Ice Beach

Great tones and clever composition creating an interesting feeling of depth! I'm a bit disturbed by the relatively bright upper right corner though. I might have added some vignetting there, but of course it is a matter of taste.

Best regards,

Alain

Hi Alain, I appreciate your constructive criticism-- both positive and negative.  Fortunately, as you mention, the negative can be easily corrected with minor editing!  Regards, Jeff 

Very enjoyable.

Thanks for looking Tony.  This was a morning in Feb 2015.  The ice chunks were on the east side of the beach, and the sun and clouds collaborated so nicely.  Was there a few weeks ago (March 2016) and the chunks were on the west shore.  And, unfortunately, a hit-&-miss with lighting.  I tried to work with what was presented-- Jökulsárlón Gems.  Best, Jeff

I would have had so much fun here.  For a portrait mode I would have chosen one of those ice chunks - maybe get down low and let the sun shine through one chunk.  So many possibilities!

All the best,

Tony, there is a vertical in my other Iceland folder; in fact, you commented on it last year.  It is a bit closer.  These chunks are quite small-- perhaps the size of a cantaloupe (which you can likely judge by comparing them to the size of the smaller rocks and grains of sand)-- and so getting down lower would mean that the camera would almost be sitting on the sand!  Yes, this was a fun morning and the beach was jammed with photographers.  As you can imagine, this can limit one's composition choices.  Regards, Jeff 

Size of a cantaloupe!!! Wow!