Very strange icicles

zacHer0zacHer0 Registered Users Posts: 655 Major grins
edited February 24, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
I decided to check out my favorite summer swimming hole for some possible shots and I found the strangest icicles. Hard to tell, but these are all B&W.

Anyone ever seen these before?

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  • leaheleahe Registered Users Posts: 168 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2009
    How strange. They're very cool though. Maybe from temperature fluctuations in one day? I have never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing!
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Very interesting. You could show that last picture to folks and I bet very few would have a clue as to what they were seeing. Nice catch.

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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    Wow. That is weird. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything like that before. BTW, most of these images seem OOF, especially the first one.
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    Very cool. Looks like some strange musical instrument.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2009
    Nice, boy!
    #2 especially :D
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  • zacHer0zacHer0 Registered Users Posts: 655 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2009
    Thanks for the comments.

    How would I get #1 to not be so blurry in the future?

    I like this one too, however the top seems to be blown out.


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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,237 moderator
    edited February 23, 2009
    Could the thickness of the icicles be due to varying water levels during their formation?
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2009
    David_S85 wrote:
    Could the thickness of the icicles be due to varying water levels during their formation?

    That would be my guess, Cool effect.
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  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2009
    Cool shots!

    Those have got to be the weirdest icicles I've ever seen :D
    zacHer0 wrote:
    How would I get #1 to not be so blurry in the future?

    Just keep an eye on where your focus is and how much depth you have. Here you seem to have focused on the fourth and depth of field is limited enough to blur all the others. A smaller aperture would help to extend your depth, but consider focusing on the first icicle and have just enough depth to focus the second, but blur the rest.
    David_S85 wrote:
    Could the thickness of the icicles be due to varying water levels during their formation?

    I was guessing snowbanks. The bulges are all at the same level, so it's gotta be something in that vein.
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