Picasso On Ice (w/crop)

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 9, 2011237 views28 comments

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

My last post told the story of why I was in Colorado and how much fun I had meeting all the cool photographers from the Rocky Mountain Region of NPN. This image is also from that trip

I know that it may not work for everyone, as some of the white detail is gone in this web version, but I was more interested in the cool shapes and contrasts. The art part of this image is what I was after and I was ok in sacrificing some of the details. Thanks to Jesse Speer for a little added guidance in the processing

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 9, 2011 at 5:36 PM

Love this ice abstract, beautiful work!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 9, 2011 at 6:19 PM

Fascinating abstract.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 9, 2011 at 7:18 PM

This is really cool looking, Jimmy. I think the shapes are facinating and I love the frost and cracks in the ice. I like the blue a lot too. I can easly over look the loss of detail in the white because of the interesting shapes and lines. I like it!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on February 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM

You're really going out there with this one! I love the title too. The bottom half of this is incredible; the top half isn't so interesting to me - largely because of the mass of white in the upper right. A 4x5 horizontal crop of the bottom works a bit better for me. Very nice take on the oft-photographed icy bubbles

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on February 9, 2011 at 9:10 PM

The texture, tone and comp look great. Congrats on an excellent outing! I agree that a 4x5 might work better.

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on February 9, 2011 at 10:08 PM

Matissesque

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 9, 2011 at 10:33 PM

Okay, it's getting weirder, in a good way, I like it! Another great abstract! If we get another good dose of winter weather, I'm gonna head up to the Carson Pass area and see what I can find!

Chris

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on February 9, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Wow, I really like this. It's a very compelling abstract. I really can't think of any nits.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 9, 2011 at 11:31 PM

A very fine abstract. Love this.

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Comment posted by Timothy Epp on February 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM

Reminds me of attacking amoebas..nice!

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on February 10, 2011 at 1:12 AM

Here's a crop.... not quite the horizontal 4x5, but at least some of the top right is gone. I couldn't get myself to crop off the smaller circles on the top half of the image.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 10, 2011 at 2:22 AM

Superb composition, Jimmy, and I love the details and the lines and forms. I do prefer your second, cropped version which does bring down the prominence of the large white form, and you seem to have just a touch more detail in the whites, just a touch at least, that I don't think detracts from your intention at all. Fantastic.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on February 10, 2011 at 3:58 AM

Yea that crop looks better - I agree those circles are worth keeping

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on February 10, 2011 at 4:14 AM

wonderful - brilliant eye on this.

crop is even better.

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Comment posted by Julian Barkway on February 10, 2011 at 7:04 AM

Less Picasso and more Joan Miró, I would say...

Beautiful shapes, though.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on February 10, 2011 at 7:41 AM

This was one of my favorites from your recent series, and the crop made it even better!

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on February 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Cool ice abstract. Good colors there too.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on February 10, 2011 at 8:41 AM

Hi Jimmy

Superb image and the cropped image you have made is exactly where I would crop it and for me makes a great image, stunning.

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on February 10, 2011 at 9:39 AM

This looks great, Jimmy. Very creative and beautiful. Love it!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Jimmy,

The crop makes it for me. I wasn't all that excited about that expanse of white, but the patterns are fascinating. The crop balances out nicely.

Lon

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 10, 2011 at 6:31 PM

Fantastic abstract Jimmy. Repost works much better for me.

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Comment posted by Matthew Goldsmith on February 10, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Sweet abstract. The crop is phenomenal.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 10, 2011 at 11:20 PM

This is so nice, Jimmy. What wonderful shapes and textures.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on February 11, 2011 at 12:10 AM

I think your crop hits this one out of the park, Jimmy! So well done!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 11, 2011 at 10:29 AM

A work of art! Excellent vision, Jimmy.

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Comment posted by Mel Ladewig on February 11, 2011 at 2:42 PM

Very cool shot and pretty different from most of the stuff that we see from that location.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 11, 2011 at 3:18 PM

Very nice, Jimmy! Great use of negative space. I really like the color scheme.

Well done!

--P

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on February 12, 2011 at 1:33 AM

Sweet shot Jimmy! Your crop repost is fantastic. The dark ULC on the original was what bothered me. The crop takes care of that. You have a sort of Yin Yang thing going on here too.

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