New Icy Abstract Photos

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Quill dog and I got out for a nice big walk today where Alder Creek flows into Prosser Reservoir, here in Truckee, California. Snowshoes were needed, I also brought my camera and tripod in hopes of having some icy abstract photo fun. Success! I found some interesting ice and little scenes that made for some nice shots.

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All of these were taken with the Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. A tripod was used so I could use a somewhat long exposure, about an 1/8 to 1/2 of second. The ISO was 50 for all of them and the lens aperture was nice and small at f/22. A polarizing filter was used on some of the photos in order to allow me to use a longer exposure than the shots without the filter.

At one spot, I saw that the water was moving in a circle, like a little whirlpool or eddy, and I knew that it might make for a cool look with a longer exposure. Yup! I like the little circular smears that the little bubbles in the swirling water made.

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I'll admit, I increased the contrast quite a bit when editing these next two. But I love how the ice was looking spikey, and getting the blacks a bit darker made the ice stand out a bit more.

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Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a cool day!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.ScottShotsPhoto.com

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nice pics, was looking at some of your other photos at your website, the ones from Reno look cool, thx for sharing ✌️

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Thank you! Glad you like those Reno photos too. I've been thinking it might be time for some new Reno shots soon... Cheers!

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Nice clicks, you still have cold weather but here the weather has changed and we are needed to run roof fan.

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Thank you! Although I love the snow and ice, I don't love the cold. A little jealous of your warmer weather right now.

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I'm liking the "natural" effects, more fun than digital edits in my opinion. The swirls are especially cool 👍

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The abstraction turned out to be quite interesting. We have all the ice abstraction hidden under the snow. The ice this year is not very thick on the river, but about 50 centimeters.

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Ah, that seems thick enough to fish on... But yeah, we have a lot of snow on most of our ice too. It's a good thing, we need the water around here in our lakes and reservoirs. Glad you like the photos!

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