love the composition on this one. It's difficult to find a good pattern in frost crystals, nice catch! Nice and sharp with a good background. I can enjoy the pattern just for what it is, or let my mind wander and imagine all kinds of things from this.

Ilkka said: The blue is muted, and the shot would be much better if shot using any of a variety of transparency films, such as E100G, EPR, Kodachrome 64

I can't imagine a film being more 'muted' than EPR, and K64 along with Velvia would have killed the delicate whites because of excessive contrast. What's more important to you though is that we have a bright color to keep interest, eh?

Good choice of film and technique here for keeping such wonderfull, natural detail.

Very nice. Is that flare in the top left?

Very cool, reminds me of when i was a kid and the windows would freeze in winter!

Once again the skill and imagination of the people on this site amazes me. As I have observed in so many photos the dull and mundane objects in our life hold the same beauty and majesty as the grandest mountain peeks or bleekest desert vistas . EXCELLET capture

Outstanding example of a photographer's eye and technique. Great abstract "shot" with colors that doesn't knock your socks off. Delicate but a powerful image.

I thought I was looking at the results of a freak snowstorm in a tropical jungle. Very nice shot. I'll certainly be keeping my eyes open for frosted windows from now on (but hopefully not until next winter).

 

Excellent capture.

 

Bill