Ice Shadows

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 26, 2010242 views14 comments

Southern Alps, New Zealand

Contours in the snow at sunset.

Canon 5DMkII, 24-105mm 4L, f8, 1/250, handheld.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 26, 2010 at 6:56 PM

I like the blues here Kah Kit. Interesting graphic with the white foreground, and textures and lines in the background. Nice. I like the abstractness of it.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 26, 2010 at 9:42 PM

Man, that is so spectacular--im real jealous!

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on May 26, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Nice study of texture, form, and color. I find the upper left corner a bit distracting, but cropping it would cause the loss of the top center, which is very important for the composition.

Registered on August 27, 2009, 51 Posts, 959 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolas Belokurov on May 26, 2010 at 11:14 PM

I second Stan`s comment. The moment I saw it, I thought-damn, what a shot. The soft blue and the shapes are singing.
Great work!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 27, 2010 at 12:59 AM

Wow, the top part of the comp. enhances the whole scene tremendously. A fascinating capture Kah Kit!

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on May 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM

Interesting shapes, light, and color, nice capture.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 27, 2010 at 9:54 AM

Hi,
I like the blue tones here in this shot. A gorgeous capture. intersting shapes and texture.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on May 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM

Love the blues and white shades Kah Kit. Has a very soothing gradient.
Nice job

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Comment posted by INGOMA on May 27, 2010 at 7:35 PM

This is really interesting, Kah Kit, and thanks for posting this. An unusual image, making us look at things a little differently. I do like this quite a bit, and quite a unique and welcome take on mountain landscapes.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM

The white and blues work very nice together in this. It's abstract, but still shows what seems like an expansive view, I like that.

Chris

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 27, 2010 at 10:39 PM

Kah,

What is most impressing to me is the fading and shifting contrast from bottom to top; almost detail-less snow changes to soft detail in the shadows to the top of the image with great detail and contrast. I think this might work just as well, or at least differently, cropping at the shadow line at the bottom. then on the other hand, I think I might prefer the whole story here. Well seen.

Lon

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on May 28, 2010 at 3:31 AM

Kah Kit, Very interesting composition and lighting. There are a lot of details revealed from this image. Excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM

I like the textures, softness, and blues. Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 28, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Thanks for the comments on this. Lon, one of the reasons I posted this was to see whether anyone suggested taking off the bottom. After living with the shot for a few days, I think I do prefer it with the white at the bottom, although it also works cropped as you suggest.

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