Surreal Ice – A frozen, wave-swept lighthouse in Michigan
You don’t get a photo like this, without getting cold.
I took this back when it was a bit less temperate out.
I didn’t post it for two reasons.
One, I couldn’t handle looking at it during the winter.
Two, it was chromatically aberrated to a point that I thought it was ruining the photo.
However, I actually had a nigh-identically composed shot that did not suffer as much from chromatic aberrations, which you see here.1
I think it is a winner. It also demonstrates one of my principles of photography: Taking photos from vantage points or locations deemed too risky (not risqué) , can result in unique images.
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- When a lens fails to focus all colors to a single point. Happens most noticeably on edges of high contrast areas, the HDR process magnifies this problem in some cases [↩]
Surreal is definitely the right word. Nice shot!
Thanks Novena!
Very Nicely done, great composition. Yes, this looks very cold…. Michigan, right
Thanks Michael! It was a rather cold day in Michigan. A rather cold winter for that matter.
Sweet capture. I’ve been wanting to drive up to the lake during winter but haven’t been able to get the motivation to do it yet.
Thanks Kevin, I think it would be worth the trip. The shelf ice is something else!
This is such a neat shot. Thank you for explaining a bit of what goes into it. I have another question though, why does it appear more like a painting to me than a real picture taken?
Appreciate the comment Ned! Glad you like it.
When I look at this picture, it looks very similar to how I remember it when I was there.
But, I’ve had several other people say to me “That looks fake” or “That looks like a painting”, both for this shot and for some of my other shots as well.
For me, a well done HDR photo looks more real than a regular photo, and recreates the feelings and emotion you experience when you are there, looking at the scene in real life.
Sometimes the post-processing that I do creates a more painted or abstract look compared to traditional photos.
Dude you have some good HDR’s keep up the good work :D:D
Thanks Andrew!
Surreal Ice – For real?
The frozen, wave-swept lighthouse in Michigan looks like a CG image in-which a blue hairy Neanderthal walks out from behind it’ and clubs me for being to close. Ding I loose 50 credits.
For real it is a super HDR image and makes me really cold. I would not mind it a bit cooler in Kansas but that is to cold. Since I was not following in 2011 I thought I would comment now. While it is still warm.
Thanks for sharing your work. James
Appreciate the comment James! It does have a surreal look, but it isn’t CG!
I like your vision.
I appreciate you stopping by, Mr. Ferguson.
Fantastic, looks unreal but yet very nice, here in Portugal we don´t get that amout of snow. once again very nice
Thanks Carlos!
I am having chills just looking at this photo. Great job, and so much Ice.
Sorry for the delayed response. It’s pretty amazing that so much ice could build up in one winter, and then be completely gone in a few months. Thanks!
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