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By: Andre Denis
Copyright ©2007

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Photographer	Andre Denis {Karma:66407}
Project	#30 Water	Camera Model	Fuji S5000
Categories	Nature Landscape	Film Format	Digital JPEG Norm
Portfolio	Landscapes Close To Home	Lens	Fujinon
Uploaded	2/18/2007	Film / Memory Type	XD Card
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Critiques	63	Rating	6.31 / 10 Ratings
Location	City - Toronto State - ONTARIO Country - Canada
About	Trees that grow close to the rough winter waves end up looking like this on Lake Ontario at this time of year. Another five minutes and someone might have to chip me out of the ice too.

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Andre Denis {K:66407} 6/5/2007

Hi John,
Snow and ice are wonderful, but believe me, by the time February comes around we are ready to take a trip down south :)
Thanks for the comments.
Andre

John Hatz {K:156973} 6/5/2007

Surely that is great...and a big dream to take a shot like that miself as the snow isn't sooooo strong at my place...well to be right the snow is almost a dream for me...hehehe...I must take a trip to see it! :-D Fantastic shapes...hehehe at March we went to the sea for sweeming...and with are at the same north part of the planet! :-DDD

Andre Denis {K:66407} 4/29/2007

Thanks Peter,
I'm glad you like this one!
Andre

Peter Tzagarakis {K:1430} 4/29/2007

Excellent capture Andre, Exposure is perfect, particularly in the shadow areas and well framed.

Andre Denis {K:66407} 4/19/2007

Thanks Doyle,
I liked this one right away when I prepared it for Usefilm. I sort of considered it to be a kind of "eye candy" image. But, I ended up liking it more and more as time went on. It has remained the wallpaper on my wife's pc since the day I posted it. It seems I was wrong about the "eye candy" tag I judged this with. It seems to have some staying power and has become one of my more popular images.
Andre

Doyle D. Chastain

{K:101119} 4/19/2007

Impressive work of nature's stunning beauty and an excellent capture of it by you! Well done Andre!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

Andre Denis {K:66407} 4/19/2007

:) Right now, just a bunch of bare branches, with the lake in the background. Maybe I'll go back in the fall.
Andre

Roger Skinner

{K:81846} 4/19/2007

so hows it looking now ??? kekeke

Andre Denis {K:66407} 4/9/2007

Not any more Sam,
Usually this kind of thing forms during the coldest storms and then hangs around for a while. It's cold outside right now -1c, but we have had a few warm spells since I took this image.
Thanks for visiting.
Andre

Sam Andre {K:12484} 4/9/2007

Very solid looking ice palace indeed. Is it still there?

Andre Denis {K:66407} 4/3/2007

Thanks for the visit and the comment Janet!
I'm glad you like it! This area looks very different from this today.
Andre

Janet Wechter {K:2935} 4/3/2007

Wow! What a neat image. Love the composition and exposure.

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/25/2007

Hi Hugo,
Thanks for the comment on this one. This one was prepared on my old computer. I'm very happy with the results of this one, so I'm glad it caught your eye.

My images from the one titled "Two Geese" on have been prepared with my new pc and Photoshop 7
Andre

Hugo de Wolf {K:185110} 3/25/2007

Hi Andre,

I'm not quite sure which images you referred to in your latest comment to me, but this one caught my eye. The bitter cold feel is quite tangible, here, and the subject is quite unusual - at least to me...;)

Well composed photo, and a cools theme.

Cheers,

Hugo

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/20/2007

Thanks Craig,
Now you know why I was attracted to your Ice Formation shot :)

I suppose a lot of the trees don't survive! This one is still there, however.
Andre

Craig Hanson {K:7836} 3/20/2007

Excellent work!!! How the trees can survive that cold amazes me!!!

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/16/2007

Thanks Allen,
I thought we had seen the last of this stuff, but It's freezing out again this weekend :(
Andre

Allen Aisenstein

{K:5652} 3/16/2007

Super winter shot with excellent composition. Nice work!

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:127263} 3/14/2007

Now that was a great example, Andre! One that made me laugh and wonder at the same time, since my cell phone falls into the same category like yours. It has about 350 functions of which I use about 2.5. Except of course when in buildings, cars, trains, or any other coordinates surrounded by some other object. Then I use the incredible amount of 2.5-1=1.5 functions, since one function cannot be used in such cases, namely: making a call! So I use it as a watch for seeing how long it will take until I am out in the fields for making some call (that's the one function), or play a very interesting game of mini golf. The latter is the remaining 0.5 function, since I never had the patience to play a whole game to the end. ;-)

As about getting way off subject, well, I think that in some sense we do remain on subject, since new cameras follow the general tendency too, to include about 350 functions of which almost none works properly. Imagine only that the tests for durability of such important parts like the aperture has been taken to about 10% of what it used to be. While your Nikoformat has been put under heaviest testing of tenths of thousands of times of opening and closing the aperture, the new ones are tested some hundrds of times and this is then regarded as sufficient. So it seems that your question about "doing a certains number of things very well instead of hundreds of things poorly" is indeed very tightly connected to photographic gear too.

I remember the times when some quality product, say an HP calc, were made for eternity. I have one from the late 1970's and it still works perfectly. I bought a new one in the late 1990's and even the labels on the keys were completely worn off after some months of use. Not to speak about the obligatory crashes twice a day. A calculator that crashes, imagine that! But of course I shouldn't forget to mention that I have now a portable computer algebra system that sometimes solves a problem before crashing. ;-)

Not that we should reject anything new, but whatever it is, it has to work the way it was intended in real world conditions and not only in some theoretically invented scenario under ideal conditions. After all we are unfortunately not allowed to shoot photos in the laboratories of some company but in a world that doesn't seem to care at all for such ideal conditions :-)

Have a nice day and excuse me for the rather lengthy message.

Nick

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/13/2007

Hi Nick,
Cell phones are a perfect example. Mine can do everything except make a phone call when you need too :) :) I'm exagerating a bit here, but don't you wish that manufacturers would just stick to making something do one thing very well, instead of a hundred things poorly.
Now were getting way off the subject. Sorry about that!!
Andre

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:127263} 3/12/2007

I have to smile with your comment, Andre, since it as exactly what I was doing for years with my stereo. More bass and more tremble and boosted sound and the like, until I had to realize that I was rather "adjusting" levels of decibels instead of *listening*. It did make me tired, so I sold most of my gear, bought a good amp that doesn't have even bass and treble knobs, and since then I *listen* to the music. Quite the same with my guitar amp. All that "luxury of knobs" just destroyed the sound, and so I had to return to the simple power if the tube driven Laney.

Perhaps good quality is much more simple in its essence after all...

Nick

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/12/2007

Yes Nick,
Sometimes if the colours are too strong, the effect becomes like "eye candy" Good for a while, but the effect doesn't stay with you very long before you get tired of it. More subtle colouring seems to linger in our minds.
Andre

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:127263} 3/11/2007

Many many thanks for the details about the making, Andre! Yes, it must have been the desaturation that turned to so pastel-like. It really fits the general look of the photo, so it was a good thing to do, though I like thise "heavy blues" too - especially when played by Gary Moore! ;-)

I also find such work very strong, that keeps on growing in one's mind. Such work has a very different kind of "power" - not the quick and flashy type, but rather something that invades thoughts slowly but inevitably.

Much like the difference between the silent Eastwood and the noisy Wayne - you know what I mean. Both of them good in their category of western characters but I would prefer Eastwood in any case.

Best wishes,

Nick

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/10/2007

Hi Nick,
I didn't put any explanation about the process that I used in this one. I should tell you that I made up three versions of this. One B&W (looked quite good) Another one that was fully saturated. There was much more of a blue dominance in the fully saturated version. The bright blue sky gave the ice a much to heavy blue hue.
The one that I settled on (this one) was selectively desaturated (cyan and blue) This way the ice appears a bit whiter and the water more slate grey. Also the sky is as you say sort of pastel blue. So, overall I guess the desaturation caused the pastel look.
I'm glad the image keeps "growing" in your mind.
It is a good compliment for me, because I always find that good music, films or photographs often take a while to get into.
Andre

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:127263} 3/10/2007

That might be as well, Andre! Anyway the image keeps on "growing" in my mind. It has something of the old postcards in this combination of coloring and soft contours. It remeinds me of some old posters I have seen, with similar subjects in snow and ice. BTW, is the coloring quite pastel-like here, or ist in only my impression?

Nick

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 3/5/2007

Yes dear Andre,you are right...but in your photo it will be forever....
Biljana

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/5/2007

Thanks so much Biljana.
It won't be much longer and all of this will be gone for another year.
Andre

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 3/5/2007

Dear friend this is realy amazing!!!
warm regards
Biljana

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/5/2007

Thanks Alicia,
I guess you don't get much of this kind of ice where you live, unless you are very far south.
Andre

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/5/2007

Thanks Nick,
I think the auto focus wanted to concentrate just a little more on the landscape in the background. Maybe that is the reason for the contours being a little weak. I'm still happy with the way it turned out though. Yes, I did do a few of this scene with closer crops too. I might post one or two of them. I also have some of different icy areas along the shore. They look pretty good in B&W too.
There were times when I almost froze, but I survived. :) This was a fairly cold day, but not unbearable.
Andre

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/5/2007

Hi Darlene,
Thanks for the comment on this one. The ice is beautiful, but this is the time of year we all start to get the winter blues up here. The last few weeks of winter never seem to end. It won't be long now and we will be complaining about the heat and humidity :)
Andre

Alicia Popp {K:87532} 3/4/2007

Maravilloso detalle y encanto de texturas!
Felicitaciones, André!!

Nick Karagiaouroglou

{K:127263} 3/2/2007

Very nice alteration of light and shadow Andre. Only the contours seem a bit too weak to me - or is it not very exact focus?

Also, what about a more tight crop to let the ice dominate the scene completely?

Keep it up and don't turn to an ice sculpture, OK? ;-)

Nick

Darlene Boucher {K:15739} 3/2/2007

Now that's a cold tree! Don't see much of that "down here," and I'm thankful for that, but it is a beautiful sight to see and photograph. I'd much rather look at it here in my air-conditioned room (yep it's been in the 70's lately!) Hope all is well with you and yours, take care my friend! Darlene

Andre Denis {K:66407} 3/2/2007

Hi Marcus,
Thanks for the comment on this one. I think because I live in this area, I take this kind of image for granted. I'm thinking of posting another one like the one attached to this comment. This one shows a bit more of the shore.
It looked like all this was melting last week, but we just got hit big time by an early March storm. (It took me 2 hours to get home tonight, usually 30 min.) So, expect a few more winter pics from me :)
That bio pic was fun. My wife took it two summers ago.
Andre

Ice Shore

Marcus Armani

{K:36599} 3/1/2007

wow this is beautiful and amazing! I have never seen anything like it, though if i did i doubt my hands would stop shaking enough to capture it.
Nature really dose some beautiful things! I think it needs a hawk up there eating a mouse to balance it out LOL.. Oh by the way i just took a look at your bio pic, I often too sit in tractors :) Take care.

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/27/2007

Thanks for the nice comment on this one Ali.
Your desert sand images are exotic for me... I imagine this natural ice is a little bit exotic for you :)
Andre

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/27/2007

Thanks Jon,
I think bright and simple has a way of showing well in the thumbs. Not necessarily a better image though.
I went back again this past weekend and there isn't a lot left of this. We would need another cold snap.
Andre

Rashed Abdulla

{K:163889} 2/26/2007

I like this photograph my friend, the exposure at all zones is very well balanced and so the composition, sharp and having very original colors

Thank you for sharing this image with us

www.camerause.com

Wishing you all of the best my friend

Jon O'Brien {K:11321} 2/25/2007

Very nice - works well in thumbnail view, too! I thought that it was some kind of sculpture at first.

Jon

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/24/2007

Hi Andrzej,
Thanks for the comment.
Good luck going for your "Ice" shots! Be careful you don't slide in with your S3 :) That wouldn't be nice. Stay away from the edges!
Andre

Andrzej Pradzynski {K:22541} 2/23/2007

Plenty of amazing forms on the shores of the lake right now and right the ice will stay for some time only changing the fine form details and forms. Great topic for the photography abstract study. Seasonal thing I'll try too. Cheers, NJ

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/21/2007

Yes Ina,
It was very dangerous at the spot where I took this image one year ago. But this year's ice accumalation is much less. The sand shore is even visible in a lot of areas. It can be very dangerous when you don't know how deep the water is right off the slippery ice.
Andre

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/20/2007

Hi James,
Yeah, the icicles certainly add some drama to the otherwise very ordinary looking tree/bush. If you saw it without the ice, you would just walk right by.
Andre

Andre Denis {K:66407} 2/20/2007

Thanks Jacques,
It was about -11C that day, but we are just starting to warm up from some pretty constant cold weather. I don't think we have been above freezing since the end of January in Toronto. Tomorrow might be the first day with above freezing temps. We shouldn't complain too much. We had record high temperatures in December and most of January.
Andre

James Cook {K:38068} 2/19/2007

Amazing that they can survive that punishment.

jacques brisebois {K:73883} 2/19/2007

great capture... seems to be very cold in this area (just coming up from Mexico, so I don't saw the big snow fall last week and the freezing days that come with it). This is not a big winter for us.

Ina Nicolae {K:44481} 2/19/2007

Hi Andre, when I lived in Burlington, at the lake edge there was a significant drop in height (a two-level walkway), and it was quite dangerous to get close to the edge, because you could fall through the ice. You couldn't tell where the two levels were, it was all filled with ice. See attached:

Burlington, On.