Ice Sculpture

[kdoc856]

Our recent cold snap (-23C) wasn't pleasant, but did yield some interesting ice- worth braving the elements. Hope you enjoy these, thanks for viewing

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[Mike Buckley]

Gorgeous, Kevin! I'm surprised that you didn't include your terrific entry in the January competition, which is apparently from the same place.

[Hui Song]

Gorgeous! IMO, you cam make more drama out of 2 & 3 .

[FrankMi]

Superb images and a great sense of scale in the third one!

[Donald]

Dramatic images, Kevin. I love the light in the first one.

[kdoc856]

Thank you for the encouragement, gents.

Hui- I'd love to know more specifically what you had in mind. I always encourage alternative pp'g and appreciate them very much.

Mike- may just do that for February.

Donald- good to hear you say that. I wanted the ice to look more translucent, so I used 2 remote flashes with one in front and one behind and experimented with the ratios till I thought I got close. About drove my son insane with impatience- he was kind enough to act as my second pair of hands and it was not a fast process.

[Mike Buckley]

Mike- may just do that for February.

I'm apparently confusing you, Kevin. You entered a wonderful image in the January competition apparently taken at the same place as the images in this thread. I'm surprised that you didn't include it in this thread. Perhaps you posted it in a different thread that I missed.

[Shadowman]

Very nice, well worth the effort.

[IzzieK]

Beautiful Kevin...haven't seen anything like it in my life ever so far!

[Sergio M.]

Fascinating images, Kevin.

Sergio

[Polar01]

A lot more water flowing then when I was there in mid-August, it was just a trickle. I really want to get back to there it was so much fun.

Cheers: Allan

[Stagecoach]

It's the clever use of the additional lighting that makes these so attractive, great series.

Grahame

[chauncey]

Great images, as we've come to expect. You musta got colder, longer, than we did to freeze falls like that.

[NorthernFocus]

Good stuff, Kevin. I really like nos. 3 and 4. Well done.

[ajsmith]

Great images, I like them all.

[Hui Song]

Hui- I'd love to know more specifically what you had in mind. I always encourage alternative pp'g and appreciate them very much.

My English is poor. It's hard for me to describe the idea in writing. So I played with your #3 for a few minutes. It is just a rough idea, not a sophisticated final adjustment. If you want, I can take it out.

BTW, with so rich detail in this image. It would be nice to converted it to B/W.

[deetheturk]

Great set of images Kevin,well captured!

[Paniaa]

So beautiful images every one. Have to say I preferred Hui's colour conversion of 3

[kdoc856]

A lot more water flowing then when I was there in mid-August, it was just a trickle. I really want to get back to there it was so much fun.

Cheers: Allan

Thanks, Allan
Yes, it is pretty dry from August through October down there. Come down in April and you'll see all the flow you could ask for.

[kdoc856]

Thanks all, for the kind words and encouragement.

Hui- thanks so much for taking the time for your interesting edit. I also considered and made a version with more dramatic saturation and contrast, but then decided to go with the colour as I recalled it, but your artistry is certainly valid.