Dockside Frost
This too was taken as part of the Dockside Green series that I started a few days ago. It was frosty and my son started scraping the frost off the railing into the water.
This time I can’t make up my mind between the colour and black and white, but am leaning to the colour.
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Canon EOS 5Dii, Nikkor-N Auto 24mm/f2.8 lens, ISO100, ~f-11, 1/5th second, hand-held
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burnt embers 
Love the color edition. This is a tricky shot, it’s all about the shutter speed here and I see you nailed it!
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Thanks Toad. As I mentioned to Karen, the shutter speed was more luck than planning. But, after the first shot which did not work out due to camera motion, I did manage to steady the camera enough to pull it off.
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This is quite interesting as an abstract. Love the swirling frost trails.
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Thanks Karen – it was fun to capture this. A bit serendipitous as the camera settings were just right for getting the trails, and I could hold the camera against the rail to steady it.
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Yes – I go for colour too. Blue is such a wonderfully varied colour – it just adds so much.
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Thanks Andy – nice to see you are back from your mountain adventures.
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To me, the b&w version is completely abstract – it looks as much like sparks as it does anything else. I like it.
But – the color version is a lot more representational of what you actually shot. I like it, too.
Do you mind if I like both?
Also – very clever thing to shoot. Tell your assistant I think he did a good job!
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Hi Melinda. Interesting observation that the b&w seeming more abstract. I think you are right. You can like both of them if you want to!
My assistant *did* do a good job – this was after he delivered a coffee and pastry to me, and took my partner to work so I could keep on shooting while the light lasted.
I have a couple of nice shots of him stirring up the frost and sending it overboard. I doubt he would want me to post them though.
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Where I can get one of those coffee-and-pastry delivering assistants? Or would you be interested in loaning yours out?
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Well, he comes at a price. Like, he has my camera at a music festival for 5 days, which leaves me hanging a bit… However, if you could arrange for him to play a gig in Austin, I think he would be glad to head south and play assistant to a photographer.
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I am pretty far south, but still a ways from Austin. And my music connections are tenuous. But I know people who know people….
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Well, I think he would only hit the road for assistanthood if the gig part is a sure bet. So, I guess I get to keep him.
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I’m leaning to the color, too. The blue is a beautiful shade and it’s predominant.
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Thanks Ken. The blue is good!
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