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ian cameron

The shallow waters at the edge of peat enriched Lochindorb had frozen solid after an unusually long period of extremely low temperatures. Caramel coloured stones stained by the tanins line the bottom while a constant stream of tiny bubbles de-gas from below. These bubbles had frozen into trails each one emanating from around the perimeter of the stones. I braved the ice, dancing out on to its surface in an ungainly ballet with my tripod and slithered into position to photograph these beautiful details from directly above.NEW!! Photographic workshops and masterclasses at TRANSIENT LIGHT.

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Bubbles of ice seeping from the perimeter of the tanin stained

submerged stones have frozen into the ice forming champagne bubble

trails. This picture really works best viewed as large as possible.

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An very good shot, Ian. Well observed and captured. I recently tried to shoot frozen scenes directly from above with my new tripod and cannot wait until the roll is finished and the slides are developed. I am not sure to get results like this, though... It was not easy for me to keep my quite light 35 mm system stable for this kind of work. Pentax 67II with the zoom lens must be heavy, what tripod are you using if not a secret ?
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Hi Peter no secret. Lifes to short for them. I use a rather beaten up but very good Gitzo 1325 which is a heavy duty carbon fibre fella and an unusually light but stiff tripod. I use it with a RRS 50mm ball head. It is just a case of set it and forget it.
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First it looks like a fantasy manipulation with a quite good impact. But then, as a real photo it is an excellent example of your unique view to see things and depict them. Karl
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What a terrific image! And thank you for the explanation, so we don't all walk away wondering if you're really a space probe.
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