Pictures for Pam, Day 106: Frosty Spring

(+1 insets!) (please view large!) :)

Yesterday was an amazing day of frosty delights outside and I had such a great time taking pictures. However, when I looked at them on my computer I was pretty annoyed at the number of garbage shots. Motion blur and bad focus choice were the worst problems and I mentioned in my post yesterday that the next time I go out, I'll take a monopod with me to help with stabilization.

I knew that today might have some frost but if so it wasn't going to be a big show like yesterday. Still, macro + frost of any kind = sparkly goodness so I crossed my fingers for any kind of frost! Happily, we did get some. And, it was just as predicted--only a little bit. Combined with the fact that today was forecast to be bright and sunny all day, I didn't have a moment to lose if I hoped to get frosty pictures.

I made a bee-line to the burned shed and hoped for the best. I immediately checked out an old car seat that had been left behind the shed. It had disintegrated to a skeleton of rusty springs and coils--what a wonderful subject for macro photography!

Yesterday I took about 30 pictures. Exactly ONE of them turned out well enough to share but I really wanted a little bit more depth of field so I could show off more of that amazing frost. I was so annoyed but at least I could try again today. Sadly there was so little frost on the springs that it merely looks like some salt granules but I got a bunch of good pictures this time and my main image is my favorite. You'll see yesterday's frostier image as an inset. Maybe it's better?

Pam, just for fun I typed in "seat" on your photo stream since I was showing springs from an old car seat. What a surprise to find a hit! You took a really neat picture of a wrought iron garden seat caked with snow! Thinking about the fun fractals and filtery things you like so much, seems to me this seat picture would look really cool in a design. :) I hope that you and your day was like ours was--sunny and beautiful! *BIG HUGS* from southern Oregon! :)