Winter Sun

Muddy Ice left behind by the tide on a cloudy afternoon.

Hi Dave:

 

The textures of the broken ice is nice, but what really makes this work for me are the reflective highlights you've acheived by shooting directly onto the winter sun. --jim

Served my time and I'm back online :-).

 

Beautiful shot, Dave!

Excellent shot in this winter!!!

The starkly surreal reality of this is stunning!

Alaska recorded, and how!

Really nice job with the exposure! Did you manipulate this (ND filter, PS, composite)?

I did use a 1 stop ND Grad filter. I adjusted the levels and used unsharp mask in PS. This did capture the scene as it looked. It was quit windy and warm (35°F).

 

Thanks for you comments.

Beautiful stuff from you, as usual.

Thanks for the information, Dave. I think this is one of your best--the scene is unusual (not postcard pretty), the lighting and textures are terrific. It's a photo I like better every time I look at it. Have you tried converting this to black and white? I think it would look tremendous that way, too.

You seem to have these snow scenes mastered, a difficult shot- especially while facing the sun. Outstanding!

Beautiful landscape, congratulations. I am beginning to think that this lens is a must have - I have yet to see a bad landscape taken with it...

Dave, I think the technique is very strong on this photo. The lighting and timing are perfect.

This is super!

Very nice textures!!