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I like this a lot, James. Lots of interesting layers and textures to hold my interest. Nicely composed and captured.

No matter how many times I see images of ice bubbles, I am always amazed at the textures and patterns they create. Each is unique in its own way. If I had to offer some sort of critique, I would say that I personally would have liked to see just a bit more on the right so the large bubble wouldn't be cut off, but really, thats just being picky. Very nice image.

Freakin love these things. This is well done. Nice :)

aF

Thanks for the comments

Peter,

I know what you mean, but the issue here, is that something always has to get cut off! I had to crop this image, because the top left corner was lacking interest, and leaving more of the image on the right side where it was heavily filled with bubbles started to throw the balance off a bit.

It is very interesting looking at the vast surface of the lake for these patches, and them getting lost in them!

Sore knees are a big issue!! I should have brought a pair of "contractors knee pads"

So awesome! I like all the detail in the bubbles. Very cool!

An excellent shot James. Fascinating formations. Gives me the feeling of floating without any point of reference to the ground.

Ice bubbles are so cool. I love images like this, natural abstracts.

I love this kind of abstract images. I don't think it's easy to manage.
Very well done.
D&L

The angle of view gives me the feel that a majority of the bubles are angled to the right. The WA distortion not a problem for me, but I guess I would try and make it equal on both sides for symmetry. Like you say, hate to cut off any of these but that is the nature of the beast.

Fantastic bubble abstract James. Perfect contrast. The bubbles look like stacks of coins.

Pretty dang amazing! The large view is excellent!

A view of another dimension!

This is just so darn neat! Beautiful in every respect. Would love to see this big on a wall!

These gas pillars are quite interesting. My eye goes to the less dense left side with the more black separating the columns, so that may minimize the big right bubble being cut off.

Thanks for all the great comments

I used the "adaptive wide angle" filter to help work the perspective, and eliminate the unwanted parts of the scene. I used this filter to crop out what I did not want. Like Doug has said, i did not really notice the large bubble on the right being cut out. I guess the black space on the left seemed to balance the image. I did a lot of work cleaning up the scene from tiny air bubbles that IMO were distracting. I was looking to present a abstract fine art piece. I may go back and try it again and see if I can retain a bit more of the image on the right side.

I like this a lot, James--freaky! I wouldnt change a thing personally.

Just love these ice images not only for their beauty, but also the fact that no two are the same and they are relatively ephemeral. Sort of like the snowflakes of the photographic universe.