Icescape I

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 5, 2015637 views12 comments

As I've mentioned, there was an abundance of water in the washes throughout the eastern region of Zion in late October and early November this year. And during the second week of November there were several nights of sub-freezing low temperatures, resulting in fantastic and enjoyable opportunities to photograph ice to an extent which I personally have never witnessed or taken advantage of in Zion before. (I've never been to Zion in winter.) I've already posted a few compositions. I'll be posting a series of "icescape" microcosms now.

Canon 5D II
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS
105mm, f/20, 0.4 second, ISO 50

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 5, 2015 at 12:41 PM

Most excellent, Jim. Wonderful cool blues and interesting diagonal patterns.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 5, 2015 at 1:18 PM

Jim,

I LOVE this stuff and am envious of the opportunity, but will appreciate your results! Wonderful, graceful design of lines and curves with a structure that almost resembles the veins of a tree leaf. No nits or suggestions.

Looking forward to more!

Lon

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on December 5, 2015 at 2:20 PM

Lots to explore here, nicely composed abstract Jim.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on December 5, 2015 at 2:27 PM

Very nice, Jim. Love the graceful curves and the blue is awesome. Looking forwrd to more in the series. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 5, 2015 at 7:18 PM

Sweet! I'd love to find ice like this! No nits, here, Jim. Exellent work!

--P

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on December 6, 2015 at 2:54 AM

Hi Jim, a 'simple' and extrtemely effective abstrct - like it a lot!
Cheers, Mark

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 6, 2015 at 6:25 AM

I like the subtle tonal gradations as well as you use of diagonals Jim.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM

You are on quite a roll! Beautiful image. I love the patterns and the blue works really well here. Excellent image.

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Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on December 6, 2015 at 1:00 PM

Is this caused by a succession freezing and warming while the water slowly recedes? Whatever the cause, the image is just great. A lot of rhythm along a strong diagonal with a few irregularities at the top and bottom to prevent it from infinitely going on. The grayish blue is marvelous. Can't wait for the other images in your series of icescapes.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 6, 2015 at 7:26 PM

That's great, Jim. Nicely captured and presented.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on December 7, 2015 at 11:03 AM

Excellent stuff! I can't get enough of these type of images, great job!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on December 9, 2015 at 2:59 PM

Jim, I enjoy the esthetics of the gentle flow in your image. Great work for me, a stunning abstract.

Peter

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