2203_0827 Ice Abstract
Spring ice is among my favourite subjects. Find the "right" ice, get in the "right" head space, and it's fantasy land. For this shot last spring I straddled one of the local ditches. Minor shifts in angle of view radically changed the tonal values here, so I tried this and that until I ran out of ideas.
This may look like a black and white conversion, but it isn't. This is natural colour - or lack thereof. I could have increased contrast by darkening the dark parts, but decided to keep it close to how I remembered the scene. It's difficult to determine scale here, but scale isn't the point; in fact, if you're thinking "abstract", the absence of scale probably contributes to the desired effect. Anyway, I was standing up, so this is not a macro shot.
Macro work to follow, starting tomorrow.
Photographed along Butte Road, near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2203_0827 Ice Abstract
Spring ice is among my favourite subjects. Find the "right" ice, get in the "right" head space, and it's fantasy land. For this shot last spring I straddled one of the local ditches. Minor shifts in angle of view radically changed the tonal values here, so I tried this and that until I ran out of ideas.
This may look like a black and white conversion, but it isn't. This is natural colour - or lack thereof. I could have increased contrast by darkening the dark parts, but decided to keep it close to how I remembered the scene. It's difficult to determine scale here, but scale isn't the point; in fact, if you're thinking "abstract", the absence of scale probably contributes to the desired effect. Anyway, I was standing up, so this is not a macro shot.
Macro work to follow, starting tomorrow.
Photographed along Butte Road, near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.