Ice Land

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 22, 2017134 views10 comments

Atop the glacier, the landscape resembled rolling hills. Late afternoon light lent a bit of depth to the near and far ice peaks.

Your C&C is appreciated. More here, that I will share in the coming days:

Nikon D810 & Nikon 24-70
f/8, 1/200th sec handheld, ISO L, 34mm

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 22, 2017 at 12:13 PM

Navin,

Hard time guessing this was atop a glacier - at least not without your comments. This does look like some rolling hills in California, only processed with some odd IR filter or something. Knowing what this is, this is pretty cool. The low, glancing light really helps highlight the landscape. I don't know if it's necessary, but an alternative might be to crop down from the top to remove much of the open blue sky; I think without that, the abstractness of the landscape is enhanced a bit. But that's not to say there is anything wrong with including the sky - the blue compliments the scene.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Lon

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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 22, 2017 at 1:54 PM

Reminds me of blue clay badlands, Navin. Without knowing this was a glacier, I would have never guessed. Excellent light and comp. Well done.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on February 22, 2017 at 2:43 PM

Certainly reminds me of the badlands in Utah. Really cool image Navin!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on February 22, 2017 at 3:03 PM

Very well composed, Navin, like an alien landscape. As an option it might be worthwhile to frame up a bit higher to allow more sky and crop the rise in the middle FG (just a thought).

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 22, 2017 at 3:36 PM

Pretty amazing, Navin. At first glance this could be rolling prairie. The fact that this is all ice boggles my mind. I'm thoroughly enjoying all of the colors and textures that the low light brings out. Quite the icescape!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 22, 2017 at 4:01 PM

Navin, This is super cool looking and the fact it is all ice is even more impressive. I really like the colors and textures this has in it and the comp works great for me. I looked at some of the other images and you have some very nice work there. I also enjoyed the video the Bernard Chen shot with his Mavic Pro. Quite the trip!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 22, 2017 at 4:02 PM

Beautiful landscape and image. I never would have thought ice. I might clone out a couple of the bright spots along the lower edge, but that is really minor stuff. Lovely image.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 22, 2017 at 5:41 PM

I would not have guessed a glacier surface. Wow! I like the color and textures. I think the frame is fine as-is. Nice effort on this.
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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 23, 2017 at 8:23 AM

Great shape for eye movement.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on February 26, 2017 at 7:53 PM

Aha, I definitely knew this was on a glacier!! sad

Excellent, excellent job of getting the detail and color in the ice. I am impressed that this was just f/8. I think your ice colors are spot on, too. Bravo! devil

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