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Arctica in Your Eyes


Arctica in Your Eyes
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02-06
Categories: River
Camera: Olympus 740UZ
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Frozen nature [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-02-20 3:59
Viewed: 1374
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I wish to dedicate this picture to my lovely wife Joanna :-)

She bought few books about Antarctica and Arctica written by good known Polish married couple Alina and Czeslaw Centkiewiczowie and she is telling me non-stop about brave men who discovered new icebergs, went to North and South Pole as first or froze to death somewhere on frozen wastes. Yes, I understand that they were very brave men, but for me rather mad, too :-) Personally I would like to discover new drinks on tropical beach rather then new kind of ice in -70C degree around at end of the world :-)

Very interesting info about types of ice from Wikipedia:
Everyday ice and snow is ice Ih, or hexagonal ice. Subjected to higher pressures and varying temperatures, ice can form in roughly a dozen different phases. Only a little less stable (metastable) than Ih is cubic structure ice (Ic). But cooling Ih causes a different arrangement to form in which the protons move, XI.

With both cooling and pressure more types exist, each being created depending on the phase diagram of ice. These are II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X. With care all these types can be recovered at ambient pressure. The types are differentiated by their crystalline structure, ordering and density. There are also two metastable phases of ice under pressure, both fully hydrogen disordered, these are IV and XII. Ice XII was discovered in 1996. As well as crystalline forms solid water can exist in amorphous states as amorphous solid water (ASW), low density amorphous ice (LDA), high density amorphous ice (HDA), very high density amorphous ice (VHDA) and hyperquenched glassy water (HGW).

Note: In addition to these real variants of ice, a fictional "ice-nine" is featured in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle. Real Ice IX does not have the properties of Vonnegut's fictional ice-nine.

Rime is a type of ice formed by fog freezing on cold objects. It contains a high proportion of trapped air, making it appear white rather than transparent, and giving it a density about one quarter of that of pure ice.

Ice can also form icicles, similar to stalactites in appearance, as water drips and re-freezes.

Clathrate hydrates are forms of ice that contain gas molecules trapped within its crystal lattice. Pancake ice is a formation of ice generally created in areas with less calm conditions.

Some other substances (particularly solid forms of those usually found as fluids) are also called "ice": dry ice, for instance, is a popular term for solid carbon dioxide.

Ice is a common metaphor for things that are cold, hard, and clear in some way; for instance, "ice" is a colloquial term for diamond, and also for some forms of the drug amphetamine.

*Kurt Vonnegut was mentioned in this note - he is one of my favourite writers - if you could not read any of his book, please try!
thistle, Janice, LordPotty, Luc, puffy, sAner, hummingbird24, marhowie, extramundi, PDP, Signal-Womb, carper, Callie has marked this note useful
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To thistle: The best human snooker player...red45 10 02-20 17:27
To Graal: :-(cafecrem 1 02-20 15:49
To Jancie: Antarcticared45 1 02-20 04:22
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Well, I see that we choose the same theme today ;-)
My photo is also about ice.
As I said in my note I love ice formation and this one looks very nice when the Sun shines in crystals.
Very beautiful and sunny shot.
Well done!

PS. And who is the best snooker player? ;-)

Wow, Greg, paragraphs 2 & 3 left me stumped, but I managed to get through the rest.
Your ice is melting, so that should please you. Its a good photo, the ice is very shiny and the water so dark. Good compo too.
I'm reading a book about Peter Blake's trip to Antarctica. Great photos in it.

Hi Greg.I love the little sparkles of sun in this shot,and the fine reflections on the deep dark water below.A very effective shot...quite arty.Well done.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
  • [2005-02-20 5:03]

Personal assessment of the photo: great.
Good visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Great work, Grzegorz.
Thanks a lot.

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 291 W: 0 N: 339] (1351)
  • [2005-02-20 5:15]

Nice shot of Ice Greg, and the information nearly drawn me. :P I always thought an ice is always an ice, didn't know too much about it at all, thanks to you, today I learn more about it. I love the shinny bit of the ice, it is looking like crystal. Like Janice, I saw some nice photo in Peter Blake's book, (but I didn't buy it) I watch the documentary show in Discovery channel too. Good composition and very nice shot. Thanks for sharing...

Great shot, very nice reflection and nice warm colours.
Well done.
TFS.

Thank you My Love :-)
It's great news you are sometimes listen what I'm talking about :o)
This photo is really wonderful. I'm sure we could spend wonderful holidys in Arctica.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-02-20 8:11]

I absolutely love the reflection in the water and the shining sparkles in the ice. Well done!

Grzegorz, The reflection on the water combined with the diamond-like points of light make this one very appealing IMO. Great note..I'll call it Ice 101! ;-) Thanx. Well done & TFS!

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2005-02-20 12:25]
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Niby trochę lodu i wody a jak bombowo wygląda. Chwała Ci, że przypomniałeś Centkiewiczów. Dobre informacje.

Very nice Greg.
I like the contrast between the clear bright ice againts the dark water, very nice reflections.
Very well done.

Greg!
I love this shots you make with the shiny ice texture and dark water. I would not care to se somemore from time to time. I find them artistic.
Your squirrel looked like a sputnic, and the mosquito like a frame of creepy :D
Regards, Felipe.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-02-21 5:06]

Lovely work Greg, the sparkling surface is superb. Very nice compostion and a refreshing image. Thanks for posting.

I go for this one Grzegorz,
very good composing shot, very good details, good depth, very nice colours, well I like the shot, very good job

Yes Grzegorz the play of light on the ice is wonderful here. You really captured a cool crisp freshness in this one ... excellent note and well done.

Well Greg
And I thought ice was for that sundowner next to the river with hippos, crocodiles and ellies to fill in the time between drinks!
An amzing note, TFS.
ANd a great "cold" picture too - the silver and black juxtaposed here is great.

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