Nature's Art

[corralup]

I caught the elegance of this Snowy yesterday evening. I took this with my Nikon D300s and Nikon 300mm ED IF 4.5 lens.
Comments welcomed.

[Melany]

WOW! This should be printed LARGE and placed in a rich frame.
I love it! And a very fitting title

If this were Flickr, I'd "favorite" :)

[jfoureyes]

A beauty!!!

[rab3rd]

Very nice.

[dlanter]

Very nice Sandy. I think elegance is the perfect description.

[DigitalScape]

Sweet image, Sandy - just the right lighting on this.

[Krossfire]

Nice Sandy!

[mkweaver]

Agreed! This should be printed large and framed appropriately!
How'd you get the black background? Was it that late?

[corralup]

Originally Posted by mkweaver

Agreed! This should be printed large and framed appropriately!
How'd you get the black background? Was it that late?

It was almost 6pm with the help of a overcast raincloud mixture and the sun just peaking through the clouds at sunset. My ISO was only 400 so that played a big part for the black background. My shutter was at 1/1250 second and my aperture was set at F8. No flash was used. Handheld.

As far as processing goes---
I didn't do much cropping on this one. I brought the exposure down just a little in PSE8 RAW box then added a little shadow. Then I went into Unsharp Mask up to 60% @ 1 pixel, downsized for the WEB then sharpened the eyes and face after it was 800 pixels wide.

Mix all that up in a bowl and there is my finished piece of work. :)

[ttusa]

Elegance!!!!

[David Alaniz]

Wow Weee! Just Gorgeous! Spot On!

[TxPhotoShooter]

Just an absolute fantastic photo Sandy. In processing, I might have cloned out the white specks in the lower right quadrant. My eyes keep drifting to those spots. But you created a great composition. The ripples in the water just tops it off.

[sheribeari]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[corralup]

Originally Posted by TxPhotoShooter

Just an absolute fantastic photo Sandy. In processing, I might have cloned out the white specks in the lower right quadrant. My eyes keep drifting to those spots. But you created a great composition. The ripples in the water just tops it off.

Those are water droplets with the sun reflecting off of them but yeah your right. I didn't even notice that. They serve no purpose in this photo so cloning is a good idea. Thank you.

[Stargazer77517]

Good job!!!!!, Only a nit, it seems to be slightly tilted. The reflection looks as if its going down hill a tad.
I agree, a wall hanger for sure.