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Ice - Sculptured by Nature
Ice - Sculptured by Nature
korpen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
Location: At Vargviken on Fårön in Piteå, Sweden
Date: Nov 16, 2008
Aperture: f14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 22, 2008

 This is a natural shaped piece if ice that I found on the Bothnian Bay just outside my house. It seems that this shape is rather common as I photographed a similar shape in January 2007: [thumb]IMAGE_ID=445496[/thumb]

The "sculpture" is back-lit by the low sparse winter sun and I also used a blue LED-lamp from the side to give the ice the blueish tone.

Enhanced the tones in Lightroom and in CS3 I worked with the levels, saturation, usm, noise reduction and saved for the web.

I don't give up my abstract submissions inspite the low scoring.

If You want more pics from the same occasion please visit: //www.fotosidan.se/gallery/view.htm?ID=224613


Statistics
Place: 139 out of 417
Avg (all users): 5.9045
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.8868
Avg (non-participants): 5.9412
Views since voting: 814
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 157
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/08/2008 05:12:20 PM
Beautiful image - well seen.
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 12/08/2008 05:01:05 PM
Very lovely and what a smart idea to use the blue light. In a way it seems as though a swordfish has started to leap out of the water, then froze in place.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 07:32:06 PM
Very interesting, what is this?
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 12/06/2008 02:29:40 AM
Is it appropriate to say "cool"?
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 12/05/2008 07:07:51 PM
It's a good clear shot but has no real context .. I'd have no idea what it was without the title.
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 12/05/2008 09:41:46 AM
Great focus, usually ice pictures lack a sharpness for me. I love the yellow contrasted with the b&w of the ice. Lovely and a little strange, very cool.
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 12/03/2008 08:09:04 PM
Looks like a root vegetable of some kind. Cool (ha) find.
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 12/03/2008 07:36:35 PM
Wow, that's some detail there. The lighting is great and gives a very nice bokeh background to really make the clean ice stand out well, very nice
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 12/03/2008 06:37:29 PM
Nice bokeh, interesting color as well, nicely done, 7
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 12/02/2008 09:41:21 PM
Funky find! I like the bokeh. (not voting yet)
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 12/02/2008 04:32:34 PM
i like the balance of fall colors and winter colors in this photo, makes it harder to give it a low score
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 12/02/2008 07:56:58 AM
Nice colors and bokeh, great tones.
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 12/01/2008 05:36:08 AM
wow... a really punchy image...well done
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