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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on January 02, 2012, 09:13:11 am

Title: New Ice
Post by: churly 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.


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v30/p829046234-4.jpg)

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: francois 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!

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 02, 2012, 01:34:45 pm

Quote from: francois 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!

Agreed. I like the toning you have applied, as well. It's suitable.

Jeremy

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: wolfnowl on January 02, 2012, 05:03:09 pm

Some intriguing graphic elements for sure!

Mike.

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: John R 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

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: churly 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

(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v40/p781576209-5.jpg)

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes 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.

Eric

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: John R 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

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: francois on January 05, 2012, 07:18:52 am

I have a slight preference for the color version!

Title: Re: New Ice
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 05, 2012, 01:52:49 pm

Quote from: John R 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.

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