What I think are hornbeam seeds in fresh snow. The critters love these and many more were scattered all over, but this one was alone and standing up. Who could resist? A 5-image stack.
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Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Tripod
Manually selected focus points between breezes.
Lightroom for RAW processing including reduction in exposure, blacks, highlights & shadows. Increased clarity & texture, vibrance & saturation. Dehaze to bring up snow texture just slightly. Zerene for the stack and some retouching. Photoshop to remove additional debris from snowy surface.
The simplicity of this is just elegant Kris, it’s beautifully seen and executed. The little round specular highlights in the snow are nice small touch, they are a big plus to the image for me. I also love the little veins in the leaves. For a simple image, there lots of nice little details.
Thanks @David_Bostock, @Ed_McGuirk & @Diane_Miller - it was such a cute little thing and backlit so nicely that I had to stop. More snow is falling now so it’s probably buried if it hasn’t been eaten by squirrels.
