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This image taken in my back yard playground of the Canadian Rockies represents another early winter moment. Brief, although not quite as short lived compared to the conditions in my previous shot "From the Mists". This section of the Rockies is continually much cooler then the surrounding areas throughout the year, mainly due to the enormous glacier which rests on top of the peaks. Even in the middle of summer you can constantly feel cold air pouring off the mountains throughout the day. Because of this fact, this area is the first to freeze and be covered with snow. This winter all of the surrounding glacial ponds and streams were turned into a featureless white blanket within 3 days of our first big snow, making for a limited amount of time available to capture interesting images. Just as the creeping white of winter started closing in on the surrounding landscape, the intense cold formed many beautiful ice sculptures lining the water's edge. Luckily our timing here was perfect on this -30 celsius late afternoon.
What makes this image just a little more interesting to me is that the main formation pictured here is not a stand alone mountain at all. It is actually the remaining stone resting between 2 huge glacier tongues which carved out it's shape. Over the course of 2014 I spent over 2 weeks camping in this area, and not once did I ever point my camera in this direction prior to this outing. The only thing that made this scene shootable is how the towering walls of stone and ice behind have been shrouded in atmospheric light and cloud, fully isolating this formation. In photography sometimes all the preparation and scouting in the world will be thrown out the window when the time comes to capture a final image. This happens more often then not during winter photography if I am perfectly honest, but that is half the fun of it!
Anyways, thank you all for viewing and reading. Now that I am back home I am looking forward to releasing more fresh images, many featuring more unique formations of the cold!
That is one hell of a backyard! pretty prime real estate, except heating must suck :P
What can I say since all the images you post is always awesome. front to back is inviting and spectacular. The shrouded cloud and lighting really does make the scene.
roguecoolman wrote:
That is one hell of a backyard! pretty prime real estate, except heating must suck :P
What can I say since all the images you post is always awesome. front to back is inviting and spectacular. The shrouded cloud and lighting really does make the scene.
Where are the moar hoar frost?!
Jason
Thanks Jason. Haha, no way I would want to live right here. The closest Tim Horton's is almost 2 hours away, and people who know me well can tell you how addicted I am to it. Frost to come soon, along with some thin ice formations, icicles, and possibly bubbles if all goes well in a couple weeks when I head back out
Justin, I would definitely call you a new generation photographer. I love that about your work! Your attention to detail is awesome! It was very inspiring working with you that one time. Keep it up! And don't ever let anyone discourage you! Great job here! Your work is as good as anyone on the planet. Stay true to your vision for your art.
Jan 26, 2015 at 08:44 PM
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Mark Metternich wrote:
Justin, I would definitely call you a new generation photographer. I love that about your work! Your attention to detail is awesome! It was very inspiring working with you that one time. Keep it up! And don't ever let anyone discourage you! Great job here! Your work is as good as anyone on the planet. Stay true to your vision for your art.
Thanks for the compliment and encouragement Mark, I appreciate it! I do totally love the new age technical side of photography, and if it helps me better capture a scene then why not use it to it's fullest extent!
And for those interested, this is not single exposure. I used 8 images for the end result here. Five for foreground focus at f11, one at f22 for the water texture, and finally 2 perspective blended and exposure blended images for the mountain and sky.
Very nice Justin! I love the leading lines in this one as well as the texture of the foreground ice. Nicely seen and captured and kudos to you for braving the cold!
