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Aurora Zephyris...


Aurora Zephyris...
Photo Information
Copyright: Jay Meeuwig (Shoot_Score) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 445 W: 302 N: 670] (2376)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-21
Categories: Humorous, Single-celled, Sky
Camera: Fuji Finepix S7000, Super -EBC Fujinon Lens Optical Zoom
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): !Geometry Plus, !CÖLD coast, !Nice Ice [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-25 23:09
Viewed: 5831
Points: 42
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
... aka "When the Westwind Blows"...

When a setting sun
is trapped in winter's ice,
my fingers pay the price...
for I am having fun!

Inspired by: Winter
(From "Love's Labour's Lost")

When icicles hang by the wall,
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When blood is nipp’d and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson’s saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marion’s nose looks red and raw,
When roasted crabs his in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.



With complements to Silke who reminded me of the immortal line
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail.
I blew my nails alright! It was CÖLD... again... or is that STILL?

It is fire in ice... The sun was in the West, and its low rays
were hitting the icicles, impregnating them with fire...

The icicles were there because my gutter had a leak and water dripped on a mesh
where some of the water promptly froze and some went thru to freeze below
to form the icicles.

Yes, Nature is full of surprises! Thanx for viewing.


Tech stuff:
photo cropped, scaled, captioned; no PP;
shot in macro-mode, backlit.
Fisher, saeedabbasi, Adanac, scottevers7, dew77, Silke, mlines, delic, Necipp, anniejo has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To anniejo: "A King's ransom in jewels..."Shoot_Score 1 03-22 15:06
To Janice: whatever it is,Shoot_Score 1 03-10 02:23
To wishnugaruda: love the reflected light inside the iceShoot_Score 1 03-09 00:21
To Kris: celebration of framed in nature. ...Shoot_Score 1 03-02 05:10
To Kris: celebration of framed in nature. ...Shoot_Score 1 03-02 05:04
To horia: Worst case scenario - tomorrow :)Shoot_Score 1 02-28 17:54
To arfer: Really nicely done...Shoot_Score 1 02-28 00:51
To whjb: although you probably would swop places with me.Shoot_Score 1 02-27 04:27
To saeedabbasi: great idea...Shoot_Score 1 02-27 02:09
To pablominto: Reflected, refracted...Shoot_Score 1 02-27 02:08
To Adanac: water frozen on some mesh and then captured withShoot_Score 1 02-27 02:07
To scottevers7: some great sparkling highlights on the ice.Shoot_Score 1 02-27 02:05
To dew77: An unusual and wonderful capture again...Shoot_Score 1 02-27 02:03
To Silke: Frozen fingers ...Shoot_Score 1 02-27 01:43
To mlines: Confluence...Shoot_Score 1 02-26 23:58
To paulsballs: Fire in ice...Shoot_Score 1 02-26 15:17
To Fisher: Geez Mike!Shoot_Score 1 02-25 23:15
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Not bad for a Fuji point and shoot and score. ;)

Nicely captured and well done on the composition. Excellent work.

Mike

Hi dear Jay ,
nice image with well composed.
great idea.
thanks and regards
Saeed

G'day Jay
When I see shots like this i feel glad I'm not there!!
Nicely composed shot.
TFS Paul

Hello Jay,
An excellent capture of light..!
Reflected, refracted...
Grfeat lines and contrast, well framed!
Greetings,
Pablo -


:-) OK-

Hi Jay,
This shot of water frozen on some mesh and then captured with backlit has created some very eye appealing patterns and icicles, thanks for sharing my friend.
Rick

Hi Jay,
A very nice abstract ice composition. The ighting makes for some great sparkling highlights on the ice. Nice eye here.
Scott

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4432 W: 248 N: 4028] (13270)
  • [2007-02-26 8:27]
  • [+]

Hello Jay,
An unusual and wonderful capture again.POV,clear details,framing and composition are excellent.Have a great week!
TFS..:-)

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 729 W: 98 N: 1707] (5458)
  • [2007-02-26 12:35]
  • [+]

This is a glorious capture! Frozen fingers reaching for the earth, sparkling in the sun that gives them life and will slowly erase them simply by giving them that life.
Great composition, colours and details
TFS
silke

Hi Jay. A piece of natural art well presented in this manner. Glittering ice has a charm of its own. Good poem also, well done. Murray.

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  • whjb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 51 W: 26 N: 172] (683)
  • [2007-02-27 3:38]
  • [+]

Hi Jay,

An interesting subject well presented. With temp reaching mid thirties (c) in South Africa, it is difficult to imaging the cold you are experiencing. It is even nice thinking about cooling down like this, although you probably would swop places with me.

Well done with this shot and thank you for sharing.

Totsiens.
Willem

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-02-27 22:42]
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Hello Jay

Beautiful capture,the grid makes a beautiful ice frame.The light and reflections are super.The icicles hanging down complete the icy scene.Really nicely done.TFS

Rob

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 440 W: 6 N: 310] (898)
  • [2007-02-28 12:21]

Merhaba Jay,
That's a very cool shot. Great abstraction on ice... Good exposure too considering the difficulty. Well done.
Best,
Hakan

Hello Jay what an amazing shot the light is wonderfull and reflections like jewels well spotted and composed tfs rgds Necip

Nicely captured. I like the effects of the back light.

Cheer:)
Roy

Hi Jay,
The effect of the frozen water is really wonderful. The choise of backilight is perfect and brought out the beauty. Just whish you had used a slightly smaller DOF, so that more parts were in focus.
I do like the abstract feel to the photo.
TFS,
Niek

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2158 W: 224 N: 4749] (16656)
  • [2007-03-01 7:43]
  • [+]

Hi Jay and sorry for the delay

This is really a very minimalistic but very beautiful compsition!
I realyl like all the details and reflection of the light here!
The colors that resulted are terrific and the 3D effect is a WOW!!!
Very good management of the DOF - that keeps all the elements in full focus - and also exposure (you were very careful not to overexposed the reflected lights).
All-in-all a very original composition.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hi Jay,
What a fantastic celebration of framed in nature. Great picture, composition, colour and exposure is excellent. Very well done.
I really like this photo.
Regards Krzysztof.

Hi Jay,
that's wonderful, I love the reflected light inside the ice, a beautiful arrangement, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

bonjour jay
magnifique sculture de la nature,j'aime beaucoup les eclat du soleil au travers de la glace.
bravo.
laurent

Jay, whatever it is, it looks amazing - I love the patterns - nature's special patterns. TFS
Janice

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2007-03-10 13:23]

Hello Jay , dit is ook weer een prachtige foto , heel apart , Ik heb op het moment weinig tijd ik werk veel en het huishouden dan kan ik niet achter de computer gaan zitten , we hebben ook verjaardagen enz , ik moet nog foto's opzoeken en ook weer gaan maken als het weer wat beter word het regent nog al veel het is nog geen lente ,ik ga nu even op het web ,groetjes teunie fijn weekend .

"A King's ransom in jewels; dripping
with irridescent pearls; liquid and lovely.
All from Mother Nature's jewel box, arranged
and displayed for our pleasure."

Great shot of a most interesting and creative POV.....

Thanks for sharing!!

Hi Jay,

Thankyou greatly for critiquing me, it has definitely helped me a lot to get started!
This picture is beautiful, and is pretty sharp!

Thanks for sharing,
Ruby :)

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