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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on June 13, 2014, 06:26:52 pm

Title: Thin Ice
Post by: churly on June 13, 2014, 06:26:52 pm: I haven't made a substantial contribution to the forum for quite a while. We've been seeing some great landscapes recently so here is something at a smaller scale for some variety.
Critique welcome.
Chuck
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 13, 2014, 07:44:09 pm: Rich and engaging. I like the "surprise" rainbows, too.
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Post by: luxborealis on June 13, 2014, 08:48:07 pm: Love 'em all. There are a dozen photos in each. Great conditions for some very creative photography.
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Post by: DwayneOakes on June 13, 2014, 10:03:21 pm: Cool stuff, my kinda of subject matter.
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2014, 12:02:53 am: Quote from: luxborealis on June 13, 2014, 08:48:07 pm
Love 'em all. There are a dozen photos in each. Great conditions for some very creative photography.
+1.
Very nice ice!
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on June 14, 2014, 04:27:32 am: I particularly like #2, very abstract and great use of colour, excellent..

Dave
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Post by: Walt Roycraft on June 14, 2014, 08:12:01 am: As Terry has pointed out, endless possibilities. I can imagine getting "lost" in the subject manner for quite some time.
I love the first two but not a big fan of #3.
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: francois on June 14, 2014, 09:41:33 am: Superb set, I like the subject a lot. You could play for days with this icy subject!
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: churly on June 14, 2014, 03:35:09 pm: Thanks all for the comments. Much appreciated.
There was indeed a lot of potential and it would have been nice to work it more but I was shooting form a very awkward position that was hard to sustain. One of the impediments of fading youth :).

There seemed to be so much potential but now I see the difficulties. - That's a bit obscure Isaac - I'm not really sure what you are getting at.

Chuck
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: churly on June 14, 2014, 09:03:12 pm: Yes I see what you mean and understand, I don't particularly want to make the lines do anything more than they are doing. Yes I know that isn't consistent with the art of good composition but in this case I prefer to enjoy the natural design as it is rather than fight it to make it something that it isn't. I suppose that is technically weak photography but it is honest photography in the sense that it reflects my vision.
Chuck
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2014, 10:46:12 pm: I think all three "work" very well just as they are.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on June 14, 2014, 10:54:47 pm: If, in November, it freezes hard before it snows, I get to do some of my favourite photography of the year. Ice!

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3925/14422252392_3245f2e1ff_o_d.jpg)

You usually freeze your parts, but it is fun.
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: churly on June 15, 2014, 12:55:21 pm: Quote from: Isaac on June 14, 2014, 11:30:06 pm
all I'd be able to do is take a photograph which is interesting because it records something interesting that happens to ice.

I think it is more than that. It is beautiful. Just not strong photography. They aren't necessarily the same thing. :)
Chuck
Title: Re: Thin Ice
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 16, 2014, 04:31:27 am: Super set of images, all wonderful.
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 16, 2014, 10:29:27 am: Quote from: sdwilsonsct on June 13, 2014, 07:44:09 pm
Rich and engaging. I like the "surprise" rainbows, too.

+1