The first day of classes

By enigmaticfaerie written 1/14/08 6:47 AM, published 1/14/08 6:47 AM

I'm back in Murf and it's cold again (had gotten into the 60s and 70s this weekend). I thought it might be reasonable to show my first attempt at ice macros.  

A couple of weeks ago it got really cold in alabama, lows hitting around 12 and 14.  One afternoon after work, I wandered outside hoping to catch a beautiful sunset but with no such luck.  It was mediocre at best and instead I turned my attention to our little garden pond.  It had a thin sheet of ice on top of it and plenty of leaves frozen below the surface.  With the fading light, I used my on-camera flash adjusting the output to a desirable lighting condition and these are what I got.

ice pond
ice pond bw
ice pond bw 2

Most of them I didn't care for.  I couldn't get a composition I liked, or the flash reflection was just too darn bright, but I think these two were ok.  

Let me know what you think.  Tomorrow... more ice, but in a different vision.



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