Yes, it’s that time of year again.
Lovely image. Aren’t the patterns amazing.
Brian's Winter Close-ups
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Lovely image. Aren’t the patterns amazing.
Just beautiful....
You so live in an extreme world. So much of it is beautiful but boy, I couldn't survive with the cold you get and the isolation.
I’m sure you could. It’s not as though I live in the arctic. You might even enjoy the peace and quite. And besides, we’re connected by internet as if the distance was nothing.
I’m a homebody so I think winters must be a nice, cozy nesting experience for you (as long as they don’t last too long
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I’m a homebody so I think winters must be a nice, cozy nesting experience for you (as long as they don’t last too long
This is a lot of cozy indoors stuff to do but the outdoors offers a completely new set of activities, like carrying firewood and shovelling the driveway, no I mean skiing, skating, snowshoeing, sliding, etc. Winter photography is like a trip to the moon it is so different from summer.
Not internet as we know it
. No seriously, I go into a funk just with the UK winter. I can go days without putting a foot out of the door. The peace and quiet I would love...inbetween trips to a good coffee shop though. I realised in HK, as did my DH, that I’m much more sociable than I thought. I miss that. And everybody knows me as a fair weather golfer.
Not internet as we know it
What do you mean “Not internet as we know it”. Any year now we’ll be up to what you had in 2005. lol
Winter Minimalism
PureShot>Fusion
PureShot>Fusion
Crossroads.
PureShot DNG>Snapseed
PureShot DNG>Snapseed
I found evidence that birds are shapeshifters that turn into squirrels after they land.
PureShot DNG > Snapseed
PureShot DNG > Snapseed
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- Lisa Waddell
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I love this! The simplicity of this image, in particular, speaks to me.
Thanks. Yes, winter is the ideal time for minimalism. I had initially thought about devoting a thread to minimalism but this winter we have not had much snow. We got a snowfall then the temperature swings wildly warmer and we get rain, like right now.
Simply beautiful. Love it.
Thanks. I’m fond of that sort of thing myself.
Winter flowers.
What remains of a Pitcher Plant flower. Unlike most flowers this one has a fairly sturdy stem. More like a dried stick, now. Strong enough to survive the weight of winter snow.
What remains of a Pitcher Plant flower. Unlike most flowers this one has a fairly sturdy stem. More like a dried stick, now. Strong enough to survive the weight of winter snow.
Cascading snow on Fir tree.
I have often photographed snow-bound fir boughs but I have never before seen this type of formation that almost looks reversed, with the holes in the snow making the defining shapes rather than the branches.
I have often photographed snow-bound fir boughs but I have never before seen this type of formation that almost looks reversed, with the holes in the snow making the defining shapes rather than the branches.
Icy Fingers.
My fingers were getting pretty icy, too. I was standing in the fast flowing brook in my rubber boots crouching down so my phone was just an inch above the water and my tripod was mostly underwater. There’s no way I could have got a clear shot without the tripod. It was an easy decision to go B&W since the colour version looks practically the same.
My fingers were getting pretty icy, too. I was standing in the fast flowing brook in my rubber boots crouching down so my phone was just an inch above the water and my tripod was mostly underwater. There’s no way I could have got a clear shot without the tripod. It was an easy decision to go B&W since the colour version looks practically the same.
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Impressive how you maneuvered to get this fabulous shot!!
Simply lovely additions, Brian. I’ve said it before, but you really do live in a Winter Wonderland.
It’s the wondrous part I try to focus on, not the shovelling and some places I can’t get to in the winter.
Baubles.
One of my favourite things of winter is looking for icy jewels in the brooks amid flowing water. It requires just the right combination of weather conditions to make it happen. A recent rain or melt followed by colder temperatures. But if the cold temperatures go on too long the whole thing freezes solid and there’s nothing to see. It generally requires a low camera angle, just a few cm above the water, a tripod you can put under water but is heavy enough not to be pushed by the current, and some good rubber boots. Edit: also a short jacket so the back tail of the jacket won’t hang in the water when you crouch down.
PureShot brackets > Fusion HDR > Snapseed. Here I found I wanted to sharpen the ice but not the water and smooth the water but not the ice so I made 2 versions and masked them together in Leonardo. Then I added a rectangular vignette. I can’t remember seeing a rectangular vignette anywhere else than Leonardo and I like it quite well.
One of my favourite things of winter is looking for icy jewels in the brooks amid flowing water. It requires just the right combination of weather conditions to make it happen. A recent rain or melt followed by colder temperatures. But if the cold temperatures go on too long the whole thing freezes solid and there’s nothing to see. It generally requires a low camera angle, just a few cm above the water, a tripod you can put under water but is heavy enough not to be pushed by the current, and some good rubber boots. Edit: also a short jacket so the back tail of the jacket won’t hang in the water when you crouch down.
PureShot brackets > Fusion HDR > Snapseed. Here I found I wanted to sharpen the ice but not the water and smooth the water but not the ice so I made 2 versions and masked them together in Leonardo. Then I added a rectangular vignette. I can’t remember seeing a rectangular vignette anywhere else than Leonardo and I like it quite well.
Very cool!
Nature’s jewels indeed!
Snapseed is perfect for that. Just apply the sharpening, and then apply the smoothing. Then go into View Edits and you can then paint the sharpening and smoothing to the parts you want. Easy peasy.