Some cold and warm macros

Lord Vetinari

Well we have finally had some frosts here over the last few days, so a few frosty macros and a few warmer ones.
Brian V.

Frozen Dew Drop



Frost on car windscreen (2 pics)





Ice crystals on a leaf



Frost edging on Acer leaf



Couple of warmer pics

Hibiscus bud about to erupt. focus stacked from 6 pics.



Water drop on bottlebrush bloom



and lastly a 3-D dew drop for those that can visualise cross-eye stereograms. The drop is partly frozen

Skippy

Two I like the Most

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Well we have finally had some frosts here over the last few days, so a few frosty macros and a few warmer ones.
Brian V.

Frozen Dew Drop
Frost on car windscreen (2 pics)
Ice crystals on a leaf
Frost edging on Acer leaf
Couple of warmer pics
Hibiscus bud about to erupt. focus stacked from 6 pics.
Water drop on bottlebrush bloom
and lastly a 3-D dew drop for those that can visualise cross-eye stereograms. The drop is partly frozen

Hi Brian I really love that first shot, looks like a clear Marbel or even a clear lollipop man it must get cold where you are.........
I also love that Leaf with the crystals on it, it looks so pretty.

Doesn't frost just make such a pretty picture, love those ice patterns too
Thanks for sharing Brian........ Skippy (Australia)

wally5656

Skippy wrote:

Hi Brian I really love that first shot, looks like a clear Marbel or even a clear lollipop man it must get cold where you are.........
I also love that Leaf with the crystals on it, it looks so pretty.

Doesn't frost just make such a pretty picture, love those ice patterns too
Thanks for sharing Brian........ Skippy (Australia)

Awesome shots, really like the crystals........man, I like em all!

ChrisJ

Incredible. My favorite is the Water drop on bottlebrush bloom. I love the colors.

I can't get my eyes to defocus enough on the stereogram. The images are a bit too far apart on my monitor. Really cool though.

Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Hi Brian I really love that first shot, looks like a clear Marbel or even a clear lollipop man it must get cold where you are.........
I also love that Leaf with the crystals on it, it looks so pretty.

Doesn't frost just make such a pretty picture, love those ice patterns too
Thanks for sharing Brian........ Skippy (Australia)

Thanks Skippy
Not too cold yet- Frosts form when the ground temp drops below freezing, but when I go to look at them the air temp might be 5-6 'C. I was amazed by the frost patterns on the car windshield.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

wally5656 wrote:

Awesome shots, really like the crystals........man, I like em all!

Thanks wally5656.
Must admit I did some odd PP on the ice crystals, I wanted to increase the contrast without blowing too much white. I used an old image "Pharting" technique (Pharting= Photo Art)- doubled the pixel density and actually used a faded Fresco effect and then put the pixel density back to normal.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

95Mcaj wrote:

Incredible. My favorite is the Water drop on bottlebrush bloom. I love the colors.

I can't get my eyes to defocus enough on the stereogram. The images are a bit too far apart on my monitor. Really cool though.

Thanks 96Mcaj.
You could try the 3-D shot from further away- sometimes works.
I also like the water drop on the bottle brush- get such amazing OOF colour.
Brian V.

polartownjunkie

incredible, the brillance of each subject's being is protrayed wonderfully, some very good macros i think

Lord Vetinari

polartownjunkie wrote:

incredible, the brillance of each subject's being is protrayed wonderfully, some very good macros i think

Thanks for looking and commenting PTJ
Brian V.

Karl2301

Ice Crystals
I think the Ice Crystals are Fantastic. They've inspired me! Must get my self a good macro lense! Thanks for sharing. Regards. Karl

Lord Vetinari

Karl2301 wrote:

I think the Ice Crystals are Fantastic. They've inspired me! Must get my self a good macro lense! Thanks for sharing. Regards. Karl

Thanks Karl,
I was also using some extension rings for that shot (31mm for 1.5:1)
Brian V.