We don’t get many days with temperatures low enough to produce much ice. When we do, I go out in search of places where there might be a small enough amount of water to produce ice textures. Usually, this is mud puddles and ditches. This image is from a shallow mud puddle.
Any feedback is appreciated.
1/100 sec. @ f5.6, ISO 400
Chris,
This is so neat. I wonder if the contour lines were moments when the temperature fluctuated enough to melt and freeze again. The colors palette is wonderful. Are to smaller crack patterns mimicking the cracks in the mud?
Chris: As an optics guy I find this really fascinating for the way the “rainbow” proceeds across the frame. Makes me wonder if there are subtle differences in the thickness of the ice causing this refraction pattern. Very nicely seen and superbly captured and presented. >=))>
What an interesting mud puddle. I can’t figure out why there’s that color gradation. No matter, it’s very cool. I thought it might benefit with a bit of a contrast increase, so I added an S-curve in PS and then adjusted the saturation so it would be so garish (an increase in saturation resulted from applying the curve). It’s so surreal, I figured a bit more pop wouldn’t be amiss:
Thanks, Bonnie. Looks great!
Chris, this is a lovely find. The big sweeping curves and the subtle color shifts make for very interesting viewing.
What a wonderful photo. Good eye to spot this!. I like both your versions and Bonnie’s a lot. In your version the diagonal crack doesn’t bother me, but in other version it does and I would be tempted to clone it out. Since I am now officially old (almost 76) I have given up any pretext of my photos being 100% realistic. Sometime I just want 100% Platonic beauty!
@Mark_Seaver @Tony_Siciliano Thank you both. Tony, 100% realistic is overrated.
Great eye Chris. I’d be proud to have this in my portfolio.
@james7 Thank you!
