Frozen Visage

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 20, 2013474 views24 comments

Fox Glacier, New Zealand

One of my favourite landscapes shot over the past year, from an ice cave in a glacier.

Canon 5DMkII, 16-35mm

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 20, 2013 at 10:13 AM

Excellent. I love the shapes and colors. It looks like an ice man in there, a couple of eyes staring out from an icy medieval battle hood.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on May 20, 2013 at 10:54 AM

This reminds me of something from another world. It must have been an awsome experience to witness this in person.
Well seen and captured!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on May 20, 2013 at 11:21 AM

Awesomely seen Kah Kit! And what Harley said!

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on May 20, 2013 at 12:31 PM

Wonderful blues in this Kah Kit. Love the face and wonderful comp. Just great.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 20, 2013 at 2:01 PM

This is VERY nice Kah Kit. Love the color and the small details within the ice.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on May 20, 2013 at 2:52 PM

Cool image. Would you please disclose how much photoshop you performed here? Looks to me like the left side of the face was mirrored from the right side?

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 20, 2013 at 3:42 PM

Kah Kit,

This is freaky awesome! I clearly see an "Ice God" of some kind. What a great find! Love the blue tones and the contrasts light to dark. I can see why this is a favorite!

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 20, 2013 at 4:27 PM

Excellent eye to see it. The highlights on the right side look blown out on my monitor, though. Love the blues and that must have been a trip to look up and see this staring back at you. Being that it is an ice face, it could be Odin, the Norse God.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 20, 2013 at 5:39 PM

Powerful! There is definitely a watcher in this cave of ice and it looks none too friendly.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 20, 2013 at 7:43 PM

Wild image, feel like the ice is howling at me. The right highlights look a little hot, maybe you can recover some in the RAW? Must have been fantastic in there.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 20, 2013 at 7:56 PM

Very little photoshop Rick. The secret of the photo is that it has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on May 20, 2013 at 8:17 PM

Cool I wish we had one of these things in Scotland. Great color lovely shapes.

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Comment posted by Barry Ashenhurst on May 20, 2013 at 8:52 PM

Really interesting shot this one. I didn't know they'd let you get that intimate with Fox Glacier or would have tried harder when I was there. I think the pic would benefit from a human figure in there somewhere though, to give it scale and a stronger centre of interest. Matter of fact, I think a human figure should be allowed in any NPN landscape. But that's only my opinion.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 20, 2013 at 9:12 PM

Fantastic image Kah Kit! Very spooky but very intriguing as well.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on May 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM

So much fun to explore :)

aF

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on May 21, 2013 at 1:11 AM

a monster

this is awesome

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM

Barry, these caves are only accessible by helicopter. The point of the photo is abstraction, the man in the ice looking back at you. Scale is supposed to be ambiguous and for that reason, having a person in the photo would be totally distracting.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 21, 2013 at 12:56 PM

Wow! Stunning image!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 21, 2013 at 7:18 PM

Wow! Fantastic image. The staring eyes look awesome and I love the ice blue tones. Wonderful work Kah Kit!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 21, 2013 at 8:11 PM

Wonderful spooky find Kah Kit. Those "eyes" are quite piercing. Great choice on the rotation.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 22, 2013 at 10:41 AM

This one is truly amazing, Kah Kit. The natural blue cast or color makes a big impact so far as us actually being able to "feel" the image. Excellent capture overall.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM

Absolutely "cool" shot Kah Kit. The man in the ice, the face of the glacier, the god of winter, whatever, it is really an amazing image.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 22, 2013 at 7:12 PM

Nice! I love ice shots, and this is a real winner! Great job.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 22, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Very interesting shapes and color. Almost looks like eyes behind a mask/helmut or something. Excellent!

Chris

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