Icicle
by Fromac

Comment by Blackstarlight0:
that's really good I like the higher contrast in the phtograph

Home
by Fromac

Comment by scooterjonz:
Wow! Tack sharp!

Home
by Fromac

Comment by sherpet:
I like the DOF in this one...

Home
by Fromac

Comment by _DaveA_:
mr. chipmunk is really cute. cool dof and crisp image, too. nice.

Home
by Fromac

Comment by MaryO:
Oh, that's cute :-) Nice exposure, especially considering the shadows and lights you had to try and get detail in.

Home
by Fromac

Comment by JimyThing:
Thats a first.

Depends On Your Point of View
by Fromac

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Ahhh, read your photog comments ... snow is good, very good, IMO. I know often they want to deport me for comments like that. I really like your scene. And you're right snow helps, sure does.

Depends On Your Point of View
by Fromac

Comment by Fromac:

Originally posted by looksea: Why 1/4000?

A valid question. When I shoot in manual, I assume a hierarchy of adjustment. Shutter speed, aperture, then ISO.

I generally adjust shutter speed, rather than aperture...especially when there's lots of light.

When light is scarce, I tend to lean more on aperture adjustment to get the exposure I want. In extreme cases, I adjust ISO.

For this shot, I was standing beside my car on a busy rural road. The fierce wind was causing frequent white-outs. The wind-chill was near -30 Celsius. My camera does not like the cold, and I knew I had maybe five or six exposures before it froze up, so I snapped as fast as I could and kept the best of the lot.

Since then I've come up with a system to keep the camera warm in the bag. I use several gel packs, warmed up in boiling water and packed in the bag around the camera. It works quite well.

Depends On Your Point of View
by Fromac

Comment by looksea:
Why 1/4000?

Spider 2
by Fromac

Comment by TCGuru:
Oooooo Orb weaver!! Nice catch! The sun is in the perfect place too :) really sets off the spider :)