Rise and Fall

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 10, 2013164 views11 comments

This little creek changes daily in this changeable weather, as ice dams form and break up, causing ice shelves to form at various levels.

Canon 5D2; Canon 24-105mm.
1/5 sec. @ f/16; ISO 100
4 exposures focus-stacked in CS6

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 11, 2013 at 1:12 AM

Great Winter scene, Wayne! Love the ice crystals. Minor nit--wish there was a tad more up top.

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on February 11, 2013 at 8:17 AM

Very nice light and comp Wayne, and I like the touches of blue along the jagged edges of ice, it giver it a cool look, love the little stream shots.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 11, 2013 at 9:23 AM

Wayne, I really like this image. The ice looks great and the cool blue tones really add to the look and mood. I like your comp very much but also wish for just a little more woods on top. This would also work nice by cropping just below the woods I think. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Reid on February 11, 2013 at 9:39 AM

Nice leading lines and texture in the ice crystals Wayne. I agree with a little more at the top. I also see a snowmans face laying on his side near the centre tree. Well done.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 11, 2013 at 10:07 AM

Nice visual lines

The ice outcroppings in foreground are sweet

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Comment posted by Wayne Bartz on February 11, 2013 at 11:40 AM

I really like this photo, the ice crystals are great and the snowman face in the background adds to the shot.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 11, 2013 at 1:24 PM

I have to admit, the first thing that jumped out at me was the smiley snowman face on the rocks up top. Then the clarity of the ice crystals took overr my imagination. I love the feathery shapes and cool,blues. Very nice

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 11, 2013 at 1:51 PM

I really like all the detail in those ice shelves angling across the foreground and the ice "pillars" in the distance. I find the trees at the top distracting and think that cropping to the base of the biggest trunk would emphasize the ice structures and the angling of the creek.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 11, 2013 at 6:21 PM

Wayne,

This definitely tells a story of winter and of how the water rises and falls creating these neat ice formations. So as is, an excellent winter and nature story. Alternatively, I think if you cropped off the top to eliminate the context of the bg forest, this could be a very nice and more intimate winter image. Just a thought.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 11, 2013 at 9:30 PM

Really cool ice shelf there! I like the reflected light too. I'm for the intimate winter image idea as well.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 12, 2013 at 12:12 AM

Nice to have such this view :)

If i was there i will focus on the small edges near the creek which it has a great abstract quality and a wonderful contrast between the bluish of the water and the whiteness of the ice

Hamed

Registered on June 1, 2009, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments