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Looking into the depths of the Castner Ice Cave In the winter of Alaska. (Explore # 327) www.rossellet.com
2nd photo of Mount Edith Cavell series.💙
In this photo is a close up of the ice pond at the base of the mountain with Ghost and Angel Glacier. You can see the ice cave in the background.... Because of the heavy rain my lense got wet and then my battery died, lol, I didn't get as many photos, time I would have liked.. however it was amazing just to be there without any distraction too.
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Sunset on a cold winter's day.
West Quebec, Canada
Camera: Olympus EM5 Mk II
Lens: Olympus 8mm f1.8
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The weather was not the best, but even then the scenery remains impressive. This is a view from a glacier cave, a natural open space within the glacier.
There's light at the end of the tunnel!
Photograph taken at -17 C, West Quebec, Canada
Camera: Olympus EM5 MkII
Lens: Olympus 8mm f1.8
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The snow had melted this block of ice into a small cave. I dug out some more and put my camera inside and used a remote trigger. Couldn't see the screen so I had to take several shots to get one right.
Going behind the "ice curtains" in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the UP of Michigan. www.rossellet.com
We thought we’d be doing a walk through ice cave tour, but because of how warm it’s been, it was already melting and flooded, so we have to take a rickety wooden canoe in. Needless to say, I was paranoid af we’d tip and fall in lol.
Another shot of the ice cave. I am just blown away by the color of the roof through the ice. 20220115 Ice Cave v2 2
Standing in front of Jökulsárlón and looking back at all the sceneries and experiences we’d witnessed, it was clear that so far all my expectations had been exceeded. This is probably what got me so excited about our tour to the ice cave also. And I’ve seen so many amazing photographs of ice caves, that thoughts of the final image already began to form itself in my mind. I know this is a pitfall, but sometimes it’s so hard to avoid this one. We really kicked off in a huge 4x4, and bumped our way as far as we could towards Vatnajökull. Then a half-hour walk and a funny guide that gave us a lot of information about the area. So far so good!
As we got closer to the cave the first thing I noticed was a lot of people, waiting on their turn to walk the pathway inside. I remember thinking it was going to be very difficult to come away with a clean shot here. But, believe it or not, the photography doesn’t necessarily comes at first place for me on these little adventures. Still very excited we entered the cave, which wasn’t as big as I expected. Well, it turned out not to be difficult, but impossible to make a shot with the tripod, and when you carried all your gear because you’re not sure what you’ll find, this was kind of a bummer. The groups of people, all walking in line on the small pathway, forced us to keep moving almost constantly. This made it feel a bit rushed, even without a photogenic point of view. It was very special and beautiful to see this big layer of ice above our heads however, although it didn’t look anywhere like the photographs I had seen on the web and in the books. There was the pitfall again, and I had to let go of this idea. I then started noticing more and more textures around me, and decided to quickly change the wide angle for the long lens, hoping that with a bit of luck I could make a handheld shot of something small but beautiful. And this was the shot that immediately caught my interest. Maybe it’s my crooked mind, but this dolphin in ice almost asked me to be photographed. I let the line of people behind me wait a minute and took 5 or 6 shots. Most of them had motion blur, but this one was all I needed. The light and tones were so amazing, if only I had more time. But already it was time for us to get out, and make place for the next group that paid an awful lot of money to get here.
All in all I must conclude that it was a wonderful experience, although not quite what I expected. I also think it was a bit overpriced. I’m not going to tell the exact amount of money we paid, but thinking about all the tourists that were waiting for their 4x4, and knowing this goes on 365 days a year the profits just has be enormous. But hey, you want to visit an ice cave or not! I also believe that every cave is very different and Jökulsárlón is of course already a very popular place, which definitely doesn’t make it any quieter.
But the photographic conclusion is that, as long as you keep your eyes and mind open to the environment, there are shots to be found. Don’t get hung up on your expectations, but explore by looking around and sometimes you’ll be amazed what you find!
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Okay, everybody takes this shot. Sorry, but I just couldn't resist. What is worth noting is the cave is a lot smaller than it looks.
(Shot low to high.) Second, it is a pretty good hike in the weather to get there. We were told, but I cannot confirm, that the winds were gusting to 88 mph. Not everyone in our group made it and one who made it fell and hit her head. So, in the weather, it wasn't an easy hike albeit a rewarding one. 20200117IceCaveDXOLr5
The waterfall in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis Minnesota slowly freezes in the winter creating this giant wall of ice. If your nimble, and the park rangers are not around, you can climb up the slippery sides and walk behind the frozen falls.
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This image is from the Byron Glacier near Whittier. On approach, the trail made the glacier look very un-impressive. However, the smaller details in the drain field were beautiful and a lot of fun to explore. This was a location where the snowmelt was creating a tunnel. The scale is hard to get in the image, but the tunnel here is not that big. You could walk through it if there were not 4 feet of water in there, but that's still not all that big. Neat though for sure. I was struck by the way the setting sun was changing the color of the lights coming through the tunnel.
Funny, I am not from Alaska, so this was pretty darn cold for us. As we were goofing off, we figured we better get back to the car before dark, because then it could get reallllly cold. While we were hiking back, a group of 5 people passed us going towards the glacier and most of them were in shorts. I think my Oregon was probably showing.
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what a wonderful world ♫♪♫
This time I did something new. We visited an ice cave (at a guided private tour). Something I can highly recommend. It's definitely special and the feeling of standing inside a glacier is quite overwhelming.
The sun came out later and we had some nice winds playing with the snow in front of the cave.
It was quite a hike to the Ice Caves but the light inside was magical. The "ceiling" of the cave glowed. 20220115 Ice Cave v2 3