Icicles in New England

[maderito]

I t was a beautiful day for icicle formation. Comments?

http://display.lifepics.com/imgdisp.asp?filespec=%60foxhx2cuxmwdogx%5D9%3C%3D8 %3B9dOjeOrmlfFzyd7%3C%3A7c%3B1rrl%0A799%3DA7%11251 8%3A%3A

[gsmx2]

I like it. Might have liked it better if the DOF was a bit deeper so all the crystals were in focus. But it has nice composition and color.

gsm x2

[maderito]

I like it. Might have liked it better if the DOF was a bit deeper so all the crystals were in focus. But it has nice composition and color.

gsm x2
Gsmx2 - thanks for the feedback.

What interested about this image was that ice doesn't focus sharply - perhaps because of its tranluscence. The shot was taken with a 70-200mm lens @200 mm, 1/250, f9.5. What struck me was the way light created a textured surface on the crystals. I chose to soften the entire image so that the eye would be more drawn to the variations in tone rather than the sharpness of the individual icicles. Perhaps I should have mentioned this.

Below is a B/W 100% crop near the center of the image that perhaps better shows the the textures and the difference in apparent focus of adjacent crystals. At normal viewing size and before processing, the entire image seems quite sharp.

http://display.lifepics.com/imgdisp.asp?filespec=%60foxhx2cuxmwdogx%5D9%3C%3D8 %3B9dOjeOrmlflkkhml6ivysg33kwp%0F4%3A7%3C97%0A7964 %409