Ice

As spring slowly moves in, the frozen river gradually thaws out, leaving these blocks of ice on

its trail.

 

Thanks for your time.

WOA!! AWESOME!! I like the contrast between the ice and the sunset.

Yes, agree nice contrast!

WOW!!!! What a great shot, you continue to amaze me.Did you use a flash to light the ice in the foreground? Regards-Ross

Thank you all for the very kind comments.

Ross, thanks for your continued support, I really appreciate it. To answer your question, I do not use the flash but rather a ND grad (cokin p121). The light emanating from the ice is merely the reflection of ambient light.

This is such a beautiful photo...the contrast and the colors are wonderful really! Great shot

Younes, really dramatic scene you got going on. A lot of interesting elements. I must say that the ice seems to be almost too well lit compared to the sky. I had the same thought of a flashlight being used.

Thanks Michelle and Will.

Will, that's really nothing more than the 3 stop ND grad combined with the reflection off the ice...postprocessing was really kept to a minimum for curves adjustments.

Great foreground! Unusual, but once the eye explores it properly it kicks ass, to put it that way. Well done!

Thanks Ramunas!

Younes, This is incredible! I love it! I don't know how else to put it! LOL... Just stunning!

 

Angela

Thanks Angela, really appreciate your support and kind words :-) And I am glad you like it, the conditions were so-so for most of the day until quite late, and when I got there, I really couldn't find anything to please my eyes until the sun had actually gone down, so your appreciation really makes it worthwile (not that I mind going out and taking photos :-D)

Incredible shot! The placing of the ice is the clincher, the light reflecting through is simply amazing.

incredible, i really liker this image

Thanks Ashutosh and Wayne, it's really appreciated.

Way to go, Younes. Outstanding work my friend! Great balance of subject, exposure.

Extremely well done. I like that this wasn't such a long exposure which would have smoothed the clouds out across the sky. They go nicely with the ice.

This landscape looks fantastic!!! I don't know how you've managed the ice to be so light... It looks like they are giving light those icecubes.. :-)..... Amazing. Congretulations! Very impressive.

Excellent !!!

Thanks Tom, Aaron, Bianca and Mircea! I really appreciate you taking the time to drop by :-)

this is truly beautiful. amazing effort and the depth u've achieved here feels as though a viewer could walk into the picture. once again. well done

Younes, this is just one of your best ever. The blue luminous ice vs the red sunset...perfect. I think you convince me to get this 3-stop GND because I do not know how else to achieve such a result otherwise. Thank you again for sharing your work here, it is an encouragement to the rest of us here on PN :)

Thank you all!

Kurt, I am really flattered, this means a lot to me. I think the Cokin GND are cheap enough to try out even if you don't like them :-). The only thing I don't like about them is that they don't have hard edge GNDs. That said, there always is the digital ND trick with two exposures blended in PS.

The blending is difficult to do right, especially if there is motion in the clouds and/or water. Your filter worked quite well here. I'm guessing you masked the upper third, and the softer edge was not a problem unless you wanted it exactly along the horizon? Thanks!

This is really unbelievable. I'm really impressed (and thanks to other comments and your replies I'm learning a lot). Regards. G.