Ice Storm

[Andrew McLachlan]

Towards the end of April this year the area around my home was hit with a nasty ice storm. As the freezing rains persisted I gave waiting for them to stop and decided to go for a drive. There were lots of interesting trees standing alone in the agricultural fields that were cloaked in thick ice. I chose to use my 80-400mm VR lens (the old one) on my D800 and handhold the images from the warmth and dryness of the car.

Look forward to comments

Nikon D800
Nikon 80-400mm @ 150mm
ISO 800
f11 @ 1/500 sec

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[Steve Kaluski]

Simplicity at it's best Andrew, lovely composition and just the right amount of colour, cool. :cheers:

TFS
Steve

[Don Railton]

Hi Andrew.. Cool is the right word for this, too cool for Western Australia unfortunately... I too like the simplicity and understatement, but I might consider trimming of half the foreground to direct attention to the tree just a little more. TFS... DON

[Don Railton]

Hi Andrew.. Cool is the right word for this, too cool for Western Australia unfortunately... I too like the simplicity and understatement, but I might consider trimming of half the foreground to direct attention to the tree just a little more. TFS... DON

[James Fuller]

That looks too cold for me! Very simple and effective. If it were mine, I might crop a little off of the top?

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andrew - I like this a lot and wouldn't change a thing.

TFS,
Rachel

[Andrew McLachlan]

Much thanks folks...greatly appreciate your comments.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like this, Andrew! Has an IR feel to it. Nice simplistic image design too, with oodles of mood.
:5

[Anette Mossbacher]

Looks very cool this tree :S3:
The comp works very well here. Nice done :bg3:

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks very much Anette and Morkel