Frost-crystal rosette on shaded leaf

Frost crystal rosettes spreading across a shaded leaf, quiet and crystalline in cold morning air. The textures combine glassy facets, feathery dendrites, and a faint vellum leaf surface beneath the ice. Focus is centered on a star-shaped cluster with fully resolved edges while surrounding crystals fall into a graduated blur that preserves the leaf outline. Diffuse illumination creates soft sparkle, clear separation between ice and substrate, and a cool-biased grade that nudges shadows toward blue while holding whites clean. The setting hints at a pale breath cloud and a blurred twig as simple atmospheric notes. Eye-level vantage, normal-to-short-tele field of view, tall composition with the star cluster slightly above center to balance negative space. Macro photograph with crisp micro-tones and gentle highlight control tuned for luminous winter minimalism.