# Ice and reflections **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [January 31, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice-and-reflections/33256 "2023-01-31T16:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnSnell](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnsnell/32/17896_2.png) [@JohnSnell](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JohnSnell)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice-and-reflections/33256/1 "2023-01-31T16:55:17Z")
![Ice and reflections](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/1/c14d9cf810ecd9b7b57c9e37a31b82644ffd3ffb.jpeg) As I’ve often said here, I love photographing ice and this is just another example of why: seeing both the ice and the water below and the reflections off both. I cropped this to isolate the “mitten” shape in a larger image. ### Type of Critique Requested - Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition. - Conceptual: Feedback on the message and story conveyed by the image. - Emotional: Feedback on the emotional impact and artistic value of the image. - Technical: Feedback on the technical aspects of the image, such as exposure, color, focus and reproduction of colors and details, post-processing, and print quality. ### Specific Feedback and Self-Critique Any and all ### Technical Details Sony 6000, 1/100, f/16, 120mm, ISO6400 with adjustment to tone curves, dehaze, sharpening and saturation as well as cropping in LR ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice-and-reflections/33256/2 "2023-02-01T22:33:25Z")
Super curvy shapes here. I like the way it flows. Wonder about the color though…that blue doesn’t look natural. Looks to be a tiny bit of iridescence present and that is interesting. I like the break that lets us see down below - good contrasting color with the cyan. I could see cloning over the white spike in center of the bottom edge. Very interesting formation. Question - I’m curious about the choice of 6400 ISO. Did you have to push that high? Winter photography usually means pretty bright conditions. ---
**Author:** ![JohnSnell](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnsnell/32/17896_2.png) [@JohnSnell](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JohnSnell)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice-and-reflections/33256/3 "2023-02-02T02:15:49Z")
Thank you, @Kris_Smith , I noticed the white spike just as I posted it and was pretty sure I’d get a suggestion like yours, and a good one. As for the color, I think it is the colors from the bottom showing through but I have also tweaked that to be a bit more blue. As for 6400, blame it on the thumb on my mitten and not checking at the time! ![jrs-07129-2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/2/52ab3f12d4e68929554758ead34f5d0bb86d5bb9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Baird](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/chris_baird/32/72124_2.png) [@Chris\_Baird](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Chris_Baird)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice-and-reflections/33256/4 "2023-02-06T23:06:32Z")
Lovely sensuous flowing lines. Nice composition and division of space. I like the iridescent glow to the ice.