Canon 5D MarkIII, EF24-70mm f/2.8L @ 70mm, f/11, 1/500 sec, ISO 400
The pods of these spent Tiger Lilies looked like mouths opening up to feed. They look like they are struggling for survival to keep their heads above the snow. They are quite different than their summer budding. The image below was taken from about the same spot last summer.
Canon 5D MkIII, EF24-70mm f/2.8L @ 38mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400
We had another snow! The temperatures warmed up a little (high 20’s). With this little incentive, I went exploring in our back yard, walking in snow up to my knees at times. Everything was beautiful with the fresh coat of white. What caught my eye the most were the the little spent seed pods that were sticking above the snow. These were meant for black and white conversion.
I will post a few more gems I found during the next few days.
Canon 7D, EF24-70, f/2.8L @ 52mm, f/8.0, 1/800 sec, ISO 400
Fixing our morning coffee, this view through our kitchen window caught my eye. I rushed to get my camera and capture the moment. Should I use a shallow DOF and just capture the subject or use a narrow aperture to grab the ice on the window and the tree through the crystal vase? What is my subject … the ice, the crystal vase, or the tree within the vase? I tried several different approaches and chose to focus on the tree in the vase and maintain a moderate depth of field to highlight the shape and lines of the vase. I thought the ice on the window distracted from the main image, so I subdued it with a white vignette.
Canon 7D , EF24-70 f/2.8L @ 59mm, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 400
Enough is enough! We have had enough snow this season to last for several years. This year is expected to be the third highest snowfall recorded for the Philadelphia area. We are close to 57 inches. Enough is enough!
I caught this image just as the sun broke over the horizon creating long deep shadows in the snow. I worked the contrast to capture the shadows without blowing out the snow highlights. I used NIK Silver Efex Pro to convert to black and white and Color Efex Pro to work the contrasts.