Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #51 - It's Cold

Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #51

It's Cold



Anything that conveys cold -- make me freeze

Posting for Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #51-- It's Cold, will end at 10:00 AM EST, December 6th 2009...


Standard Rules apply:
Photo Submissions:

1. Camera - Any Canon DSLR camera
2. Lens - Any lens, or attachment that can give Macro photos (ex. extension tubes, bellows, macro filters, reverse mounted lens and of course a true macro lens.).
3. Time - any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.
4. Size - Please see the Image posting rules.
5. Post-Processing - do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
6. Posting -
* ONE MACRO PHOTO per photographer in each challenge.
* Photo Name/Title in the message.
* Camera model & lens used in the message.
* Post brief Exif data including ISO, shutter speed and aperture used in the message.
* Notes - anything you feel you need to explain.
7. Commenting - No commenting during challenge. When the posting is closed and a winner has been declared, comments can be made in this thread.
8. Questions - Use PM
9. Have FUN!

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:

* New Topic - After winner is declared.
* Posting Starts - Right after topic is announced.
* Posting Ends - 10 AM EST December 6th. Winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
* Winner from this competition decides the theme of the next one (and judges it for a winner) after this competition is closed.

Here is a link to our previous Macro DSLR Speed Challenge winners <-- click to see

I guess I'll get this started. I'd just decided to try some shots like this, and monty came up with this theme!

Frozen in Time

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Pumpkin Snow

Here is a 5 x life size macro photo of fresh snow on a natural cold pumpkin background.

Pumpkin Snow

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Bone Cold

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Coloured Ice

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Comp is closed.

Thanks for the excellent entries everybody.

Sorry for the delay -- been a hectic morning around here. I get back with the winner shortly.

lavanut -- Lisa this is just an awesome ice cube shot, I love the color, the bubbles caught in the ice and just the clearness of the ice overall.

John_B -- Man I love snow when it's other people taking pictures of it Great job here John the detail of the snow is great and I really like how the pumpkin added some nice color.

Flo -- Gail I love this - color, exposure and texture is great. Bone cold is right!

Warl0rd -- Awesome - love how you used the gels to great effect, looks like two ice cubes melted together - just perfect.

You guys really know how to make a judges life hard! All of these are just superb and certainly made me feel the freeze!

The winner is lavanut!! Lisa you just edged out the others by a very very small margin. I kept coming back to this shot as the air bubbles, rich blue color and clarity really draw me to this shot. Congrats.

Once again thanks everybody for participating - I truly enjoyed these.

Congrats Lisa, great shot! Yeah, these were ALL excellent captures.

I had set some time aside for a shoot, but the wife needed some painting done...and painting is not my forte.

Monty, excellent challenge.

Jason C

congratulations lavanut, I sure do love the deep blue on the winning shot.

I like the texture of bone cold, and the magnification of the Pumpkin Snow, although I think its too much saturated (perhaps to me snow = white :P)

Wow, thanks Monty! I loved the other shots as well.
John, have you all already had snow up there? Those are some cool snowflakes. We almost had snow in Atlanta Saturday, and they even extended Saturday AM news coverage to show the flurries in north Ga. We didn't get a flake here. I do hope we get some this year since flakes and melting snow are fun to shoot (as long as you stay warm).
Gail, what was that??
Warl0rd, that was a nice effect getting the 2 different colors. Nice touch!

I had planned to shoot some ice cubes after I saw interesting textures and patterns in some mini-cubes I had when packing food for a Thanksgiving trip, and lo & behold Monty posted this theme. I took it as a sign to shoot sooner rather than later. Thanks for the nod and the challenge, Monty!

The next challenge is up. I hope you have fun with "Light".

WTG Lisa!
That is the end of my dogs pull toy, it was stuck to the ground when I took the shot.lol.

lavanut,
Congrats on the wim
Oh and yea we got 3.5 inches of snow here

Warl0rd,
The saturation is because the flash was bounced off the pumpkin to give it the color

To all,
I just noticed that the Macro DSLR Speed challenge has survived its first full year of operation!
Thanks to all participants for helping to keep it going