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churly

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New Ice
« on: January 02, 2012, 09:13:11 am »

Happy New Year to everyone!!

Fluctuating temps in these parts have resulted in a lot of freezing and remelting and some intriguing textures.


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Re: New Ice
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 11:23:26 am »

You have a beautiful image with interesting/mysterious shapes and a lot of texture. The B/W treatment is perfect for that kind of image!
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 01:34:45 pm »

You have a beautiful image with interesting/mysterious shapes and a lot of texture. The B/W treatment is perfect for that kind of image!
Agreed. I like the toning you have applied, as well. It's suitable.

Jeremy
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 05:03:09 pm »

Some intriguing graphic elements for sure!

Mike.
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2012, 12:17:19 am »

Uncanny, I just shot some similar images north of Toronto. Your find is both intriguing and well composed. I bet this image would really be something at dawn or dusk. The movement from dark to light works really well and you have have rendered it beautifully in BW.

JMR
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2012, 06:11:49 pm »

Thanks everyone for the comments - graphic elements are indeed the key player here.  I thought I would attach the color version as well.  The sun was pretty low in the sky but slipping behind clouds so the light was a bit diffuse but still directional enough to cast shadows.  The color version has a somewhat different feel - not sure which I like better.

Chuck

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Re: New Ice
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2012, 09:18:48 pm »

I like them both, but as a B&W junkie I expected to prefer the black and white. Much to my surprise I think I prefer the color one right now (I may change my mind tomorrow).

They're both excellent, but, as you say, the color has a different feeling.

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Re: New Ice
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2012, 10:07:13 pm »

There is no contest for me, the nuances in the colour version really make the image come alive. What is more, this is almost a two toned image where the light, shapes and blue-black-white tones are almost equal in expression. Wonderful!

JMR
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2012, 07:18:52 am »

I have a slight preference for the color version!
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Re: New Ice
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2012, 01:52:49 pm »

There is no contest for me, the nuances in the colour version really make the image come alive.

+1. And I like the contrasting colours of the reflections because of the off-image information they convey.
Scott
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