This photograph was made on my way to check out snow condition of a particular location in Yosemite. I saw icicles on my left side, but couldn't find a parking spot, as both sides of the road was snow covered. So I drove past, and once I located a parking space, I parked the car, and walked back to the scene.
Standing on knee-deep snow, I took many images using my tripod, as well as hand held with IS lens. When I was photographing, no one else was there. During the time I spent there, many vehicles passed by with a curiosity about what I'm photographing facing those granite walls. Few vehicles slowed down to enjoy icicles and took snapshots.
I saw William Neill's image of icicles on Outdoor Photographer (December, 2006). I was wondering where he found those. Now, probably I know. I will do more scouting next year.
I decided not to clone anything, but to keep it the way mother nature presented to me.
Tech: Canon 1Ds, 50mm f/1.4, global correction & grayscale conversion in Lightroom, sharpening and minor tweakings in Photoshop CS2.
This is the first one I developed. Few more close-ups are yet to appear on this forum shortly.
Would appreciate your critiques and comments.
Posted by Cory Freeman on March 19, 2007 at 9:48 AM
You've got a good subject to play with here. Your b&w technique looks pretty good. I think I'd prefer the close up images over this wider one. Perhaps a square crop from the center would help, especially where that broken one is. The broken icecicle next to many unbroken ones would help create tension in the scene. Looking forward to your closeups.
Posted by Richard Wong on March 20, 2007 at 1:38 AM
That William Neill image is a great one. I too would like to see that for myself.
Posted by Michie Wong on March 20, 2007 at 7:41 PM
I think either wide or close up can work...you definately have good material here. Try using curves to tone down your highlights in the snow to get more detail out of them - they seem a little blown out on the web (perhaps on paper the detail is there).
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4 repliesStanding on knee-deep snow, I took many images using my tripod, as well as hand held with IS lens. When I was photographing, no one else was there. During the time I spent there, many vehicles passed by with a curiosity about what I'm photographing facing those granite walls. Few vehicles slowed down to enjoy icicles and took snapshots.
I saw William Neill's image of icicles on Outdoor Photographer (December, 2006). I was wondering where he found those. Now, probably I know. I will do more scouting next year.
I decided not to clone anything, but to keep it the way mother nature presented to me.
Tech: Canon 1Ds, 50mm f/1.4, global correction & grayscale conversion in Lightroom, sharpening and minor tweakings in Photoshop CS2.
This is the first one I developed. Few more close-ups are yet to appear on this forum shortly.
Would appreciate your critiques and comments.