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edward saltau
04-17-2008, 09:59 PM
this is a pool of glacial melt run off on the edge Ball Glacier in New Zealand,right next to Mt. Cook. i took this photo in mid march this year on a 21 degree day! not the sort of conditions that we need for glaciers to survive into the future...

shot on a 40D with a 10-22mm EF-s @11mm
f5 1/30 sec iso 100.
handheld.

http://www.edwardsaltau.com/photos/274799085_rngV5-L.jpg

Harold Davis
04-18-2008, 04:37 AM
that is way cool!!!!, but i would crop some off the top almost to your signature.

Robert Amoruso
04-18-2008, 06:40 AM
Agreed, this is very cool Edward. I love all the arcs in the image - having the water to ice intersection coming right into the lower right corner and sweeping horizontally into the image. The vertical arcs in the ice present a dynamic balance to the horizontal arc.

Agreed with Harold's recommendation on the crop. The top unbalances all the neat stuff going on underneath.

Well done.

Robert O'Toole
04-18-2008, 08:42 AM
Love the blues and the line details. Agree 100% with the crop votes. It would really tighten up the image.

Robert

Grady Weed
04-18-2008, 09:06 AM
Improvements mentioned. Very interesting image here.

Roman Kurywczak
04-18-2008, 10:24 AM
Hi Edward,
Agree with crop......Only mine would be middle of area to your signature. Very nicely done!
Roman

Valerio Tarone
04-18-2008, 12:54 PM
Subject very interesting ..and the kind of image. I like the lines and colurs!

edward saltau
04-20-2008, 06:22 PM
thanks guys! i agree with your comments so i had another go at it. what do you think? I didn't like it when i took more off the top without taking more off the left and i didn't want to take more any more off the left. As such, this is a bit of a compromise.
http://edwardsaltau.smugmug.com/photos/282377076_emJfX-L.jpg

Leroy Laverman
04-20-2008, 07:56 PM
Why not keep all of the image on the left when cropping the top? I think the wider aspect ratio suits the subject matter just fine. Here's a version with the colors pumped up some more.

Robert Amoruso
04-21-2008, 10:16 AM
I would not take off the left. Cropping the top to a pano works perfect IMO.