Posted April 29th, 2018

Waiting For Spring

This spring arrived late and it continues to be a slow thaw. As we draw to the end of April, there is still plenty of snow on the ground around here. But the strength of the April sun cannot be denied, and it had melted bare an open, south facing hillside before winter reasserted herself with another fresh dump of snow and freezing temperatures. Still the sun began to melt and recrystallize the new snow, which blanketed small plant life that had started to revive. This image captures a tiny piece of its intricate, icy artwork.
Depth of field is very shallow in close-up photography. To achieve satisfactory focus on both the ice and the weeds beneath it, I used Photoshop to focus stack 3 shots that I had taken with different focus points.
Pentax K-1, SMC Pentax D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro, f/11, ISO 200