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Cauldron

by Eva McDermott

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 7, 2012754 views20 comments
Water and ice at Crystal Cascades, Mt. Washington, NH. Not much of a winter here in New England yet. It was 50F in Southern New Hampshire today. This was taken in February 2010. My youngest son was climbing Mt. Washington this day (the home of the worst weather in the world) while I played around down below the tree line photographing these falls in subzero wind chill. There were 50 - 60 mph winds where he was so I should not complain.

Canon 5DM2
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS at 200mm
ISO50 1/4sec f/16

Thanks for taking the time to look and for any comments or critiques you wish to leave.

Comments

20 comments
Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on January 7, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Love the cool blues, Eva! Neat abstract.

Yes, I remember climbing Washington many, many years ago and meeting brutal weather on the summit. The most fascinating thing being the huge ice flutes lying perpendicular from the wires holding the weather station down. Not sure if the station is still there?
Registered on November 1, 2003, 168 Posts, 870 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 7, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Mesmerizing! The larger view is a "must see" - love all the different areas of textures. lines, shades of colour.
Beautiful.. :toast:
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 7, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Love the cool blue color! This is really nice, Eva. I think you did an excellent job with the comp and also capturing the motion. Your large version is wonderful to look at. :toast:

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 7, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Eva,

This is superb! I love everything about this from the color, to the texture, flow and composition. There is much to explore and much to try and figure out - which makes this engaging as well. Excellent balance and arrangement between the solid ice and flow of water. One of my new favorites of yours!

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 7, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Powerful, Eva. Lots of interesting form in the ice, and that combined with the raging water is really something.
Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 7, 2012 at 5:18 PM
This is a beautiful abstract with lots of flow and energy to hold my interest. In spite of the hard, cold subject, it has a feeling of softness that I find very engaging
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 7, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Great combination of moving and frozen water. Movement and solid. Nice.

- Dan
Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 7, 2012 at 6:45 PM
That's really cool, Eva. Textures here are very captivating.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by David Edwards on January 7, 2012 at 9:32 PM
Love the cool cyan color of the ice, Eva, and your comp works very well too. I'm sweltering over here today, so this image is helping me cool down!
:toast:
Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments
Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 8, 2012 at 12:39 AM
exquisite image, eva. i love it. everything works for me - the colours, the interplay of hard and softness, the motion - i could go on!
Registered on December 7, 2007, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 8, 2012 at 1:51 AM
Fantastic, Eva. The tones in the ice are of course stunning but I really like the texture in the water flow that you captured. Together with the tremendous range of blue tones, your image is really outstanding in every respect. Powerful beauty.
Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Salge on January 8, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Eva...what an awesome image!

Definately waiting for a chance to get more shots like this...but this winter has been terrible! :wavey:
Registered on February 23, 2006, 269 Posts, 2210 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 8, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Love the blues and patterns!! The abstract works well.
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Nice, Eva! Great study of ice and water textures.
Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments
Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on January 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Beautiful and flowing Eva. Soft, yet sharp! Perfect shutter speed, and the color is wonderful! One of my favorite intimate shots from you! :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 24, 2008, 304 Posts, 3211 Comments
Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on January 8, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Wow, this is fantastic Eva. Very beautiful and creative. One of your best!
Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 8, 2012 at 6:06 PM
I like the mix of of ice and the water. Bubbly brain ice is so cool! Not much of a winter so far. I have yet to use my season pass at Bretton Woods for X Country :frown: I guess this could be the year of ice!
Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 10, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Perfect title for this Eva, love the shot.

Gary.
Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Wonderful flow and colors to this, I like seeing the different patterns of ice and flowing water, well seen and well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on January 10, 2012 at 6:32 PM
Wonderful textures Eva, well done abstract.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments