Winter's Grip

Nifty fingers of ice.

Too bad about your troubles out there. The shot is very nice though. The only thing I would change is to put a bit more yellow into the reds.

Love the colors and the lines drawing me to the sun....clouds are excellent texture in the sky

Beautiful! I've loved this pic from the first time I saw it. The blue of the reflected sky combined with the warmth of the setting sun, perfect!

That is alot of miles for one picture. I'm heading to lake superior next week. This is really nice, Ian. Beautiful colors and I love the fingers with that light.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Just stunning, it truly is winters grip with those talons of ice and snow. Winter is not leaving with out a fight! Cheers

stunning pic. I agree with andreas to put a bit more yellow into the reds.

Those fingers of ice are awesome! The scene feels a bit overcooked in the pinks and cyans, although that leads to nice color compliment tension. I wonder how this would look with the pinks more yellow and the cyans more blue? Awesome comp and a perfect sunstar!

WOW! I love this, but bummer about your troubles. The light on this is really special.

Great comp, and although I like the long exposure, the NDs have rendered this overly magenta...

Really interesting FG Ian, love it! Would agree with Andreas about the sky, looks like your ND filter warmed the sky a bit to much. Checked out your site and noticed you have a lot of images from the Adirondack Park, next time you're in the area look me up, I'm always up for an adventure. Cheers.

This is not worth only "half a damn" IMO. It kicks as*

Nice job. Would not change a thing and worth the pain.

A wonderful scene, very well composed. Thanks for sharing this beauty Ian.

Beautiful and nicely unique. Agree with others about the reds. Great sun-star and no flare!

Great shot. I read your blog post, but I bet you wouldn't trade your job for the world

Great shot Ian. I love your composition but I also agree with the others about the red. In Photoshop try selective color. Select Red, increase the yellow a bit first and then also try decreasing the magenta.

it looks beautiful
amazing :)
once i post i'll read the link

Very unique foreground! Nicely captured !

Wow, loved that FG pattern in ice. Did you cut it into that shape with ur ice axe Ian ?! ( just kidding). Lovely image with beautiful sky. Liked the warm reflection off the water and off the ice in FG. Somewhere above, as Mike mentioned, the scene looks a bit too pink but it looks nice.

The composition couldnt have been better. The foreground is beyond amazing!

I agree with the comments about the pinks... But it`s no dealbreaker for me. This is amazing, Ian!

Wonderful post Ian. The image is great, and about what you say on your blog... hey, that is nature, and if getting great images would be easy, the fun would be finished. The problem, I agree, is having fun at the same time as making of photography your way of earning a living... Anyway, I really think people out there only see the glamorous side of photography...and not what is inside on one of those "bad days" :). However, go for a profession you do not really enjoy anymore, be enclosed into an office and not 4000 USD will be lost...but your whole life! ;-)
What does not destroy you, make you better (and I think this applies most of all for busines-men and artists! :))

Awesome, Ian! Great lighting and spectacular FG shapes. I read
your blog. It shows your determination and energy.

Nice shot, Wuss.

Well, I don't think that "half-a-damn" is a fair assesment of this image -- it's pretty nice! Sure, it's not the best thing I've ever seen, but the fingers and soft light make for a decent image.