Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 26, 2017116 views6 comments
Ice climbing at Valdez, Alaska. I,m told that the real name of this waterfall is "Hung Jury" but I call it Hoodie Falls because it makes these ice hoodies every winter
Sony a6500, SE 70-200 F2.8 GSM @ 74mm, ISO-100, f/9.0, 1/800, hand held.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 26, 2017 at 7:04 PM
That's quite the ice falls, Gary. I wasn't sure about the size until I noticed the climbers waiting at the bottom and the I spotted the one up close to the top. Those are some great looking structures (hoodies). I'm hoping that you've got some closer looks as some of the structures...
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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 26, 2017 at 10:39 PM
What a cool falls to climb and photograph, Gary. I'm with Mark about shooting some of the interesting structures contained within the falls.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on February 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM
Great looking formations Gary, and "hoodies" is a great name for them. When I see similar formation, it seems that there is usually a spray of bouncing water under them. I can't see any water flowing here, so I am guessing that the flow has been reduced, and can just be heard gurgling deep under the ice? Excellent wide shot of the action here. (Every time I see ice climbers I think "There has to be a better way to get to the top of that place.)
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Comment posted by Gary Minish on February 28, 2017 at 12:08 PM
Wayne,
re: "There has to be a better way to get to the top of that place." Helicopter comes to mind
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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on February 28, 2017 at 1:52 PM
Wow, this is amazing, and more so because of the tiny figures giving it a great sense of scale. Love the name you have given it!
Quite a spectacular scene, captured well.
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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 28, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Although I dabbled in rockclimbing when I was younger, ice climbing has always fascinated me. This is a superb climb at least from an aesthetic standpoint. Beautiful image with turquoise colored ice and rusty rock surrounding it. Nice action and scale here. I prefer this image to the other one because of this size but the other image does show more detail.
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6 commentsre: "There has to be a better way to get to the top of that place." Helicopter comes to mind
Quite a spectacular scene, captured well.