King Haakon's Bay Glacier and terns

[pat lillich]

Got to participate in the extraordinary South Georgia Island and Falkland Island excursion and meet in person some more of the great folk from here - especially had great times talking with Nancy Bell and Denise Ippolito ---- I was working on this image that for me captured a small bit of the mindboggling "otherness" of much of the trip - and it didn't fit anywhere here on the forum that i could think of (pretty small in frame there....) so I was hoping it would be ok to post it here.

we were sailing on the ship down King Haakon Bay and this is a tiny portion of the incredible glacier at the end of the bay.

Canon 1dmk4, 400 mm f/4 DO 1/1600 sec at f7.1 handheld on board ship.
NIK color efex tonal contrast, sharpening, vignette with brilliance/warmth on the terns

[Dennis Bishop]

This is very nicely composed. I like the strong primary diagonals in the glacier, and the terns provide a good scale reference. You have a very good range of tones, as well. Although the blue is really appropriate for such a scene, I think I'd warm it up a bit to get the contrast between the highlights and the blue shadows.

[Jay Sheinfield]

The birds add a real sense of scale of the glacier. Great detail! My vote for tone would be somewhere between the two..............

[Nancy Bell]

Pat, this is a great way to capture the grandness of the glacier by using the tiny terns in the foreground! I was mostly stumped. I also think tones somewhere between the two.

[pat lillich]

thank you all - the colors had me totally unsure. I have 4 or 5 frames around this time, and in each the ice was a different color.

I sure wish we had had some sun - I would have loved to get some glow in the ice, but that wasn't to be that day. I've been googling - looking to see if i can find any useful tutorials on how to realistically add ice glow - but may just have to try going back again <grin>

I'll play some more with the colors - the color i posted is what happened when i set the blacks in lightroom - Dennis - yours is probably closer to what it was before i did that.

thank you so much for looking!
patl

[Anita Bower]

Lovely! You captured the hugeness of the glacier, and the ease of the birds in what seems to me an inhospitable environment. I like both versions, or somewhere in between. I would eliminate the dark areas in the corners, especially noticeable in the upper corners. I don't have any suggestions for getting glow on the ice, but others may have. Welcome to this forum!

[denise ippolito]

Hi Pat. This is beautiful! It was so nice to spend time with you as well! I like the idea of somewhere in between and I too would evict the vignette. Great slice of heaven!

[Indranil Sircar]

Incredible sight! nicely captured. I will certainly get rid of the vignette, if it were mine. TFS.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Pat, it's nice to see you in OOTB The image really conveys the massiveness of the iceberg. I'd vote for something in between the two posts.