best frost EVER! cow parsley by jantan

best frost EVER! cow parsley

fog and really hard frost all day. Finally got round to fiddling with the white balance on my camera (still not acted on New Year resolution to shoot RAW - why am I so scared? and to get lightroom - note to self - must do it soon!)

At first glance the spiky bits look like they are part of the plant but the frost had formed these long spikes on everything

One of those (rare) days when I had quite a few shots that I was happy with, so, given my new more relaxed rules re fillers for my second year there may be more appearing here soon, especially as Graham and I are arranging and cooking for a 3 course Burns' Night supper for 90 people on Saturday - shopping done, cooking starts tomorrow.........

Just off to buy some new tyres for my Landrover - exciting hey?

alternative shot in my 'other stuff' album
Beautiful!
January 16th, 2013  
Very well done, Jan. I tried a similar shot today and failed miserably!
January 16th, 2013  
love this shot
January 16th, 2013  
Beautiful and I love the sepia!
January 16th, 2013  
This is beautiful!
January 16th, 2013  
Beautiful
January 16th, 2013  
stillnot 100% sure what RAW is but am going to try it too!! never thought about white balance, blimey so much to earn!!This is just gorgeous, frost looks prettier than snow, love the colour
January 16th, 2013  
great tones and focus.
January 16th, 2013  
I hope you get to RAW soon. This is fabulous.
January 16th, 2013  
Lovely frosty shot!!
January 16th, 2013  
Thats great. RAW's not scary really. You have a bigger file size so less pictures in your memory card and you need to learn how to resize your files or you'll use all your memory on your PC - very easy to do. They you wont have to think about your white balance as you can change it later!
January 16th, 2013  
@juliehill @seanoneill Thanks for the encouragement about RAW - maybe next week......
January 16th, 2013  
lovely frost!
January 16th, 2013  
cracking shot Jan Love it Fav
January 16th, 2013  
Hurray for hoar frost. WOnderful. I was so excited when I saw it this morning. Good luck with the cooking. Doesn't sound stressful at all :-0
January 16th, 2013  
Incredibly stunning shot
January 16th, 2013  
Absolutely beautiful... So detailed! Just back today from business meeting in moreton in marsh.... Colleague drove me back to the airport and I was amazed at the scenery! But not brave enough to ask him to stop so I could get camera out !!
January 16th, 2013  
Great DOF.
January 16th, 2013  
Beautiful!
January 16th, 2013  
stunning
January 16th, 2013  
Beautiful detail. FAV
January 17th, 2013  
wow! such awesomely lovely frosticles :)
January 17th, 2013  
JH
How beautiful. Another fav - you're on a roll!

Good luck with the Burns Night cookathon...90 people?! Even the thought makes me feel anxious.
January 17th, 2013  
Nice shot. You could try shooting RAW and JPeg together if you have plenty of memory and see how it works for you.
January 17th, 2013  
Truly lovely
January 17th, 2013  
Beautiful details and colors, great bokeh as well. Fav
January 17th, 2013  
Very nice.
January 17th, 2013  
Brilliant shot.... Cooking for 90..... just fainted... you are truly brave.... ♥
January 19th, 2013  
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