I have no idea whether this is the right category or not, but I couldn’t really find a good one. It’s not significantly digitally altered, so I think they’d probably kick it out of photo art. A few weeks ago, my wife emptied the ice out of a bird bath after it thawed a bit with the help of some warm water. I was out photographing and decided to take some ice pictures. I liked the distorted grass through the irregular ice.
Does this work for anyone? What might you do with it?
Any pertinent technical details:
5DIII, 180mm f/3.5 macro hand held at f/14, 1/320 sec, iso 1000, manual exposure, Autofocus engaged. I did use Topaz Detail to bring out structure in the ice and cloned out a couple of bright white spots from flaws in the ice that were eye magnets.
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Dennis, I’d say that depending on the size (<~12 inches long axis) this is the right place. If it’s larger, then it can be posted in landscape as a small scene. The clarity and sharpness pop very well. The greens show very well through the ice textures with the bubbles looking good and well distributed. I would be tempted to rotate this 90 degrees cw, but that may be driven by monitor shapes.
Thanks, Mark. It’s well under 12 inches. Probably about 4. I liked the vertical presentation because of the direction of the grasses underneath the ice. I agree that it would show up better horizontally. One of the things I really don’t like about the modern computer screen dimensions is the long skinny format.
Very compelling abstract. I am enjoying the contrast between the grass forms and the ice bubbles. The differential layers of focus make this work well.
