Fire and Ice, a photo from Rogaland, South

Photographer's Note

The first real snow fall in this southwest part of Norway was on the 19th December 2009. Just after Christmas, the temperatures plummeted to minus 16 Celsius, but it took about another 10 days fro the sea to freeze. It stayed like this for less than a week, and the temperature is now hovering between minus 7C and zero.

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Omorika (538) 2010-02-20 14:06

Fire and Ice, you can have even them together, Amelia! Coldness, ice and blue colours of the shadow are dominating the foreground, but the striking contrast of the warm colours of light and fire are giving some promises and hopes. The light is perfect in this photo.

Greetings, Mira

jenofonte (935) 2010-02-20 14:25

esta foto me gusta, sobretodo porque es un lugar que nunca conocere, no me gusta el frio, pero envidio no poder fotgrafiarlo. Enhorabuena

Bergenphotos (2168) 2010-02-20 15:05

Hi Amelia.
In my opinion your best shot posted so far. The sunset is really beautiful and the ice too. We can think that the blue ice is cold and make a great contrast to the warm sun.

Here in Bergen we have set a new record: 64 days in a row with snow, hope it will stay even longer. It's wonderful! This is also the all-time coldest winter. Your shot works fine as an illustration of this.

Best regards from the winter of Bergen.

Regards, FRedrik

pajaran (36149) 2010-02-21 0:26

Dobar dan, jutros je kod nas padao krupan sneg.
Surova a lepa priroda, odlican trenutak, ovo se rekto vidja, lepe boje i fotografija, odlican rad, ovo treba doziveti.
Prijatan vikend, Paja.

Google.

Hello, This morning in our big snow fell.
Harsh and beautiful nature, great time, this rector saw, beautiful paintings and photos, excellent work, this experience should be.
Have a nice weekend, Paja.

J_Burke (1283) 2010-02-21 4:45

Hi Amelia,

This is a stunning image, I also like your title, it is a great contrast between the coolness of the foreground and warm colours of the sunset. The light is captured very well with the foreground not being too dark. TFS

Regards

Bergensiana (355) 2010-02-21 11:22

Hi Amelia
It's great to see such beautiful pictures from Norway taken in this dark time of year.
Beautiful colors and good clarity and sharpness.
Well done
Have a nice evening, best regards, Trond

Henryk_Bilor (20797) 2010-03-01 23:51

Hi Amelia
This photo moves my imagination, I almost see the big land with trees and big rocks, although my mind telle me that it is just a matter of scale ;). Excellent composition , lovely light and colours and great title :).
Have a nice day.

CLODO (24688) 2010-04-12 23:58

hi Amelia
welcome in my fan club!! You're Nr 42!
Nice picture with a big contrast between warm hues of the sunset and cold ones of the frozen lake. In order to enhance the shot, i would have cropped the top of the shot (blue sky).
Cheers
CLODO

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dairose (154) 2010-04-14 11:47

Amelia.This has to be one of the best photo's i have seen in years.it is stunning in all ways.Love it..
Dai..

Photo Information

Copyright: Amelia Heath (Ascot) (325)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-01-12
Categories: Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/8, 1/80 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Sea at twilight, Icecold..., Seascapes, Seascapes [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2010-02-20 13:38