Fantasy Mountain

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Or maybe Horse head point for an alternate title. Another look at some Birefringent Ice in my water garden. The ice gets thinner from the bottom to the top, which is why there much more texture in the lower 1/4, lots of little bubbles and the colors are less saturated.

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I like the changing complexity as it encourages visual exploration.

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R5, 180 mm macro, 1/50 s, f/10, iso 3200, tripod and polarizer. A 30 shot stack.


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Mark,

Another very awesome ice image. Its almost like some deep space object with it being set against that deep black background. Very cool.

Another beautiful birefringent image, Mark. The patterns and colors in this one are gorgeous and you have more of a transparent look in this so it really looks like it could be crystal.

Great, Mark. I love the fish gulping air in the upper right. Do you use the camera’s smallest differential (focus step) here for your stacking, as the DOF must be pretty small? Another winner.

Mike, I tested the R5’s built in step size parameter when I first got it and found that a setting of 3 worked well. Higher settings lost a bit of sharpness between steps. I haven’t changed that setting since. The software should know the relationship between the DOF set by the aperature and the working distance. That’s a well understood optical parameter.

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Mark: These are so unique and unrepeatable that I can see why you shoot so many of them. The spectral display is marvelous. I prefer your frame filling efforts but this is pretty darn good as is. Most excellent. >=))>

Mark, this is really nice. I am enjoying your ice shots with the birefringent. The shapes and colors are amazing and holds my attention. Thanks also for the input on the stack setting for the R5. I will try to remember that if I get out here and try my hand at stacking.