Christmas Tree Snowflake

I found a Christmas Tree snowflake today.

That was pretty sweet.

Winter's Gems

Snowflake

Today's fluffy snow is welcome. With it are some warmer temperatures that are a little easier to handle than what we've recently had. Funny how the snow looks so soft and fluffy but close up, it really doesn't look fluffy at all.

I converted this image to black and white to rid it of the brown colour in the fence behind it. I didn't want anything to distract from the delicate shape of the flakes. Once converted to black and white, I find it is always necessary to bump up the brightness as the overall grey hue seems to also make the image darker.

I did not have my tripod outside so I opted to increase the ISO to 400 from my usual 100. This enabled me to shoot a little faster at 1/160 which was necessary to reduce the risk of camera shake. My aperture was f/2.8 with my 60 mm macro lens.

Amazing Artistry

Amazing artistry in the snowflake.

Delicate Beauty

Give-Away Announced!

On February 1, I will draw someone's name out of my new favourite Starbucks coffee mug. The lucky gal or guy will win their choice of picture (you'll get one picture) between three prints. To enter to win you need to comment on this post. You can enter this Give-Away once. Here are the three pics that the winner will be able to select from. Feel free to spread the word! Good luck! :)

Carriage in Waiting 8x8

Be You 8x8

Choices 8x12 (not 12 x 18 as listed on Etsy)