-7°C at the pond

[Dogsey]

Stopped off at the local pond yesterday morning, quite pleased with the results considering how bloody cold it was!


Cannop Pond under ice 01 by dogsey, on Flickr


Cannop Pond under ice 02 by dogsey, on Flickr


Cannop Pond under ice 03 by dogsey, on Flickr


Cannop Pond under ice 04 by dogsey, on Flickr


Cannop Pond under ice 05 by dogsey, on Flickr

And one from today as a comparison:


Cannop Pond under snow 01 by dogsey, on Flickr

ETA: C&C welcomed.

Edited by Dogsey on Saturday 4th February 22:37

[paul911]

Was looking at these earlier on Flickr. Best one for me has to be the last snow covered one.

Nice set Mike.

[utgjon]

Number 1 does it for me...

Excellent composition, and the choice of shooting the picture portrait instead of landscape really brings out the full range of colour from the sky to the ground under-foot.

What sort of post-production has the image undergone?

Jon.

[Hooli]

Cool pics

[Dogsey]

Thanks for the comments guys, a couple more on a similar theme:


Icy Bench 01 by dogsey, on Flickr


Icy Bench 02 by dogsey, on Flickr


Icy Bench 03 by dogsey, on Flickr

As far as the processing goes on these I always use a plug-in for PS CS5 called Exposure 3 by Alien Skin, this allows me to apply colour, tone, sharpening, grain and vignettes all in one go and includes a good number of presets that are designed to replicate different film stocks. For all of the above images I've used a variation of Polaroid 669 - Yellowed, with my own personal preference for sharpening, grain etc. Exposure makes applying the same style to multiple photographs very quick and easy.