Almost - but not quite

[Marie Hass]

To me, I had a nice idea, but did not quite actualize it.

I think I should have gone for a better DoF. I should have shot earlier in the day so that I could have compensated for camera shake. (I was the icecicle). I was trying to keep the background a blur. Or is it that photographing ice is a slippery business?



Your comments?

Marie

[Bobobird]

If you are trying a "sharon" type of thing it works. If not I think the rear part of the "thing" does not do much for the shot as it fades out too quickly. Cutting out half or more of the slanting shape should make it better imho.

[Sergio M.]

Marie, you managed this slippery business well. I really like the pattern and crystalline nature of the drop. I think the suggestion by Bobo would be worth a try.

Sergio

[Mike Buckley]

I agree with Bobo's suggested crop; I would ensure that none of the stuff on the left side of the main twig is included in the composition.

Think of photographing ice exactly the same as glass only worse because the ice might be melting and you may not be able to control the light. In other words, it's one of the very most difficult subjects to photograph effectively.

In the context of my glass photos, the upper part of your ice crystal makes use of the dark field (white outline) style and the lower part makes use of the bright field (dark outline) style. If you could apply Local Contrast Enhancement and/or perhaps an S-curve only to the ice crystal, you might be able to bring out more detail.