Sorceress
by Colin H Sillerud
Wind spiraled around this cirque while the lake froze, trapping waves at their crest.
The ice was only about 2 inches thick, but my friend assured me that it was enough to hold us. I wasn't so sure though when pings and other noises like sonar started echoing under us. Then my friend slipped and cracked the ice and his head. Luckily, the ice didn't give!
This is a composite of 7 f 2.8 exposures. Like my previous aurora image, this is one exposure for the aurora and mountains and 6 at different focal points for the foreground blended in post.
This is a late post to this forum. I actually took this last year on a trip with James Fougere and Marc Adamus on a trip in the far North. Ridiculously good trip.
Comments
13 commentsI think id crop a bit off the bottom here so the sky is equal to the ice in area. All of these shots have a bit of a 'composite look' to them and it's slightly bothersome, but i'm not sure how to solve the problem especially if it's just one exposure for the sky and mountain. I'd be curious to see if the one exposure unprocessed has the same look--if it does than maybe it's just a compression issue.
Anyhow, minor nits--this is totally sick.
I too feel the horizon line is a little centered, but I'd take more off the top and leave the bottom as it is. Neat work.
Like Harley and I'm sure many others, I've never witnessed these in person. I just find them amazing, fascinating and beautiful. This is an excellent capture and you did well to incorporate the repeating patterns in the ice. Sure sounds a bit dangerous being on that thin ice!
I don't mind the centered composition, but it did make me look and I believe this might have a slight ccw rotation.
Lon
It might not be rotated. The horizon line of the mountains is too jagged to tell, and we don't know if the lake shoreline is even. Visually, though, that shoreline might give an impression of rotation...
Nice capture