# Trapped under the Ice

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/trapped-under-the-ice/45948>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/trapped-under-the-ice/45948 "2025-03-21T06:24:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![annika](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/annika/32/75427_2.png) [@annika](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/annika)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/trapped-under-the-ice/45948/1 "2025-03-21T06:24:43Z")

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### Image(s)

 ![Redigerad2025-02-08 Is i Sikeå2771-Pano-Förbättrat-BR-Redigera__Original.jpeg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/c/3ccbb5d21814cdd670b0e443091071f17a54f0a9.jpeg)

### Image Description

I have spent this winter taking photos of the ice, both the grand scenes and the more intricate patterns when looking closely.

### Feedback Requests

General feedback on both the pattern, the edit and the square crop.

### Pertinent Technical Details

Om1 12-100 at 56 mm, iso 320, f14, 1/100s

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/trapped-under-the-ice/45948/2 "2025-03-24T14:37:55Z")

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Annika, You’ve got a fine pattern here in the ice, with lots of interesting textures and shapes. My personal feeling in a view like this is to keep the viewer’s eyes moving throughout the entire frame. In a view like this, I’d dodge the brighter tones in the corners as the darkness there minimizes my visual exploration.