Do you think that that level of zoom can be done still in editing?
It’s doubtful. What you have here is a picture of branches with a few barely noticeable ice droplets. In order to make it into a photo of ice droplets, you would need to zoom WAY in until the ice droplets become prominent. That amount of “zoom” or crop in post processing would result in undesirable results as far as image quality is concerned. If you got an opportunity to shoot ice droplets again, I would suggest getting very close or zooming in with a telephoto lens to really fill the frame with the ice droplets, keeping your aperture wide enough to blur out distracting branches etc. Also look for an angle that creates a darker background as opposed to the bright background of the sky. You want those ice droplets to stand out instead of blending in with the sky. Try to find a composition that eliminates as many branches as possible. Even break some branches off and remove them if necessary. Basically just keep in mind that if the photo is of ice droplets, you want people to look at it and see ice droplets and not branches! Unfortunately ice droplets don’t occur every day but if you get another opportunity, I’ll look forward to seeing what you come up with!