Ice Whelks

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 6, 2014312 views13 comments

When the water level in streams rises and falls, the icecycles often take on so crazy shapes. I thought these looked like whelk shells.

Canon 5D3; Sigma 150 macro
1/4 sec. @ f/18; ISO 320

The Sun went down as I was setting up my tripod to shoot this from right down on the the surface of the ice, so I propped up a small LED flashlight about where the Sun was shining. It did a fairly good job of duplicating the light.

Please check out the details in the larger version.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by John Williams on February 7, 2014 at 12:06 AM

Fascinating forms Wayne. They work great as a trio. This would look cool inverted too

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on February 7, 2014 at 1:14 AM

Verry cool formations! I love the soft frills of ice on the edges. Beautiful texture and detail, especially on the highlights

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on February 7, 2014 at 1:42 AM

Amazing uniform.
Large view a must for all the detail!
Very cool.....

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on February 7, 2014 at 4:16 AM

So cool. Great use of artificial lighting; looks very natural.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on February 7, 2014 at 8:58 AM

Nice abstract!

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 7, 2014 at 11:01 AM

They remind me of ducks! Very cool, and well seen!

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on February 7, 2014 at 11:21 AM

Very cool abstract Wayne. The details and colors in the large version are excellent. Your lighting looks very natural also. Great find.

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on February 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM

I like this image a lot Wayne. The sculptural ice pieces, set against the dark background work very well. Great work. Chet

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on February 7, 2014 at 5:53 PM

One could almost hear a pin drop here on NPN lately...

Amazing picture. The detail is stunning (especially in the large version), and the light is great. I honestly would have never guess there was any artificial lighting used here, as everything appears very natural (and it sounds like there was still a good amount of natural light still illuminating the landscape, albeit not directly). Very nice capture...

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 8, 2014 at 10:49 AM

Yes, these do look like whelk shells. Excellent detail, lighting (even if it was artificial but does look perfectly natural), and comp. Beautiful intimate detail image, Wayne!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 11, 2014 at 1:03 AM

Fascinating shapes Wayne, really enjoying this one!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM

A sensational image, Wayne.

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Comment posted by Andrew Waddington on February 13, 2014 at 12:41 PM

Wow I love this, my work seems to take me to warm places so I yearn to get out to the ice again. Congratulations this is excellent.

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