Icy Leaves | Crabapple
Icy Leaves | Crabapple Crabapples seem to weather the winter quite nicely. They feed several types of birds all winter. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | One Two
Icy Leaves | One Two One wet red leaf with another yellow leaf for a backdrop separates the pair from the background. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | Spikes
Icy Leaves | Spikes Evergreen tree leaves may not qualify as fall color, but they sure collect snow and ice. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | Layers
Icy Leaves | Layers Is it a photo or a painting; or a photo that looks like a painting. Layers of color sometimes make unusual compositions. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | Red
Icy Leaves | Red Northern Illinois does not get much deep red fall color. Still, a little ice and rain really make a big difference on the few local deep reds. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | Stem
Icy Leaves | Stem Getting the depth of field desired, while using extension tubes can be tricky. Combining f7.1 and 110mm, that’s 297mm after 2.7 crop factor, makes it even more art than science. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | Veins
Icy Leaves | Veins The veins on the maple leaf are distinctive with ice for contrast and accent. For the whole story with all images, see Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Story.
Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Image
Icy Leaves | a 7 Image Image Ice and leaves don’t normally go together. An early fall snowstorm provided four inches of wet icy snow in late October. The leaves were at peak color or perhaps just after peak color when the snow fell overnight. By the next day, temperatures had risen just enough to turn snow into a snowy icy slush. By using a 21mm extension tube, my camera focused very closely to the icy leaves getting incredible detail.
Photographer’s Note The 21mm MOVO extension tube for the Nikon 1 V3 worked quite nicely. All the electronic metering and focusing functions worked to make capturing an image reasonably easy. Of course, the camera and lens must be physically moved closer or farther until the image is in focus range. The extension tube moves the lens further from the focal plane of the camera and the front element of the lens closer to the subject. The closer the focus, the more magnification! These images were only the second time I have captured images using extension tubes.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Icy Leaves.
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