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The Passage of Time

by Jorne de Bruin

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 20, 2010143 views11 comments
A single small piece of the huge Vatnajökull Glacier is slowly being consumed by the Atlantic Ocean at night.


Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on August 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Totally strange image....never seen anything quite like this. It almost looks like you can see the ice being melted into the water...very trippy and cool shot.
Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Richins on August 20, 2010 at 4:06 PM
I think this is pretty cool. I don't know if the black border was a good choice, but at least your watermark allows us to see how much space the bottom portion occupies in order to judge the arrangement of elements. I like the soft pastels throughout the image, and the small chunk of ice makes a great anchor. All in all, pretty nice.
Registered on March 6, 2008, 113 Posts, 1009 Comments
Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on August 20, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Thanks guys.

Ron: good one about the border, I'm so tired I did not think of that one! :wink:
Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Haskell on August 20, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Nice. Have you got the stats (f-stops, exposure) for the shot please? I like the overall pastel feel to the shot - very nice!

Ian
Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments
Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on August 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Thanks Ian, I've got the techs for you below:


7D, 17mm @ f/22, 2 sec.
Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments
Comment posted by Marc Adamus on August 20, 2010 at 5:41 PM
I like the sense of loneliness and depth here created by the brightness above.
Registered on September 17, 2005, 780 Posts, 8091 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Cameron on August 20, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Surreal Jorne. I have seen a lot of similar images taken in Iceland but these always show a deep blue/grey sky and backlit ice this is a delicious variation and the sweeping surf line is very nice.
Registered on August 6, 2004, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM
A beautiful and artistic shot. Needs a 2 pixel white border around it to separate the bottom from the background. Gorgeous pastels. :toast:
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 20, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Beautiful color pallette Jorne! Liking the comp too!
Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on August 20, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Wonderful! Also, cropping out the sky makes for a trippy abstract, almost like the ice is on fire.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Metternich on August 22, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Love this shot! :toast:

I only wish the ultra close foreground was not so sharply dark.
Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments