wilderness landscapes Fractures

Crevasses on a glacier in the southern Alps of New Zealand.

Nice image. I can't work out the light on the edge of the cracks, though. It looks like the sun is higher in the sky for the foreground, but below the horizon for the background. Is this a blend?

Hey Kah,  

Saw this one on another website and, then saw it here and decided I needed another dose of this beauty!  As I said before, I can't remember seeing a more beautiful image of a broken glacier field.  The crevasse lead-ins, the sense of depth, and how you included the sky work wonderfully together.  Congrats!

beautiful shot!! very nice detail and light.congrats

This is a superb image! So beautiful to be quite surreal. Perfect use of all the photographic elements (light, composition, point of view, etc.) to express your art.

A 7 rated image, for me.

Congratulations, Alberto.

well done

Smashingly good composition, but something seems a little wrong in the post-exposure work.  The snow has an almost plastic look, with very little visible texture on the sunlit parts.  Did you use a noise reduction filter?

This is excellent….regards

This is magic!! Simply magic.

A wonderful composition, and a stunning light for a perfect mountain landscape. BRAVO!!!!!

very nice. i like it!

best regards

 

xavier corcobado

xcorcobado.blogspot.com

really beautiful, maybe too much pink at the bottom. but good shot

Excellent in every way. 7/7

great shapes in perfect lights!

Wow. Simply superb. A fantastic shot.

 

Excellent landscape shot in all aspects IMO (aesthetics, creativeness, technique - 7) - did you fly over or climb / hike the glacier? BR / Volker

Fantastic shot!  A vertical comp might be equally stunning, with the great crevass fractures in the FG.    Well done - watch those feet!

Harry

Glen, like 99% of my shots, this is one exposure. It is also unfiltered. The sun has dropped low but rays are still passing through the gap where the peaks end on the left side, hence the light on the foreground.

John, you won't see much snow detail at this resolution because mainly of the distance from the foreground. The scale of the cracks is immense.

Ah.  In light of that explanation, I took another close look and I have a better sense of the scale now.  I'm even making out some snow detail that I didn't see before.  Thanks. 

I'm still trying to put my finger on what's not sitting right with me, though.  Are there sharpening halos along the crevasses?  Now that I'm looking at it again, there seem to be.  Maybe that's the culprit.

(I don't want you to think I'm just nit-picking here, Kah Kit.  This is a tremendous composition - probably my favorite of your whole portfolio.  The original thumbnail that went up on the Critique forum really grabbed me, and  yet close-up views have thrown me off every time.  Hence, I'm putting a bit of extra effort into understanding my reaction.)

Wow! This is a great shot KKY. Terrific selection on the Foreground!

There might me some sharpening halos John, or it might be just the specular highlights. Here is a larger version.

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=158975

Sharpening halos it is, on this version, at least.  The larger image at naturephotographers.net lacks them, and with more of the detail revealed, it is absolutely glorious.