Morning Frost #1

Beautiful....wished it had a leaf at the right hand corner.:)

what a wonderful image!

That's amazing, alright. It looks like sugar. I would carry a little pair of clippers, like a doctor's scissors, or something tiny and precise when shooting in the garden like this. Removing the out of focus leaves in the background would have yeilded a much stronger image, and they would've grown back the next year. Your focus is good on the leaf, but falls out on the stem. Did you use a tripod?

If you liked this image I would appreciate your comments on the

rest of the photos in my Scenics folder. If you are not too much into

the landscapes of mine :), you may like my

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better.

Nope, no tripod here - I was late for work and stopped by for less than a minute to snap this one...

I actually like the use of depth of field in this picture.

Yes, sugar. The leaves in the background that are out of focus are okay. They are needed for balance. They fade out from the upper right to the lower left corner.

I like your borders too.

Great color behind the frost, this feels cold. Great light. You have a good eye to spy this while you were in a hurry. Do you wear your camera around your neck every morning??:-)

nice idea. why not crop that stem out, just leaving a pinch of the red at the base.

Thanks Jeff - here's the symmetrical square crop you suggeted:

Incredible color, great detail

very good!

GORGEOUS PICTURE! VERY CREATIVE! I've never seen a leaf like this with that kind of frost. It looks sugarcoated.

Delicious

My second favorite in this group