Rime Factory

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 14, 2012221 views12 comments

One of the last winter storms to hit NH produced some great rime ice above tree line, but the sun and quickly rising temps. allowed it to last only a a very short time. I had hoped for sunrise colors, but the storm took a while to depart and left in its wake some nice backlighting, especially for the mid level clouds drifting by.

Franconia Ridge and Mount Lincoln is in the background.

Canon 5DMark II, Canon 28-105L, f16, 1/90th sec.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM

Great winter scene, Harry. The large version is really interesting to look at and the detail and clarity is wonderful. Those mid level clouds really are a nice touch. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 14, 2012 at 5:00 PM

Nice comp and ditto on the detail and clarity on the large version. A very cool scene.
My only nit would be to crop or clone the dirty snow in the llc. It doesn't match the pristine look of the rest of the snow.
Very well done!

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on April 14, 2012 at 6:33 PM

Thanks for posting the larger version. The details in the ice are beautiful. Very nice image.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on April 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM

Great detail without blowing out the whites, nice job. Its nice to see some mountains from the east!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 14, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Wonderful snow textures here. I like the comp with the interesting foreground and depth. Top edge maybe seems a bit bright.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 15, 2012 at 2:09 AM

Looks very much like the scenes I was photographing here in the Adirondacks this past winter. All the snow was in the mountains. I like your choice of composition here, lots of interesting elements from the FG to the BG. Glad you were able to get some shots this past winter, it certainly wasn't the best for landscape photography.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 15, 2012 at 8:07 AM

Thanks for the feedback - Morris and Tony, good suggestions and I will go back to the original file with them.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Stunning clarity and detail Harry. Very refreshing scene.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 15, 2012 at 3:40 PM

Great shot, Harry. The vibrance of the foreground is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on April 15, 2012 at 6:34 PM

I didn't appreciate this until I clicked on the small thumbnail... The detail and texture of the snow stands out a ton here. Also, it is accompanied by a perfect comp., IMO. I can only imagine how this scene might look during sunrise or sunset (I don't quite have my bearings...).

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 15, 2012 at 7:35 PM

Perfectly marvelous winter image with lots of detail and a great view!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on April 17, 2012 at 1:20 PM

This looks great Harry. I like the crisp details in the fg and the 3d look. This also has a metallic looking feel to it which I find very appealing too.

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