Glacier Detail

Well, I like this a lot! The sharp details are excellent. I love the reflected streaks on the water too. While I like the foreground with the gull for scale, I think a crop to around 4x5 without the foreground sand might be very stron as well.

Chris

Very nice shot Eva, really enjoy the ice shapes and reflections in the water. The seagull is great for scale, but I can also see the 4x5 crop as Chris pointed out. Hopefully you got some abstracts with just the ice patterns too!

Beautiful, Eva. I really like having the bird for scale! Really beautiful texture and colors in this one.

Eva,

Wow, never would have guessed Kodachrome. I too have always heard that the Kodachromes were difficult and different to scan. I guess the larger resolution file shows issues as you stated, but you did a great job bringing this to the web. The colors are distinct in the glacier, but not too overbearing. The scene is beautifully captured and I love the almost metalic looking reflection as well as the graphic nature of this. the gull works beautifully and I can also see a different and equally compelling nature image without the bird; just two different perspectives. The contrast is heavy, but I think quite fitting for the environment.

I'm enjoying your trip through the archives....

Lon

Interesting. I do like the seagull - for me it makes the image because of the scale it offers.

Unbelievable! That is an enormous amount of ice. 1983 (the year after I was born) was nine years before I first laid eyes on the Mendenhall Glacier. The volume of ice lost (thousands of cubic meters, I'm guessing) in the last few years alone, still does not prepare one for a sight like this.

I like the composition and the detail just as they are, but I'm not a fan of the pinkish purple visible in some areas of the image (probably a product of the scanning process?). I'd consider monochrome.

Thanks for posting this, and please come back to visit our sad little glacier. There's an outside chance it will pull out of the lake by this fall. I hope that's not the case.

Wow, I love the details and textures in this scene, Eva. The larger version is particularly striking. Including the seagull lends a wonderful sense of scale to the image.

Ed

Wow, Eva, I really like the electric nature of this shot.
This shot has to witnessed big I would imaging, to really appreciate the scale (especially with that neat little bird in the lower third!)
Kodachrome is a bugger to work with (not a lot of post processing latitude) In fact, I use to hdr exposure blending with slide scans. An over exposed scan, and a normal scan, sandwiched together and blended years ago.
As a former high end drum scanner operator, I can tell you nothing beats an oil mount scan. The grain and pours are filled with baby oil or with mounting fluid. Baby oil works best, but a bit messy with clean up. I have a $350,000 drum scanner in shop that sits dusty these days !
There are a plenty of service bureaus around the nation that still do oil mount drum scanning. The going rate for an average scan was $40 pleasing color to disc.

Nice!

This is a very interesting shot, Eva, and I like it. I really like the gull in the shot too. I also shot quite a bit of Kodachrome years ago and still have some Cibachrome prints somewhere! I too have enjoyed these older pictures and the glaciers that you have been posting.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

The blues in the ice just draw me in, as does the texture there. I do find the purplish color on the remainder of the ice to be a little bothersome though.

Fantastic Eva! Love the abstract feel the comp has. And the colors. They look very "film-like". I mean there's a considerable color cast and heavy contrast, but it serves the scene well. And that bird elevates this one to the top. Outstanding image.

Wow, very cool and that gull adds so much for scale and impact.

This just shows how long you have been doing this so well! I like your processing take on this with the texture, light, and color.

Hi Eva - I love the deep contrasts in this image, as well as the reflection (I like that it is not perfect). The bird is also a nice touch. Great capture!

Very well done, nice job with the scan. I think you nailed it. The blue ice with the magenta cast and the metallic-like feel really makes this one for me. The bird does add interest and scale...

Outstanding!

Eva, this image has a great artistic impact to me. First of all, I am impressed by the interplay of colors and shapes. The metallic look is really consistent to my eye with this icy atmosphere. And the way you counterpoint the seagull lets me experience these extreme forces of nature.

Peter

I like many aspects of this image, Eva. The colors and tonalities appeal to me. I
like the the ice/rock formations, particularly those that are triangularly shaped. The
diagonal lines are also a plus. Of course, the presence of the bird gives an already
very good image some extra bazazz. Well composed and correctly exposed in my
opinion.

This is such a stunning shot and the ice and reflections in water so well articulated. My own bias would be to therefore understate the editing. Would love to see this in black and white, and perhaps a little less sharp. Beautiful image.


lucy