# Ice

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** landscape\
**Created:** [April 11, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807 "2022-04-11T09:25:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_H](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ryan_h/32/60971_2.png) [@Ryan\_H](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ryan_H)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807/1 "2022-04-11T09:25:28Z")

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![Ice](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/6/5693279b727beabbbe93ca0d13e6f81179661117.jpeg)

This is another shot from my trip to Iceland. This lake of glacial ice is very dramatic but it really plays havoc with the white balance and exposure!  
It was a very bright August day and some of the whites are blown unfortunately, but I hope that the shot captures some of the beauty of this ice and the glacier where it came from.

### Specific Feedback Requested

White balance. It was very blue over the whole frame, I have warmed it towards how I remember seeing it.

### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
Canon D450 with 70-300mm @ 70mm

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**Author:** ![David\_Bostock](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_bostock/32/34921_2.png) [@David\_Bostock](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Bostock)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807/2 "2022-04-11T15:47:45Z")

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Ryan, I like the contrast of the chaotic foreground with the graceful mountain and glacier in the background. The different color tones between foreground and background seem to work nicely too. I think you’ve done a good job with the color balance. The whites in the foreground ice look just slightly blown, at least in the JPG. Easily fixed with a slight Highlights adjustment.

It’s an intriguing image that I like exploring in full size.

Cheers,  
David

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Nevesely](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/tom_nevesely/32/75980_2.png) [@Tom\_Nevesely](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tom_Nevesely)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807/3 "2022-04-12T18:20:22Z")

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I like it. It’s the type of image that a person can look at for a while and visually explore all of the nice little details and I find myself being drawn to these types of images more and more. I also quite like the mountainous background which someone might mistake for a stormy sky at first glance. Really well seen!

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**Author:** ![Blake\_Randall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/blake_randall/32/41534_2.png) [@Blake\_Randall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Blake_Randall)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807/4 "2022-04-12T19:52:45Z")

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Definitely an intriguing composition. Like David pointed out the contrast between the mountain in the graceful mountain in the background and the chaotic foreground creates a nice contrast. The white balance looks good to me I can’t see anything I would change. Beautiful image!

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_H](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ryan_h/32/60971_2.png) [@Ryan\_H](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ryan_H)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/ice/27807/5 "2022-04-13T14:35:24Z")

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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.