nIce Lines #2

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 7, 2016339 views17 comments

After nearly two weeks of warm temperatures, we had a good overnight freeze Friday that created some fun ice structures on my ponds. The biggest challenge in finding this view, was to get some strong colors reflecting off the ice. In this case, it's the sun hitting the bricks of the neighbor's house with some underwater lily pads showing through subtly. (5D3, 70-200 f2.8 @ 185mm, 1/30s, f/11, iso 200, tripod) An 11 image stack for top to bottom sharpness.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 7, 2016 at 1:02 PM

Crazy abstract, Mark! Quite often these abstracts benefit from a polarizer to remove some/most of the reflections, but this is the proverbial exception! The strong reflections are what makes this such a strong photo.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 7, 2016 at 1:47 PM

WOW, what a wild looking abstract. As abstract as it is I pick up a feeling towards seeing a Native American head-dressing with various feather plumage and banding. The variety of colors from the lilies, rocks, water, etc....really help outline and define the idea of the headgear for me.......Very nice.... laugh

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 7, 2016 at 2:31 PM

Beautiful!!!!! Great colors, lines and patterns, coming together great. Excellent image.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on February 7, 2016 at 3:05 PM

WOW Mark,

This image is purely awesome with the colors, patterns,
textures, and lines. They all meld together to form a stunning abstract image.

Such fascinating work

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on February 7, 2016 at 3:19 PM

An amazing image, great colors and one could get lost in the shapes. Looks like ice geology with fault lines,escarpments and fissures.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 7, 2016 at 3:25 PM

Mark, This is so cool looking! The colors, reflections, patterns and textures all add up to a fantastic abstract. I don't have a pond but maybe if I get a piece of aluminum foil and wrinkle it up a little I can come up with something similar... cool

Very nice work!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on February 7, 2016 at 3:27 PM

These are fun, and you've certainly done a good job with this one. Colors and textures fill the frame nicely - something to look at everywhere.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 8, 2016 at 1:09 PM

FANTASTIC! Makes me super jealous Mark! Don't even know what to say. Speechless.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on February 8, 2016 at 1:42 PM

Beautiful lines and colors. Always nice to find these gems out your backdoor. What's not to like, fine in all ways for me.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on February 8, 2016 at 3:10 PM

This is a wonderful abstract, and I'm envious of your lily pond for this kind of photo fun. The colors here work very well, as do all the interesting lines and shapes. Keep 'em coming!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 8, 2016 at 6:31 PM

Hi Mark

This is just wild ! laugh

a coloristic extravagance frown

love the super graphic detail . of these ice lines devil

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 8, 2016 at 7:56 PM

The weather forecast calls for 63 tomorrow, then a week of rain. We would have to try this in our freezers. This is very cool. You have the deck stacked in your favor for nIce images.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on February 9, 2016 at 10:48 AM

Mark,
This is an outstanding ice abstract. The mix of warm and cool tones is very effective. I don't think I've seen anything quite like this. Well seen.

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on February 9, 2016 at 2:39 PM

Hi Mark, this shot immediately caught my eye. A wonderful mix of colour and structure - simply excellent! Such a shot makes me very jealous when i think just how little 'winter' we have had here in Germany this year ... :-(
Cheers, Mark

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on February 9, 2016 at 3:37 PM

Very cool abstract image, Mark. The lines, shapes and colors work beautifully together. Great eye to spot this one.

Ed

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on February 16, 2016 at 11:35 AM

Excellent job Mark.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 27, 2016 at 8:37 PM

Mark: WELL SEEN! Just a marvelous vision and capture. I like it! devil

>=))>

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