Crispy Crunch

Thanks for taking the time to have a closer look and leaving a

critique.

Great collection, great composition, great execution. What more could I say? This could work very well in B&W, too?

Beautiful muted colors.

Very nice composition of frosen leaves.

Nice textures and subtle colors. Cheers, J

Very nice, Hanna. . . wonderful lighting on this display of richly textured forms. . . an excellent color palette . .

Ohhh nice one Hanna - I have stared at piles of leaves here and gone cross-eyed trying to find an interesting composition in the pile .... Nice, varied assortment of shapes and earth tones. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

Interesting how on the underside of the leaf - the frost collects 'on' the veins ..... And on the top side of the leaves, it tends to collect 'between' the veins.

 

But I'm sure you were expecting that comment and you're ready with a detailed explaination of that little phenominonnnnnn thingy.

 

sol ...

Well Ken, I guess it's a case of the bits that stick out the most get the coldest. You know how that works eh? Thanks for coming to admire my leaves.

Hanna, this is lovely, well composed and expertly captured. I was just trying to do this kind of shot this morning before I saw your photo and it inspired me to try some more. Care to divulge your settings? I never seemed to get things in focus the way you do. Maybe I'm going in too close or my lens just isn't good enough. Congrats on this one! Kim.

Hi Kim. This was shot with the 28-105 on my EOS 300D (forerunner to the XT) It was taken about a year ago so my memory is a little vague on the settings, so I can only guess. I definitely used a tripod so I could use a small aperture and get all the layers in focus, so I would say at least f16. The focal length probably on the short end, around 35mm. The 28-105 is a great lens for the price and gets good review from Bob Atkins. If your 18-55 is your only lens I would suggest you buy this one. It's a good walkaround lens and will cover most of your needs. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for the info Hanna. I will keep it in mind for the next time. I did go out with a tripod the second time and the results were better but the subject matter wasn't as interesting as the frost was melting and I really had to settle for less interesting subjects. As for a lens, yes I want to get something better and your's looks very interesting. Thanks again for the advice. Kim

I like this image very much Hanna. The forst adds such a nice touch as does the subtle "S" curve of the one one leaf? on the left side... I feel like this one is a bit dark so I lightened it a bit in PS for an alternate take... what do you think? Oh I warmed it up just a bit too.

John, thanks for your version. It is different from mine and had I not taken this one, I might agree with you. This was taken in my garden in the morning, at the bottom of a west facing slope and in overcast conditions so it was pretty low light. I think my darker version reminds me more of the scene as it was. There has been very little frost this year, just rain, rain, rain, and more rain along with horrific gales that have decimated our tree population.

Great shot Hanna. Your leaves stayed nice & crisp. I like the warmed-up version but I think if I had to choose, I'd take yours - it feels that bit colder, moodier, and just brr.

 

cheers, M

A lovely frosty shot Hanna. Nice!