Frozen Lake C&C

sprinkles

Would appreciate some C&C on these shots. They're the 5 ones I like the most from my very very cold day up in the mountains! I haven't really taken many landscape photography so far so would appreciate any tips on the shots.

Thanks
Danny

Fenster

I only saw a lake in one photo...and then, barely so.

Freddie59

I like #3.

wersal gummage

i like no.1, the lighting is nice.

no. 2 might have worked better if you managed to get into the middle of a circle of trees ? - i.e. had the trees all around the photo... maybe a bit cliched though.

no. 3 might work better if you had a tighter crop at the top, maybe just slightly above the top of the mountain - as there's nothing interesting about the sky. also, if you have more of the bottom of the photo (i'm guessing you dont??) - at least enough to show the bottom half of the people skating.

sprinkles

Sorry, this was the pic of the lake I wanted to upload - just shows you the merits of previewing posts



The trees is a bit cliched alright, I didn't want to thread the 4ft deep snow to get into the middle of them.

wersal gummage

nice. just something slightly distracting at the very bottom of the photo ?? you could just crop that out. nice shot.

lake louise by any chance ?

sprinkles

Indeed it is. Have you been? Yeah must crop that out alright.

wersal gummage

yep. lots of memories. i'd move to vancouver in the morning if i could.

here is the exact same photo that i took in july of this year if you're interested:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry_mcgreal/3739883953/

sprinkles

That's gorgeous! Must get back up there in the summer. It's kinda mad to be walking on a frozen lake!! Yeah Vancouver is a great spot. It has plenty of really good reasons to get out and uses the camera!

ps: what lens etc did you use for the shot?

wersal gummage

sprinkles wrote: »

ps: what lens etc did you use for the shot?

sigma 10-20, on a tripod, possibly with a ND grad filter i think. its pure madness getting up at like 5am to drive 2 hours to get the shot you want, but having to stop on the way to take pictures of bears on the side of the road !!

sarumite

wersal gummage wrote: »

yep. lots of memories. i'd move to vancouver in the morning if i could.

here is the exact same photo that i took in july of this year if you're interested:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry_mcgreal/3739883953/

Just check out the photo...really like it. Good job

sprinkles

Haha, yeah definitely more effort than I put in!!! Beautiful drive up there though.

Geezer1000

I would just like to say that you are a jammy git.:P

Id love to see Vancouver. Nice pics btw. The trees one makes my head spin

magicbastarder

a photo i got at lake louise of a chipmunk presenting some grass to a block of ice:

sprinkles

Thanks for the comments. Here's a couple more from the following trip to Banff. It's an amazing place.