Photoreal Macro of Frost Crystals on a Red Maple Leaf at Sunrise

A photoreal macro photograph of delicate frost crystals on a single bright red maple leaf lying flat on dark green moss at sunrise. The leaf fills the center of the frame, its five pointed lobes edged with feathery white ice needles that follow the serrated margins and run along the veins. Tiny hexagonal ice plates and frozen dew beads cover the red surface and sparkle like glass, each bead catching a small point of warm light. Low golden sunlight comes from behind and to the upper right, giving...