MyPictureDay entry - best winter photo trip so far.
Lake Jonsvatnet (middle Norway) is one of my favourite photo spot in the area of my living - just a few km and i am by the shores of really big lake, crystal clear waters, many smaller and bigger islands, different shore lines - many photographic possibilities every season.
Few days before I was on the lake - walking slowly on a mirror-like ice, transparent like a glass, still freezing creating beautiful sounds in a far. Then some strong winds came - part of a really big hurricane, almost 3 days I didn't went out home. After that I decided to take a short drive by the lake, to check the ice thickness and skate possibility. What I saw on the place was... a big surprise.
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Wind crushed the ice on almost whole surface of the lake and than, probably with big help of waves - moved the ice-floes to the northern shores, where I was. The view was amazing! Freezing air already made all the crushed ice strong again so it was safe to walk among them and shooting - I didn't expect that but as always I had my camera with me.
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First of all I started to shoot area around me, looking for some ice motives for my panoramic photos, it wasn't hard, because hundreds of them were all around me.
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Than, when the ligh was still strong enough, I changed my lens to zoom 24-105mm and with macro rong attached - starting to shoot amazing patterns inside the ice floes.
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When the sun goes down, finally beautiful sunset appear - like a great award after already great day!
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I waited to the end catching the last light, colours and amazing patterns on ice.
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Finally when the stars appeared - I started to play with light from my mobile phone to lighten up the ice and to shoot some night-scapes with stars.
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Used gear: Canon 6D camera, Canon 16-35mm lens, Canon 24-105mm lens, NiSi polar, Cokin ND 0,6 medium, macro rings for ice details, tripod.
All this views and the sounds of freezing and cracking ice made the whole day just magical.
Best so far this year. It loads my inner batteries (and used all camera batteries as well...) but I had to pay some price of sitting on the ice many hours - I got sick next day... Anyway, it was worth it! because now I am totally fine and can share all of this with You!
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Have a Great Day Steemians!
Really amazing shots! I wish I could use them for the contest but unfortunately they are from January 21, 2018
That is right. It was my first entry and I didn't read the rules so carefuly, saw them after I already done the entry.... I just posted my last phot o trip, havent been nowhere since than... Fully understand, my mistake! Maybe next time! Have to go somwhere with camera!
I'm speechless... I was going to say something but I need to recover.... :D
Must be dangerous to walk there on that ice!!
Thanks! The ice was really safe, in some places was like 40-50cm layers of crushed ice which was already frozen. It was around -15 degree Celsius during night and -10 daytime. It was hard as concrete!
Now, having collected my jaw from the floor, please now just share camera / lens settings and, possibly, some insider tips... thanks for sharing, fellow Steemian!
Hi! Thank You for very positive comment! I just updated info about the gear in post.
Well earned man and welcome. Thanks for the gear update - will have a look at the ND selection for a longer expo.
Wow, these pictures are absolutely jaw-dropping, I'm really impressed, great work!
Great thanks for gooood comment :)
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Wow, amazing collection of ice shots. Love that long exposure you did with using the cell phone to light that huge chunk of ice. Thanks for sharing! Next time dress warmer ;) Hope you got better quick!
Thank You. Now I am in good form already. I had good clothes but when You crawl on ice, focus on the shots, You simply forget about cold and wet... Well...the price of passion ;). Thank You for comment!
About the light- i really liked this one, because it was quite cold, I think very similar to moon light, it gave a nice colour effect. I tried my head lamp but it wasnt so good.
Price of passion...I love that phrase :) True, my clients laugh when I start crawling on the ground to get the right angle, hehe.