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First Freeze: The Beginning of the End of Fall
First Freeze: The Beginning of the End of Fall
jasonlprice


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Challenge: The Beginning of the End (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Mississippi
Date: Oct 25, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 28, 2007

 I had this idea that ice is the beginning of the end of fall because it has been so cold here lately. Unfortunately it hasn't frozen here yet, so I had to create this composition from scratch. I cut a whole in the center of a cardboard box and lined it with aluminum foil for the rock "river" bed. I then placed water in a glass pan, mixed in some blue watercolor paint, put my leaf in and stuck the whole thing in the freezer. While it was freezing I setup the lights. My sigma flash was placed under the "river bed" pointing through the whole I cut (because I wanted some back lighting to define the leaf). I used my two strobes bounced into umbrellas with some white shirts also in front of the strobe for diffusion. I was having a terrible time controlling glare on the ice which is why I lined the box with aluminum foil and diffused the other lights so much.

Oh and the ice "shards" are from my deep freeze which needs defrosting something fierce!


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/04/2007 12:01:10 PM
Excellent detail and composition. My favourite of them all
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 10/31/2007 01:19:15 AM
I find this a very clever image. Like the ice and the color of the stones below. Well Done.
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 10/29/2007 01:30:34 PM
Gorgeous color!
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 10/29/2007 08:46:45 AM
Great shot Crisp brrrr makes me cold well done psart 8 good luck
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