Wetland Snowfall

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 25, 2010152 views11 comments

Another “sticky snow” picture from a little stream and wetland near my house. For me, it seems easier to make a composition from reflections than from the actual snow-covered vegetation.

I wanted to show you more detail, but since the larger version of vertical images can’t be much bigger than 720 pixels high without exceeding screen size, I posted a horizontal crop of this shot.

Canon 50D
Sigma 17-70mm. f/2.8
1/125 sec. @ f/4.5
Tripod; Mirror up w/2-sec. timer
Double-processed in ACR, and manually blended

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 25, 2010 at 10:11 AM

It's pretty chaotic, but it works. Well done.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Julian Barkway on January 25, 2010 at 11:36 AM

I love the sense of ordered chaos. The restricted palette works well, too.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM

Somehow, you've taken a rather plain subject and made it quite appealing. The reflection is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM

This is good stuff, Wayne! So many folks would have overlooked this beautiful little scene--i'm glad you didnt!

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on January 25, 2010 at 3:59 PM

A beautiful image certainly. Nice seeing Wayne.
The bottom half of the image (i.e. the reflection) would make a nice abstract image on its own too.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 25, 2010 at 5:32 PM

You gotta know I like it very much, and you have to wonder how many photographers would have overlooked this. Beautifully seen and presented Wayne. Take care.
John&Patty

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 25, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Hi Wayne

Beautiful reflections from a serene winter scene. It really my cup of tea. really love it.

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Reed Bowman on January 25, 2010 at 6:54 PM

Hi Wayne...I actually prefer the horizontal. It crops out some extraneous patterns from both top and bottom, placing more emphasis on the ring of snow around the grass tussock. I find that pattern quite interesting...regardless, you were able to see this in a pretty chaotic location...nice!

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Comment posted by Eric Good on January 25, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Well seen! I like the contrast in details captured here. I prefer the larger horizontal version because it minimizes the water rings in the LRC and places the emphasis on the snow and grasses.

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Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on January 26, 2010 at 7:10 AM

Great Wayne. I love the ambiguity created with the upside down reflection. The muted colours (or absence of them) also focuses more the attention on the graphic design of the image. Well done!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 26, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Another fine comp from this location. Nicely done.

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