glacier melt cave

[edward saltau]

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.

[Harold Davis]

that is way cool!!!!, but i would crop some off the top almost to your signature.

[Robert Amoruso]

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]

Love the blues and the line details. Agree 100% with the crop votes. It would really tighten up the image.

Robert

[Grady Weed]

Improvements mentioned. Very interesting image here.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Edward,
Agree with crop......Only mine would be middle of area to your signature. Very nicely done!
Roman

[Valerio Tarone]

Subject very interesting ..and the kind of image. I like the lines and colurs!

[edward saltau]

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.

[Leroy Laverman]

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]

I would not take off the left. Cropping the top to a pano works perfect IMO.