"Cerulean"

[Kurt Harrigan]

Pogonip and frost hoar on a late-season aspen leaf. Truckee, Ca. Dec., 2023.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I love the patterns on that aspen leaf, Kurt.

 

[AlanLichty]

Well seen. You have to be quite focused on the small world around us to spot a subject like this.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

I love the patterns on that aspen leaf, Kurt.

Thanks, Douglas. It was a cold morning out there but very calm, beautiful.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Well seen. You have to be quite focused on the small world around us to spot a subject like this.

Thanks again, Alan. Probably the most difficult image I've taken in months. I almost gave up......

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Beautiful image Kurt. Have your tries cropping to lose the branch on the top and a bit on right side? I also like the blurred background as it makes the leaf pop.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Beautiful image Kurt. Have your tries cropping to lose the branch on the top and a bit on right side? I also like the blurred background as it makes the leaf pop.

Thanks, Jameel. It occurred to me but I decided to keep it to give perspective. The right side was a little tricky so I brought the contrast down a bit. Sometimes I like to keep a little of the details in there....

 

[BlackRockArt]

Pogonip and frost hoar on a late-season aspen leaf. Truckee, Ca. Dec., 2023. View attachment 67566

Kurt, this is a nice simplistic view.

Oliver

 

[JimFox]

This is so interesting Kurt. Love the frost on the leaf. I was thinking like Jameel I would clone out the branch in the upper right, but I saw your comment and I can also see that point. Cloning that branch out though really changes the feel of the image too.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

Thanks again, Alan. Probably the most difficult image I've taken in months. I almost gave up......

Why was it so difficult, Kurt?

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Kurt, this is a nice simplistic view.

Oliver

Thank you. It was tough finding a clean background for this image.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Why was it so difficult, Kurt?

Very limited depth of field, trying to line up the background, tricky filtered light that was constantly changing, around 10 degrees out in a north facing canyon. There was recent snow on some of the branches that would make it difficult to meter the scene correctly especially with sunlight coming through some distant Jeffery pines. Shooting at 400mm dx at close to the minimum focus distance...... Stuff like that!