The water shapes ice into knife-like wedges downstream of submerged rocks. Part of why I can’t stay away from the Prairie River.
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Anything useful for processing or things to try in the field is good. Since it’s going to be 20 below again tonight with a high of something like 2 tomorrow, should have plenty of ice and I can see what’s happening now.
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Is this a composite: No
Tripod and probably a polarizer
Lr for a 16:9 crop and B&W conversion. Was afraid of clipping the highs so I think I underexposed this too much, but they were still bright and needed taming. A lot of clarity and texture added and I deepened the blacks so the wedge of ice would really stand out. Linear gradients to manage tonalities in fg and bg.
Kris, the shapes in the ice are great and the high contrast there shows them off well. The sense of flow in the water looks good also. The trees are not adding anything. The hightlight in the snow covered boulders in the center are blown.
Hi Kris, this is a very neat capture, between the ice shapes and water flow its beautiful. A few blown highlights don’t really bother me much because they’re not integral to the story. The inclusion of the shoreline adds to the sense of place.
