Magical ice

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 21, 2011140 views4 comments

Taken on a rugged hike to Glen Onoko Falls area near Jim Thorpe, PA. These falls are a popular and sometimes dangerous area for hiking in the winter. The lower falls where this ice was shot often breaks and falls right where people hike. Lots of great ice formations all over as the water from above runs everywhere. Later was treated to watching ice climbers on a section near the lower falls.

Tech specs: canon 7d, Tamron 18-250mm @ about 45mm, f9,1/200 sec, ISO200, monopod, UV filter, processed in Photoshop and camera raw. About 90% of full frame with just a bit cropped off the top for shadows.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on January 21, 2011 at 8:08 PM

That is some majical ice. The branch on the top left is a hair distracting. Maybe a crop from the top and left may concentrate the scene more on the interesting parts of the ice formations - just a thought - great shot either way.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on January 21, 2011 at 10:30 PM

Cool ice shot Neven. I hope you did not risk too much getting there.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on January 22, 2011 at 9:26 AM

I agree with Wade, a crop from the top to get rid of the branches would be nice. The colours and textures in the ice are beautiful Neven. I might also try bumping the contrast a bit and lighting the whites. You have some great potential in this picture. Cheers

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on January 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM

I have two observations. First, the magenta cast along the bottom seems somewhat unexpected to me. Second, the left (approximately) 55% of the image doesn't hold a lot of interest for me, but the right (approximately) 45% works exceptionally well as a vertical pano.

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