Ice, a photo from Michigan, Midwest

Photographer's Note

I was walking around on a gloomy winter day looking for something to shoot when I finally stumbled on these icycles. The contrast between curved ice and the straight lines of the background was an interesting contrast.

If you don't have icycles in your part of the world, the curve of the ice was formed by the wind steadily blowing from the right. As the ice slowely refreezes, you can get some pretty interesting shapes.

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ALSOM (6616) 2005-10-06 20:37

Excellent, especially the white ice with the ocean-blue color in background.
Very graphical with the curved ice breakin the regular vertical blue lines.

Thanks for the fresh photo.
Al.

Cormac (26565) 2005-10-06 23:55

Very interesting shot! Like you, I'm attracted to this by the curved icycles and teh straight lines behind. The blue of the wall emphasizes the icy blue of the icycles. Have you tried cropping this to a vertical format? It might look even better. You have a good eye!

jurgen (2074) 2005-10-07 2:14

You have a good eye. You got an eye-catching picture out of something that could be not interesting. The whites of the icycles (and the white stripe on the wall) make a perfect marth with the light blue of the wall. I had no idea that the shape could be due to the wind, perhaps because in Lima we don't have snow, although I saw them in Germany hanging from the border of a ceiling in a restaurant. I'll post that picture later.
Very good work.

RGatward (20108) 2005-10-07 3:22

Interesting graphic result here, especially against the blue metal background.

mrlittle (586) 2005-10-07 9:07