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Category	Monochrome
Settings	1/250th sec \| f/5.6 \| ISO 400 \| 40mm
Camera	Olympus OMD EM1 Mark 2
Lens	Olympus 12-40 f/2.8 Pro
Location	Puttles Bridge, New Forest, UK

I was wondering up and down a tributary of the Lymington River the in the New Forest while looking for a scenic composition. I then stumbled across this little ice formation on the end of a twig dangling just above the surface. I found it quite intriguing and deserving of a photograph. It was little tricky as I had to reach out over the water to get close. I took a few shots with the camera as low as possible but this caused some bright background distractions from some snow on the opposite bank, so I settled on a slight angle facing down to eliminate them. The image got a good response on my Facebook and Instagram page, so thought it a worthy image to post here on steemit. Hope you like. The monochrome conversion is very close to the colour image once I added a blue cast in Lightroom using the split toning function. This is my entry for the #monomad challenge February 7th 2019 - https://steemit.com/monomad/@monochromes/monomad-february-7th-please-read-the-contest-rules-before-submitting-your-images Thanks for reading Richee Website https://www.richeewilson.com/ [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/richee_wilson)