Land Of Ice w/repost

Outstanding. I love the bluish tones and dark treatment.

This is awesome. Great FG detail, I love the streaks in the MG and the sky is so moody.

Except the tilted horizon its a very fine image. The Ice piece on the Fg is fabulous !

This is a spectacular scene well captured Karsten. Wonderful foreground and dramatic sky. The middle ground has a lot to hold interest as well, including the streaks of water. Well done!

Awesome!! I love the ice. This works well as bluetone, but i bet B&W would work well too. Id correct the distortion and call this one very cool

Very cool shot, the ice really stands out against the dark sand. I like everything about this shot. Congrats.

awsome. love the mood and contrasts. very nice composition.

Woah! The black sand, and blue tones contrasting against the bright ice chunks is a real eye grabber. I'm lovin' everything about this. I bet it was tons o' fun playing on the beach there.

How big is the FG piece of ice? I can't tell if its exaggerated by the wide angle or not. I'm assuming some of the ice chunks would float and shift around with each new barrage of waves? This photo makes me want to go there and see for myself.

Really cool, the tones and colors are what make this special. That dark black sand is stellar and great ice chunks with a glass like appearance. The streaks add that special magic to the scene. Do you have any streaking shots at a 45 degree angle?

This is a really wonderful and unique coastal scene. The light on the ice makes it sparkle like a diamond. Beautiful work.

This is my kind of image... dynamic, complex yet cohesive composition and wonderful mood. Great stuff!

Karsten,
Very magical... Giant diamonds on the beach. Lovely colors and contrast.

What a unique image, Karsten. Excellent all around, though I might be tempted to pump up the drama in the sky to match the ice and the black beach. Dang, but this is really, really, really cool!

Man, this is incredible. I've wanted to shoot ice chunks on the beach for while... you're making it even higher a priority. The dark sand is perfect to have the ice stand out, and a great moody sky. In some ways I actually prefer a 4x5 horizontal crop though, to emphasize the amazing ice. Well done!

Otherworldly. Beautiful.

- Dan

What a refreshing and unique image. It gives a sense of the icy universe and reminds me of my time in Antarctica amongst the icebergs. Bequtiful image

Love the way that foreground ice chunk stands out against the black sand. The white streaks of surf also works very well. Great photograph.

I really like the crisp detail in the ice against that black beach. The water streaming away from the rocks is also really nice. Very interesting and unique image!

Wow. This is an epic image, Karsten. One of my new favs on npn. Great shot--brilliant work.

That is a truly glorious iceberg in the foreground! I'm only slightly surprised by it's luminosity atop the black sand since I've seen so many bergs that have the sparkle of giant diamonds. I think the streaking water was worth your effort, and the action in the wave and distant bergs tells an important part of the story. Another gem.

Amazing image, Karsten! The fg is of course exceptional, but it's so beautifully complimented by the rest of the scene, the water action on the pebbles, the cloud formation. Superb in every way and what a place! I hope to see it someday.

What a great capture Karsten.
can almost feel the wind and ocean spray in my face.

the streaks from the surf add a nice touch.

Is this the beach at "Jokulsarlon" by the glacial lagoon ?

fabulous - correct that distortion and it's a winner!

What an amazing place, and photo of course. Thanks for sharing it.

this is gorgeous. But it drives me crazy, because I still need to wait for 10 months to go there :) Thanks for reminding me that :) Cheers, Rafael

Simply stunning work, the cool bright ice with the dark black sand. Wow, makes me want to go there tomorrow. Excellent composition and processing as well!

Excellence! Reminds me a bit of a few of Carr Clifton's Alaska images. Enjoyment!

Joe.

One of those photos you just want to view on paper.Great job

Karsten,

Really nice leading lines, streaks, and subject placement. A beautiful image. Two small modifications I think you could do to clean it up are: clone out/remove the two black pebbles in the lower left hand corner of the foreground. Also, I would look at coming down 1/2 inch on the sky at the top of your image. I think cropping some of the sky would even focus your image more and make it more dramatic as well. Thanks so much for sharing this is just wonderful. Michael

Karsten, spectacular capture. This has to be the earth's most strongest natural contrast. The motion of the 2 blocks of ice brings it to life. I'm in doubt that there is a tilt because waves are never flat like the horizon. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for your thoughts and valuable input everyone, this is great and very inspiring


Here is a repost where I have slightly corrected the horizon tilt (as per Steve's comment I am uncertain about the horizon with wave action, but do find the repost looks straighter) and further darkened the sky (thanks for that thought, Tony) and the mg iceblocks to make them stand out a bit more.

Stan, converting this to b/w was my first thought, but I ended up finding the blues much more powerful.

Aaron, the fg chunk of ice must be about 15-20 inches wide... the substantially bigger ice blocks in the mg are shifting in the waves (exposure time here was 3,2s)

Anthony, I tried different angles, but this is the shot with the best water streaks

Christian, yes this is the beach next to Jökulsarlon

Karsten,

Fantastic image! I love the tones and textures and the compositional balance between shapes, negative and positive space- really well done! The glistening ice looks so real, I feel like I can touch it through my monitor. Another gem for your amazing travel portfolio!

Excellent. Great clarity and super mood. Congrats!

Jose

Wow, Karsten. This is stunning. The ice looks surreal and the sky adds a lot of drama. Composition is excellent. Nice work.

Outstanding. The landscape is so beautiful and unique, probably foreign to many people including myself, and as a result makes this seem completely out of this world. The blurred water adds to this effect.

Great exposure and light. Well done.

Karsten,

I think this is an amazing photograph. Although I suppose it's not the first ice on a beach image we've seen, this one certainly ranks as one of the best I've ever seen. The glow of the main chunk is incredible, I'm sure helped by the excellent processing of this image. The streaks of water, the dark sand, the surf, the sky... all work beautifully together for an outstanding image. Wow, great work!

Lon

Oh, my word!! What a brilliant shot! Well deserving of an EP here at NPN and no doubt anywhere and everywhere else you show it.
Very nice work on the repost, too; the sky and mg are much more complimentary to the fg drama.
Oh, my word!

Wow, this is cool!!!!!!! Congrats on the weekly pic. Well deserved!

Congrats on the EP Karsten, a fine capture

Whoa... how did I miss this one. Guess I was out of the loop. Sorry, Karsten. This one is fantastic! I love it.