Abraham Lake

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 4, 20043,494 views16 comments

Capture: Canon 1Ds, 24-70 @ 24mm, 2 exposures blended
Location: Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada

Happy new year all.

I did a lightning tour of the rockies for some Australian relatives over the holidays. I had to stop and take a few photos when we came upon this scene around dusk (they waited patiently for me in the truck as it was quite cold).

Honest critiques encouraged as always.

Thanks,
Eric

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 4, 2004 at 8:34 PM

Eric,

You're a master of this kind of photo and I think this is one of your best. Just lovely.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on January 4, 2004 at 10:06 PM

Eirc, I really enjoy the light, color and composition. The ice formations are intriguing. I may crop a bit from the top to eliminate some sky, however, I am biased to the 4x5 image ratio.

Thanks.

Joe.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 573 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Niebrugge on January 4, 2004 at 10:47 PM

It looks cold! I really like the patterns you have captured in the ice, along with that great winter light. It was worth making the relatives wait!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 12 Posts, 250 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on January 4, 2004 at 10:55 PM

Eric:

Great perspective, patterns in the ice, and light. I love where you have placed the horizon in this image. I do agree with Joe about the crop, this also places the horizon closer to the top of the image and I like that.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on January 4, 2004 at 11:45 PM

Nice job composing this. I like it very much!

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Comment posted by Klaus Bombach on January 5, 2004 at 2:07 AM

A wonderful image. I like the ice pattern in the FG and the subtile colors. A bit cropping the sky like suggested makes the FG more dominant.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on January 5, 2004 at 6:56 AM

Great patterns in the ice and subtle colours in the sky. I think you could crop some sky out also. You were right to make the relatives wait, I make my family wait all the time.

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Comment posted by Juza on January 5, 2004 at 2:27 PM

This has really captured my attention, the shapes into the ice grab my eye. I think that cropping a bit of the the sky could improve the composition, even if it's already an outstanding image.

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Comment posted by Jenny Ellerbe on January 5, 2004 at 5:46 PM

Classic Fredine (a high compliment indeed). I agree with the crop off the sky ... it seems to make the icy foreground nearly protrude from the image. Nice patterns and colors.

Registered on November 12, 2003, 7 Posts, 62 Comments

Comment posted by Okhee Kim on January 5, 2004 at 6:18 PM

Subtle patterns go really well with subtle colors here. Congrats!

I agree with the cropping suggestion for the sky, and IMHO, also I would crop half way to the ice pattern from the bottom, too. Cropping seems to help the jump from the FG to BG and hold my interest more centered.

Well, don't mind my nitpicking. I think it's a wondeful shot and I would love to have this in my portfolio.

Okhee Kim

Registered on November 23, 2003, 3 Posts, 20 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on January 6, 2004 at 12:37 AM

Wow, this is fantastic. I love that rose-shaped pattern in the ice and the soft pastel palette.

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Comment posted by Mark Graf on January 6, 2004 at 4:25 PM

Dude - I got to get up there!
Have you seen the drabby stuff I am trying to work with here!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 39 Posts, 542 Comments

Comment posted by Dale Proctor on January 7, 2004 at 6:27 AM

This is beautiful Eric. Looks like you were about 15 minutes from sun and COLD!

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on January 7, 2004 at 12:12 PM

WOW! Nice image. You really do great job with images of this kind.

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Comment posted by Curtis Forrester on January 18, 2004 at 9:52 AM

Excellent composition! Really like the foregrouns ice patterns! Nice eye!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 5 Posts, 32 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 12, 2018 at 4:43 PM

Wow, amazing design in the ice and wonderful colors. Great composition too.

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