Hanging Winter

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 18, 2011466 views41 comments

Thanks for all the kind remarks on my last post!
Ill change gears a bit for this post, this is also from my trip out to Rifle last week. Hanging Lakes is an iconic spot just off I-70, a short but steep hike that sees lots of traffic in the summer, and even in Winter there was a well-packed path to the falls. There's a million shots of the falls in summer floating around, but probably not too many intimates of the falls in Winter. A cool little spot!
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41 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM

This is very nice, Stan. I was looking for something like this the last few days on and near Lake Superior, but it never happened

. I like this comp and the turquoise/blue color is wonderful. The water splashes and reflection adds so much for this. Like it alot!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on February 18, 2011 at 7:50 PM

A cool little spot indeed. You have it all going in this capture. Light, Texture, lines, they all work perfectly together. The WB and colour saturation is perfect too.The freezing of the melting ice and it's splashes is what puts it over the top for me. I could see a crop from the right side, some of those lines leading off frame kind of spoil the rest of the great vertical lines you have. Awesome again. Cheers

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on February 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM

Stan, I agree with Raymond's point about a crop from the right. All those verticals really make the image and the right part is a bit of a distraction. Other than that, just a great image.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 18, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Beautiful capture Stan..... Does remind me of the icicles hanging off my roof right now ......

Gorgeous and amazing especially the shimmering water. What is the scale?

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on February 18, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Stan, like the B&W on RMNP, I enjoy this. I like the icey blues and blacks. Range of white to black is covered. Tend to agree with the right crop, and maybe consider losing the stick and white spot on the left below the nice splash line.

The right side and what is off-frame looks like it would be interesting for an image also.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 18, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Wow, very cool image. I like the right edge included, personally. My only suggestion is to either eliminate the far left edge to get rid of the stick in the water, or just get rid of the stick in the water.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Thanks! I would like to get a tigher crop, but unfortunatley this is already cropped a bit and i hate cropping too much more--but c'est la vie!
Eva--scale is about 15 feet high here. I mentioned in RMNP it would probably be super cool to wade out into that water (its probably 3-4 feet deep im guessing) and take some shots from within the ice--course you'd need a dry suit!

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on February 18, 2011 at 10:32 PM

Lovely and graceful. This is almost exactly what I wanted to see with your Hanging Lakes images at RMNP. You musta read my mind!

I agree with the others on a slight right crop and 'losing' the stick.

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Comment posted by Tyson Fisher on February 18, 2011 at 10:58 PM

This is striking Stan! I do feel like the larger chunk of ice on the extreme right side throws off the flow of the sharp repeating lines throughout the rest of the image. My vote would be to crop that out and go for a 3:2 aspect ratio.

Oh, just read that others are suggesting the same thing. You might need to bring the dry suit next time and see what you can find from up close.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on February 18, 2011 at 11:17 PM

The layered ice makes for a really cool shot. I don't care so much for the right side of the image, but I do prefer the uniform ice formations in the rest of the image. Very good eye!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on February 18, 2011 at 11:49 PM

nice tones stan. i could lose the distraction to the right (although it somewhat adds tension). the splashes add much.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 19, 2011 at 1:36 AM

Wow, gorgeous!
Great glacier-like blues, and the dripping water and reflections are excellent.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 19, 2011 at 4:17 AM

Stan, this shot is pretty cool, I like the verticals together with the horizontals at the bottom.

Peter

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 19, 2011 at 4:18 AM

Oh, yeah, this is really cool, Stan. I think I'd take the stick out along the left edge. Great 3D look and touch of my favorite "glacial blue" in the ice. Also like the splash line. Really good one.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 19, 2011 at 9:30 AM

Stan, this image sure brings back memories. Very nice photo, I like that you have some action in the water. I did the hike in winter in 1971, got some half way decent medium format slides, but never went back in the winter. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 19, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Great color and lines in this one. I do agree about the crop of the right side and lose the stick. This is such a beautiful place in summer, and now it looks like it's the same thing in winter.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on February 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM

This is wonderful, Stan. Fantastic lines and patterns and excellent composition.

Guy

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on February 19, 2011 at 11:40 AM

Very, very cool Stan, definitely one of my faves of yours... speed looks just right, love the depth of it as well. Three thumbs up!

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on February 19, 2011 at 12:08 PM

The layers are really something Stan. Neat photograph

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 19, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Nice shot Stan. I love the upper section, but tthe water takes away from the scene to me. The upper part would make a great abstract on its own.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 19, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Such an incredible place, Just beautiful Stan!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM

Excellent, Stan. The rhythm to the ice is very appealing as is your light and comp.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on February 19, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Like this one Stan much more to my taste. I concur with a crop on the right side to match the thickness of the line of white icicle on the left side of the frame. Like the shutter speed with the fast recorded drips too.

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Comment posted by Jody Grigg on February 19, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Great stuff Stan

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Comment posted by Gino Cortez on February 19, 2011 at 2:21 PM

Very nice composition. The cyan range is appealingly subtle and gorgeously echoed in the reflection. All together different from your last post, but equally beautiful.

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on February 19, 2011 at 2:52 PM

Another stunning image Stan! The patters are fantastic and the wavy reflection adds a great touch.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on February 19, 2011 at 3:53 PM

This is a work of art!

I'd burn a few highlights on the edges.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on February 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM

I was hoping you'd get a comp of this! It's such a cool scene. I'd be tempted to crop a bit off the right, as it's just a little distracting to my eye. Nonetheless, it still works well for me

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on February 19, 2011 at 8:09 PM

Stan, the subject looks excellent and I love your toning too. Very nice shot. Inviting too.

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on February 19, 2011 at 8:15 PM

Fantastic...reminds me some of Art Wolfe's abstracts. Very very well seen

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 19, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Stan,

Fabulous icicle image! Nothing to really nitpick here which means I think this is great as presented. But "optionally," do you have any that include more of the abstract reflections? And, I think you have the latitude here to bring out that turquoise blue even more. Of course a personal processing direction to take...

Great diversity from your recent travels. Thanks for sharing it all.

Lon

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 19, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Hey, I thought you were a strict rule of thirds guy!

Well, I understand the departure here, and it works real nice. It's amazing the amount of melting going on, or is that still flow from the lake? Nice abstract going on in the foreground ripples too.

Chris

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on February 19, 2011 at 10:51 PM

Fantastic shot Stan. The lines in the ice are wonderful. A minor thing for me is the ice on the right side of the image breaks up the flow just a hair. Excellent Image!

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on February 19, 2011 at 11:18 PM

Wow, Stan, this is quite amazing!

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on February 20, 2011 at 1:22 PM

Very cool indeed!

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Comment posted by Emmanuel Coupe on February 20, 2011 at 8:03 PM

This Stan is a great photograph, everything about it from the tone to the lines and patterns comes nicely together.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on February 21, 2011 at 12:51 AM

Wow that is wild! I love how many layers of icicles there are. I could spend hours shooting something like that! I wonder, did you try any longer exposures to smooth out the water?

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on February 21, 2011 at 9:12 AM

A very impactful winter abstract!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 21, 2011 at 9:44 PM

Thanks for all the coments, folks!
Floris--in bright sunlight without an ND, this is about as slow as i could get

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Comment posted by Pam Colander on February 22, 2011 at 2:51 PM

A unique view of these falls for sure Stan. I'd like this better with a little bit of the right side cropped off. Love the curtain effect.

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Comment posted by Leo Collazo on July 8, 2012 at 9:05 PM

Gorgeous capture Stan. I would love to see this place in person.

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