Of Ice and Men

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted July 15, 2011158 views11 comments

Two men draggin their sleds across the Kahiltna glacier below Mt Foraker.

You might have to look hard at the larger version to spot them

I was hoping to get a frame with some climbers to add a sense of scale to the mountains they are up against. This one did not quite work out, but am still pretty happy with it.

Nikon D5000,16-85 VR @ 31mm, f13, 1/800s, iso 200

Anand

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11 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on July 16, 2011 at 12:51 AM

love the composition and perspective, beautiful place and shot overall too ......

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 16, 2011 at 2:22 AM

Beautiful image - and the men sure give a sense of perspective and grandeur.
Love the mountains, mist, and low clouds.
The darker area at the LL bothers me a little, so perhaps you'd consider lightening it up a bit.
Really nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 16, 2011 at 2:47 AM

Wow!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Very majestic Anand providing a wonderful sense of scale. Beautiful work!

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM

Wonderful landscape Anand and I'm loving the clouds here.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 16, 2011 at 3:31 PM

This is great, you should be happy with it.

I love those cloud formations and how they're stacked up against the ridges.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on July 17, 2011 at 5:29 PM

Wow! What a magical world of ice on display here. The atmosphere is what really makes it.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 18, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Talk about a sense of scale! Wow! It is hard to see them, even on the larger view. Terrific atmosphere created by the clouds and sidelighting. I might have tried stitching a couple of verticals together to show the people larger, while still including the huge mountain as well in the finished image - difficult or imposible to accomplish with a single shot at this distance. I appreciated that the shadows are more neutral than blue, more realistic in my view.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on July 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM

From the thumbnail, I thought there was something volcanic going on. This is a super-cool presentation of the location.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 19, 2011 at 6:27 PM

This is a wonderful shot Anand. Fantastic conditions and the 2 people in there really does put this in scale. Shadows look perfect to me too. What a view!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 20, 2011 at 9:29 PM

Talk about imposing...what a crazy and cool image. Sense of scale indeed.

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