First Ice on the Lake - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/18/2004 08:24:37 AM · #1

Went out yesterday and got a couple of shots to share. These shots were taken with one of the following: 70-200 2.8, 17-40, or my 28-200 with a 420EX flash. Everything with the exception of my 28-200 were borrowed ;-).

The Lake

The Ducks

umm.. Random

All comments, criticism are appreciated.

See ya,
Lee

lode

Nikon D70

12/18/2004 09:31:33 AM · #2

Oh man, the colors on Icescape are amazing! Ice seems to be forming a kind of negative space in the upper parts of photo creating a slight feel of imbalance. Which contrasts nicely to lower part of stuff at the bottom of image.

Ice abstract is a favorite, oh man, soft forms on cold ice spiced up with amazing texture! I personally think FOV could have been larger in this since it's a representation of a surface and the name of this picture implies abstractness; Shallow FOV gives dimensionality and thus deteroriate the idea of abstractness. But you could also think this vice verca, so interpretation of this is more in the eye of beholder ;D.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G

12/18/2004 09:45:15 AM · #3

Thanks Petri and Ben for your kind words...
Ben, for the closeup shot, I agree with the more beak less body part... but it was one of those times where I zoomed in too close and then it moved out of the frame ... thank you though! And also, for the Icescape one, cropping out the bottom log may be a good idea --- the reason I added it is because it adds to the dramatic leading line of the ice, but it could be done without.

Any more?

Thanks
Lee

JScho

Nikon D70

12/18/2004 11:11:02 AM · #4

I love the colors of the lake/duck shots and the way it contrasts against the usual gray of winter. The duck ones are really good, from the colors and the siloettes (no clue how to spell that). GOod stuff on each.

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

12/18/2004 03:32:13 PM · #5

What a fantastic collection. I have kept coming back to these all morning for another look. Thank you so much for bringing these to us.

brianlh

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

12/18/2004 03:44:48 PM · #6

wow - exquisite. the only things i would say are that i wish the second 'lake' photo did not cut off the log, and the third 'duck' photo appears slightly artificial (metallic look?) in the greens on my monitor. i love everything else, though. i particularly like the ice abstract. keep 'em coming!

p.s. did you use a tripod on all of these?

Message edited by author 2004-12-18 15:47:36.

12/18/2004 03:50:26 PM · #7

Originally posted by brianlh:

I used a tripod on zero of these ;-)...it was too cold out to have to carry it around (i need my hands in my pockets despite wearing a golf and a biking glove)...
As for the duck one,... I think that the "artificial" look came from the 420EX flash taht I had to direct right at it since there aren't many things that you can bounce off of out there. There are some things that I don't like about that image but its purpose is to show details.

Thanks for the kind words (you too kyle!!!) and everyone else. Keep 'em coming! :)

Thanks,
Lee

Zap228

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

12/18/2004 05:34:31 PM · #8

I like the picture of the branch, but it looks a little bit fake. Either way, awesome shots... The dux are crazy!

Robert