Icing Up at Child's State Park

I shot this a few years back and thought the ice edge was quite different.
PB and mild Topaz Detail

This is a real attention grabber. I like the color and, with the strong foreground, the depth the image shows. The ice pattern in both the foreground and the frozen falls are intriguing. Looking at them (particularly the falls), I'm surprised at the color of the vegetation -- especially the green in the upper left.

Hi Dave, nicely done as usual! My only suggestion would be to evict the small line in the water in the lower left between the submerged rock and the cool ice formation.

Awesome image, Dave! I personally would darken the LLC so the rock didn't show but understand, too, why you left it. That ice is killer!

Hi Julie, I was considering it also. For some unknown reason I decided to leave it in but on 2nd thought would take it out...

Dave, another great image. Andrew and Julie make a good suggestion...I don't know if I would evict the submerged rock completely, I'd probably darken it some. The composition is GREAT...can you share a bit of the technical part of the image? Is this a stacked image? Incredible DOF....and you nailed the treatment of the whites in the exposure. I think this is one of my favorite images of yours...then again, they're stacking up pretty good in your favor! Nicely done!

Hi John, I shot this about 3 years ago. That was before I started doing HDR's.
I shot this at F22,tripod mtd. I got low to the foreground and made sure I was over 3ft away so I would get everything sharp. I manually focussed about 2/3rds distance into the image.
I don't think the exposure was that difficult due to a good portion of the image being gray however I did expose for the white waterfall.

Thank you for the info, Dave. When I mentioned "stack"...I was talking about a stack using something like Helicon Focus for DOF...I've used it for macros before, but never for landscapes...but it's a pretty phenomenal bit of software. You take several images...varying your focus point on each one...then "merge" them into a single image that detects sharpness during the merge. It's not infallible...and any movement will kill you...and, in extreme instances, there are other issues you run into..but still, a great bit of kit for some images!

Hi John, Not at all necessary in this case. When using F22 you need to be a small bit over 3 ft from your closest subject. Focus about 2/3rds out and it should be sharp throughout. Always worked for me...
I guess if you wanted to be closer than 3ft @ F22 then that could be a solution...