Ice Flow II

Whoa. That is some really interesting ice! I wouldn't change a thing.

This is absolutely stunning. The depth, the detail, the tones.  Wow - no surprise it's in a gallery in the big city.  Congrats 

I agree with the other comments. Very cool abstract of the ice. Well seen and photographed. 

Some of your best work has been with water flow. Stunning!

This looks great. The smooth water and sharp ice needles work together very well here. I also like the monochrome treatment, fits very well.

Nice! Very attractive combination of the static and the dynamic.

Wonderfull detail and I think the shutter speed was perfect.  I might have cropped the uppermost very dark area out as this area of high contrast seems to drw my ey out of the lower areas..  What exactly do youy mean when you refer to "slight cross finish"?  Sweet shot.

Hi, many thanks for the positive comments.

@Harry, by a cross finish I mean cross processing finish = for B/W blue into the shadows and yellow into the highlights - here its very subtle but if you use a pixel colour picker you'll see that the highlights are not blue. It just adds a little more dynamic/contrast to the image which the eye is not 'immediately' aware of.

Cheers, Mark 

Hi  Mark.  , The   water  flow.  and   the color tones   really  make  the  mood..an   excellent   ice abstract..

Albert Darmo
Canada

Well that's quite fun.  Amazing textures!

aF

A wonderful interpretation of this famous location.

I keep coming back to this image because it is really impressive.  The crispness and detail in the image stand out.  And the flowing frigid water cutting diagonally through the scene makes it all happen.  After doing some research on the camera I am even more intrigued.  Put this sensor on a full frame DSLR with interchangeable lenses, of course extrapolate the megapixel count to between 75 and 100 and the image quality could be amazing I think.  So might the price!  I have a BW image of Gulfoss taken in May 2015 in my gallery.  I am guessing this image was taken up at the top of the falls on the left side in the viewing area.

Hi David, thanks for the compliment. Yes you are right the picture was taken right down from the viewing area right next to the the waterfall (it was cordoned off but that wasn't going to stop us ;-) ). ( I like your B/W shot btw) Certainly the sensor for me is very special and personally I cannot imagine ever shooting again with a camera that has a Bayer sensor (for articles about the sensor here (Quattro/Merrill and here (Merrill by Ines Mondon - my partner - English/German)). It does have its limitations and I would not use it above ISO 200 for example - think of it like film ;-) (also in terms of dynamic range) ... I have discussed with Ines many times (amongst others) about a full frame sensor.  The problem is ensuring the pixels a big enough that all the layers of the sensor can get enough light (the sensor needs light).  In terms of the best 'compromise' actually a 22-24 MP sensor full frame would be more than 'enough' and would anyway be equivalent to >>36 MP Bayer sensor, especially in terms of detail capture.  But the sensor is not just about luminosity detail also the way it captures colour detail and the interpretation of colour itself is very special.  A further point would actual be data handling. Even from the 16 MP Merrill sensor the raw data files are very big and although with the Quattro sensor the writing times are better the cameras are not fast and for a 24 MP Merrill sensor the raw files would be very large and would need a large processing capacity in camera ... :-( ... Having said that the compromises that one needs to bear in mind when using the cameras (the SD1M really is a 'Diva' and could be frustrating for somebody who has worked with a D800 for example) are, just like using film, in the end very much worth it.
Cheers, Mark

Exquisite!  Enough said!