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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on January 09, 2013, 07:59:55 pm

Title: At Ice's Edge
Post by: churly on January 09, 2013, 07:59:55 pm
From an ongoing series investigating the "seams between".

Thanks for having a look.


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v62/p1372850752-5.jpg)
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: JTPhotography on January 09, 2013, 08:22:33 pm
Nice, very abstract. So many tones and textures to draw in the eye!
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: Tony Jay on January 10, 2013, 12:32:22 am
Quote from: JTPhotography on January 09, 2013, 08:22:33 pm
Nice, very abstract. So many tones and textures to draw in the eye!

Ditto

Tony Jay
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: wolfnowl on January 10, 2013, 02:23:08 am
I ditto his ditto!   ;D

Mike.
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 10, 2013, 04:43:34 am
Very nice indeed.
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: francois on January 10, 2013, 04:48:25 am
Almost abstract, tormented nature… I like it!
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 10, 2013, 10:10:26 am
A lot in this one: ice, water, snow, riffle, pool, sky, monochrome, colour. Almost the opposite of a subject. Works for me.
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 10, 2013, 08:41:08 pm
I always enjoy these heavens brought to earth images...a very nice example...such a rich location it must have been somewhat a struggle to find the simplicity...
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: churly on January 12, 2013, 08:12:10 am
A bit slow to reply as a storm and power outages put us off line for a day.

Anyway, thanks everyone for the comments.  As always simplifying was a problem for me on this one. 

Scott, I wouldn't really say without subject, but certainly without any single focal point.  As you have pointed out before I am a bit focal point impaired.  :)

Chuck 
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 12, 2013, 09:27:47 am
No "focal point" needed. Nicely balanced, and my eye wanders between the two sides pleasurably.
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 12, 2013, 09:59:30 pm
Curious as to your aperture...sort of wonder if you had gone for more DoF, if you could have retained more sharpness in the reflected clouds and still kept the sharpness in the ice...don't get me wrong, I really like the image but anytime an image asks a question of me, I feel a need to ask it of the photographer - got to learn someow.
Title: Re: At Ice's Edge
Post by: churly on January 14, 2013, 11:23:00 am
Chris - sorry for the slow reply.  A storm took out our power and phone line (internet).

This was shot a f16  and hyperfocal.  I think the softness of the reflected clouds is due to the moving water. Ice is like sand - very easy to oversharpen, so I held back a bit on the output sharpening.