Frosty Dreams

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 30, 2013882 views30 comments

More recent image from Kananaskis Country. Taken on a cold morning as a rising sun illuminates this frozen valley with soft worm light.
A final photo is a result of hand painting two images for sky and distance mountains, and focus stacking of five images for the foreground.

Thank you for having a look and leaving a comment.

Nikon D800E, 16-35mm at 20mm.

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on December 30, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Love that fg texture. Nice work!

aF

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on December 30, 2013 at 6:45 PM

Like a fairy tale, just so perfectly beautiful. Everything about this photo sings. It must have been very cold out there. There's not a thing I would change. I'm curious about the other technical info...IS0, shutter speed, etc.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 30, 2013 at 6:52 PM

Beautiful! I like this comp very much and the light and colors are wonderful. The texture and detail looks great.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Sandy Scott on December 30, 2013 at 7:15 PM

Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on December 30, 2013 at 9:03 PM

Wow, I love that foreground hoar frost. Lovely color throughout and nicely composed. Excellent work!!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 30, 2013 at 9:26 PM

Love this Wieslaw! Fantastic find and beautiful color.

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Comment posted by John Williams on December 30, 2013 at 10:27 PM

All works well!! The comp, color, and amazing DOF make for a stunner.

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Comment posted by Carey Closs on December 30, 2013 at 10:35 PM

Wow, if I blur my eyes a little it almost looks like I'm looking at a Lawren Harris painting. Love the softness in the sky, the ripples in the water and snow on the right side and how they contrast with the textures in the foreground. The warmth in the sky reflected in the pond creates a nice relaxing mood.

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Comment posted by Vincent Piotrowski on December 30, 2013 at 11:30 PM

This is just FANTASTIC. Amazing image. It's great to see it was taken in Kananaskis too!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 31, 2013 at 5:46 AM

Marvelous texture in the FG frost, and exquisite colours. Fine lines leading to the distant mountains make a very compelling image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on December 31, 2013 at 6:13 AM

Love the ice feathers and the way the darker area divides the image a bit. Adds some depth for me. And a colorful sky to boot.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on December 31, 2013 at 6:35 AM

That is a gorgeous picture Wieslaw, lovely balance of lighting and delicate hues. It works very well indeed.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on December 31, 2013 at 7:28 AM

Fantastic and beautiful winter scene Wieslaw.
John

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Comment posted by gary phillips on December 31, 2013 at 11:58 AM

Really a lot going here and all of it is exquisite. Really a beautiful image. Great job of putting it all together.

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Comment posted by Wieslaw Poltorak on December 31, 2013 at 3:35 PM

Thank you for a very kind commends.

Kathy,
Technical info is rather basic. There was no wind and water was very slow flowing, so I use optimum ISO 100 and didn’t wary too much about speed. Since I couldn’t get everything in focus with f/18 and I don’t like to go beyond that, I chose to go with focus stacking at f/14.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on December 31, 2013 at 5:12 PM

Light comp and processing are all top notch. Really love this image, Wieslaw!

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Comment posted by John Fan on December 31, 2013 at 6:06 PM

Foreground texture is great.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on January 1, 2014 at 2:00 AM

I like everything about this image --- great texture on the foreground, wonderful colors and a classic composition. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on January 1, 2014 at 5:24 AM

Beautiful light and the fg detail is amazing. Happy New Year Wieslaw

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Comment posted by Bob Miller on January 1, 2014 at 5:41 PM

Those ice crystals are so cool. Love the hot sunset colors with the cold ice.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 1, 2014 at 8:35 PM

Hi Wieslaw

A magical scene beautifully captured

words cannot describe the color and light

Albert Darmo .Que.
Canada

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 1, 2014 at 11:38 PM

Those crystals are awesome! Love it!

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on January 2, 2014 at 10:57 AM

That foreground is as good as it gets. Totally awesome.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on January 2, 2014 at 5:52 PM

Very strong image here. One possible thing you could do to further strengthen it would be to add some sunrise color on the hoar frost in the FG.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 4, 2014 at 12:04 AM

Super sweet composition and light!

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on January 4, 2014 at 12:46 AM

Fantastic! I love the foreground detail and great color. Congrats on an outstanding image.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on January 4, 2014 at 4:22 AM

Wow

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on January 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM

Brilliant. Congrats on a stunning image. Foreground is awesome. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 5, 2014 at 3:53 AM

lovely image - everything working here.

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on January 6, 2014 at 8:05 PM

Wonderful! The black silky water against the fresh snow and frost is spectacular!

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