Chaos and Ice

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Chaos and Ice

Postby dooda on Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:15 pm

I think that over the last couple of weeks I've taken some of my best photos ever. I absolutely love them. It's been very productive. Let me know what you think, and if you like peruse the top two pages of my stream, I'm quite happy with it.

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Postby mudder on Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:30 pm

G'day Dave,
Everything seems to be here in this shot, but for some reason which I have no idea of, it doesn't seem to grab me...

I'm not sure if it's the angle, or what... Had a quick sticky and cropped off a smidge at the top to remove the change from snow to shadow, and then the bottom to just above where the "hump" of snow on the bottom left enters the frame and it seems to "gel" more...

Sorry mate, just not sure on this one, I think it's just me as I really enjoy your images you've been posting... Maybe some of your latest stuff has spoilt me :)
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Postby radar on Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:40 pm

Hi Dooda,

very nice image, but seeing some of your other images in this stream and ones that you have posted here earlier, it not as good :cry: but you set a high bar.

Much better then anything I do, mind you. :D :D

Looked at having a pano crop on it, imho, it looked nicer.

Keep them coming,

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Postby dooda on Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:41 am

I appreciate the comments. I sort of liked this one because of how much chaos and energy it displays, besides it being a photograph of a distilled moment.

I don't tend to like Pano crops (I do like Panos though). But agree that maybe a touch off the top and maybe the left hand side might help it some.
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Postby Marvin on Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:03 am

I actually really like the big cracks on this one. I would like to see more on the top. It looks like a place I would like to explore!
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:45 pm

Dave, I really like this shot as is. The one thing that struck me was the inability of my eyes to determine the scale :)
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Postby ozimax on Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:23 pm

Very unusual here, it does make you stop and look at the image instead of rushing onto the next one.
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