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Something different indeed! I love everything about it. I much prefer this version to the oversaturated version you shared in the comments. Was this a staged shot, or a photoshop composition?

It looks much better on a black background.

My daughter loves to make forts in our living room using everyavailable chair and blanket. Today saw one of the more spacious onesshe's made, easily allowing plenty of room for her to sleep in overnight.

This shot was lit with two flashes located outside the fort andpointed back in through the quilts. The color of the quilts createdthe different lighting colors. A Vivitar 283 at 1/2 power was sittingon the floor toward the left (through the red quilt). A Sunpak 544 at1/4 power was on a 36" light stand toward top right pointed downthrough the green quilt. Both were fired with Cactus V4 radiotriggers. I brightened her face a little in post to bring out moredetail.

Any suggestions for improvement?

Growing up, I spent many summer afternoons playing under this railroad

bridge behind my grandparents' farm. The moss, rust, and old timbers

provide interesting contrasts. Any suggestions for improvement?

Growing up, I spent many summer afternoons playing under this railroad

bridge behind my grandparents' farm. However, this may be the first

time I've ventured back there in deep snow. The colors and textures

that are brought out by the soft, white backdrop are almost magical.

Any suggestions for improvement?

Growing up, I spent many summer afternoons playing under this railroad

bridge behind my grandparents' farm. However, this may be the first

time I've ventured back there in deep snow. The colors and textures

that are brought out by the soft, white backdrop are almost magical.

Any suggestions for improvement?

Growing up, I spent many summer afternoons playing under this railroad

bridge behind my grandparents' farm. However, this may be the first

time I've ventured back there in deep snow. The colors and textures

that are brought out by the soft, white backdrop are almost magical.

Any suggestions for improvement?

The single pane windows in our 118-year-old house leak air like asieve, but they also develop the most amazing frost patterns on colddays. It was -5F the evening that I took this series. This shot waslooking out toward a busy intersection lit by traffic lights, streetlights, and the occasional head light. Looking at the minute detailpresent in these designs, one can't help but marvel at what anincredibly imaginative Creator we have!

This is a 100% crop from a shot of an entire pane. I used a"fluorescent" (4000K) white balance to provide the warm tint, but therest of the color was provided by the city lights.

Any suggestions for improvement?

The single pane windows in our 118-year-old house leak air like asieve, but they also develop the most amazing frost patterns on colddays. It was -5F the evening that I took this series. This shot waslooking out toward a busy intersection lit by traffic lights, streetlights, and the occasional head light (the last of which probablyexplains the bright spot). I used a "daylight" (5200K) white balanceto provide the orange glow.

Any suggestions for improvement?

Thanks for your comments.

Timothy, I like your idea about fading to white along the edges. I tried to get the bulk of the snow lighter, but I didn't want to lose the shadow, and I didn't want to get too much pixelization in what little texture the snow does have. The curve is already stretched quite a bit through that portion. There is some texture along the focal plane where the swing & shadow reside, but nothing fore & aft of that.

Pim, I fought with the texture on the swing for a while in post. It was an overcast day with zero directionality to the light, so the snow on the swing really does just fade into the background. I agree that it's unfortunate.

Christmas 2009 was whiter than many would have preferred, with 14" of

powder (on top of 10" from the previous storm) blanketing much of

Nebraska. We haven't seen the high side of freezing in a while, so the

swingset hasn't been getting much use. Any suggestions for improvement?

Christmas 2009 was whiter than many would have preferred, with 14" of

powder (on top of 10" from the previous storm) blanketing much of

Nebraska. We haven't seen the high side of freezing in a while, so the

swingset hasn't been getting much use. Any suggestions for improvement?

Go easy on Ray. To me, his post sounds like it's dripping with sarcasm, and not honestly trying to dismiss Stephen's wonderful photo.

 

 

I'd also love to know which lens/filters were used. If I had to guess, I'd say a 2-stop GND over a 20mm (full frame equivalent) lens. How close am I?

My grandma's farm house is always a welcome refuge where a warm cookiecan be found in the midst of a snowstorm. This night, freezing mistwas illuminated by the city lights in the distance, producing an eeriecolor to everything. Christmas lights on the garage off camera to theright illuminated the snow in the foreground.

Any suggestions for improvement?

Freezing mist covered our town today, turning white those few objectsthat weren't still covered by the foot or so of snow that we receiveda few days ago. I'm sure my camera didn't care too much for being outin that stuff, but I couldn't pass up the photo ops out at mygrandma's farm.

I'm undecided on the brightness here. I'd like the sky & snow to belighter, but not at the expense of blowing out all detail. What do youthink? Any suggestions for improvement?

Thanks for the compliments. No sharpening was performed on this photo. The lines look thick because it's a 100% crop from a larger image. What you see is about 8% of the total image area.

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when itgets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into themost amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you canget some beautiful results that look more like something from anartist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incrediblyimaginative Creator we have!

This shot was taken at approximately 1:1 magnification by using a 2xteleconverter behind this macro lens. Please view large for betterdetail & sharpness.

Any suggestions for improvement?

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when itgets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into themost amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you canget some beautiful results that look more like something from anartist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incrediblyimaginative Creator we have!

This is a 100% crop from a larger photo. This portion represents about1cm square at 2x magnification.

Any suggestions for improvement?

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when itgets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into themost amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you canget some beautiful results that look more like something from anartist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incrediblyimaginative Creator we have!

This shot was taken at the native 0.5x magnification for this macro lens.

Any suggestions for improvement?

This is a beautiful scene. Well composed. I love the colors and the fog in the distance. The falling leaves add a nice touch. I do, however, think you went overboard on the sharpening of the branches at the top. The unnaturally hard edges jumped out at me the moment I saw the full size photo.

What a wonderful effect! The composition is excellent, and I love the colors.

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when itgets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into themost amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you canget some beautiful results that look more like something from anartist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incrediblyimaginative Creator we have!

This shot was taken at the native 0.5x magnification for this macro lens.

Any suggestions for improvement?

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when itgets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into themost amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you canget some beautiful results that look more like something from anartist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incrediblyimaginative Creator we have!

This is a 100% crop from a larger photo. This portion represents about1cm square at 2x magnification.

Any suggestions for improvement?

One of the advantages of living in a 117-year-old house is the wavy,

single pane windows. Sure, they leak heat like a sieve, but when it

gets really cold outside (like 0 F), the condensation freezes into the

most amazing patterns. When back lit by the orange sunrise, you can

get some beautiful results that look more like something from an

artist's canvas or a stained glass window. What an incredibly

imaginative Creator we have!

 

This shot was taken at the native 0.5x magnification for this macro lens.

 

Any suggestions for improvement?

That tire really completes the shot. The exposure on this one is perfect. Nicely done.