Icy Trees Behind Our House

Good! I've taken some very interesting shots at night after an ice storm. The streetlights made filamentary halos of the branches around them and the prints were very graphic looking. If you still have the ice try a few shots, just don't fall on your tail from the stuff on the ground!

Ice storms can be both terrifying and beautiful at once. I remember an awful storm in Rochester, NY in the 90s that destroyed a good proportion of the trees there. The aftermath was magical as well with everything glistening in a crystalline cast. I bet this makes a for a marvelous print.

All the best,
Daniel

Very nice.
We have a bunch of trees that look like that. Haven't developed the film yet though.
Thankfully, the only power outage was a few seconds. Losing power for several hours, or days (another ice storm, a few years ago) really makes you appreciate it.

What a great photo! We recently had an ice storm here in New Jersey and I raced out first thing in the morning to shoot, but none of my pictures (color or B&W) turned out like this! Wish I knew what I did wrong. I was sooo disappointed!

Dude! Your photographs have about the most consistently carefully considered corners and edges I've ever seen!! Just love those two branch tips tucked into the upper left, and the arching upper right, lower right, and lower left branches. Balanced bliss...

Murray

P.S. Since it's the critique forum, do you think you'll burn the top left corner a tad when you print it? It seems to fade away a bit in that corner.

I know you are working at a level most of us would like to achieve. And this is a really good example of that level.

But this is in the Critique Gallery so I would like to offer a suggestion that might offend but it is not meant to. It really is an outstanding picture. The only thing I see 'not up to par' is the overmat. I think an overmat a few shades off white, towards the gray, would pop the compisition and hold the viewing eye in the picture. I think the eye (mine anyway), tends to wander off into the mat and gets lost.

Maybe it is the APUG page that is too white.

Thank you all for commenting.

Murray, this scan is concurrent with printing the negative last night, and I had done just as you suggested on the print...burned the TLC about 2" at G2; I also burned the LLC 2" and the entire bottom edge for 1". It took five, count 'em, five different printings to get it to where I'm reasonably satisfied.

Bruce, I agree, the mat is too white. I once used to put a 1 pixel black border around the image, but that would translate into a real mat that has a black obverse, and I think that looks tacky. So, yes, for web presentation, a slightly grayer mat would probably help keep the eye in the frame. Thanks for the suggestion.

barbara ann: Post one of your shots here. Perhaps you'll get a useful critique that will help you to make your next attempt successful.

Simple, elegant and very effective!

wow , technically and aesthetically this image is superb ... I'm sure the final print sings too ....

great

Miles

Wonderful quality as always. I always enjoy your postings, John. You capture moments that many others miss completely and you make them beautiful. Good skill and talent, I'll say.
- Thomas