Ice Stasis

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 13, 20091,084 views33 comments

Lochindorb, Dava Moor, Scotland.

The shallow waters at the edge of peat enriched Lochindorb had frozen solid after an unusually long period of extremely low temperatures. Caramel coloured stones stained by the tanins line the bottom while a constant stream of tiny bubbles de-gas from below. These bubbles had frozen into trails each one emanating from around the perimeter of the stones. I braved the ice, dancing out on to its surface in an ungainly ballet with my tripod and slithered into position to photograph these beautiful details from directly above.

Please view LARGE due to compression at the smaller size.

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Pentax 67 II ,55-100 zoom,Fujichrome Velvia
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Comments

33 comments

Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on January 13, 2009 at 2:27 PM

Wow Ian, this is fantastic! I love the gold glow of the three rocks and how the bubbles appear to be radiating out from the center.

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on January 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM

Awesome!!! This is fantastic detailed shot. Good work Ian!!

-Jay

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Comment posted by Erik Stensland on January 13, 2009 at 2:40 PM

Great image Ian! I like this. The bubbles almost make it feel like there is movement in the image.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on January 13, 2009 at 3:11 PM

Outstanding! I almost get dizzy looking at this, the movement feeling of the textures - as if they are radiating outward - are incredible

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Comment posted by Paulo A.Lopes on January 13, 2009 at 3:12 PM

This is fantastic Ian! Very nice work

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on January 13, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Very, vert cool! I love the colors of the stones, as they seem to be glowing. The ice and bubbles work together to make me disoriented... almost as if the lens was zooming out. This is neat.

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Comment posted by Joel Truckenbrod on January 13, 2009 at 3:37 PM

The sense of movement in this is astonishing. Beautiful and evocative image.

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on January 13, 2009 at 4:08 PM

Very unique and impressive, Ian! Those radiating bubbles really make this an original piece of work.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on January 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM

That's really neat, the radiating bubbles and warm color from the stones is very intriguing.

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on January 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM

The detail in the larger version is astounding, very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on January 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM

Very well seen Ian. I find the 3D effect mesmerising!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Very cool abstract!!

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Comment posted by Ron Richins on January 13, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Very cool. The bubbles give the illusion of motion. I don' t know how you processed this. It kind of gave me a little motion sickness after staring at it awhile.

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Comment posted by Peter Carroll on January 13, 2009 at 5:26 PM

Love it! The first thought that came to mind was it reminded me of a butterfly wing. The shot has lots of wow factor.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM

Very cool, almost halloween like. I see a face in here Wierd but still cool.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on January 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM

No processing just scan and sharpen. Thankyou for the feedback.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM

That's the best ice/rock close-up I've seen so far this season! This thing has a TON of impace once you get past the thumbnail.

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Comment posted by fernando brito on January 13, 2009 at 6:31 PM

It looks like you were zooming,and I really like the contrast between the golden stones and
the bluish ice. Very well done

Fernando Brito

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 13, 2009 at 7:28 PM

This is an amazing and beautiful abstract Ian! The bubbles give motion to the image as if the rocks were just dropped in liquid ice.

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Comment posted by Aaron Ellingsen on January 13, 2009 at 8:43 PM

I gotta admit that from the thumbnail, and smaller version, I wasn't real impressed. But after seeing the larger version, I have had a total change of opinion. This is super unique, and I can't find any room for improvement. Very cool.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on January 13, 2009 at 9:03 PM

Way cool! The thumbnail looks like something out of a science project, but you just have to look. I like your explanation too.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 13, 2009 at 9:11 PM

It looks like natures version of a very cool photoshop filter. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on January 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM

Wonderful! There is a sense of movement here and the detail is incredible.

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Comment posted by Timothy Epp on January 13, 2009 at 9:35 PM

Oh the large version looks so much better! That is one cool image Ian and a great find.

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Comment posted by Chip Phillips on January 13, 2009 at 9:47 PM

Fantastic! I like how it looks like the ice crystals are radiating outward. I also think the placement of the rocks is perfect.

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Comment posted by Ron Perkins on January 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM

Great shot! Excellent detail and texture. Very nice...

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Comment posted by INGOMA on January 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM

Amazing radiating feel this has to it. Great catch, Ian!

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Comment posted by Pedro Bento on January 14, 2009 at 6:40 AM

This is quite unusual....great capture!

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on January 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM

while the small one had me dizzying for a moment, the large file is great. Super macro shot! we have similar ice conditions and was doing some "ballet" on a regional lake, too - funny and scary, isn't it...
georg

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Comment posted by beth summer on January 14, 2009 at 1:04 PM

Ian...one of your best ever IMO...AWESOME shot...

love the movement effect and the detail is fantastic!

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Comment posted by Darwin Wiggett on January 14, 2009 at 8:11 PM

Amazing in everyway - this is a stunner - great image and top tier in my books! Darwin

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Comment posted by Younes Bounhar on January 20, 2009 at 7:41 AM

Totally deserved EP! This is absolutely AMAZING!!!

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Comment posted by Andrey Antov on February 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM

Great image. I would have loved to is it in a poster format as well. Thanks for sharing.
Andrey

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