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Ice Climbing

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited January 30, 2012 in Sports
Took this shot of my friend Christina last week in Ouray, Colorado, about 50 feet off the deck on chandeliered ice. BTW, no enhancement to the sky. It really was that blue that day. Climbing with a DSLR on my chest was a new experience. :D

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    AceCo55AceCo55 Registered Users Posts: 950 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    Would scare me witless! Hope you have a series. Love the colours and I can not imagine the limitations you would have for angles/backgrounds. I find the climber gets a bit "lost" in the background elements (sort of looks like she has a tree stuck in places it doesn't belong). Interested to see if large aperture would provide some separation or not. Would love to see more if you have them - trying to appreciate the difficulty of this genre.
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    IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    AceCo55 wrote: »
    Would scare me witless! Hope you have a series. Love the colours and I can not imagine the limitations you would have for angles/backgrounds. I find the climber gets a bit "lost" in the background elements (sort of looks like she has a tree stuck in places it doesn't belong). Interested to see if large aperture would provide some separation or not. Would love to see more if you have them - trying to appreciate the difficulty of this genre.

    Thanks Ace. This was shot at f/5. Actually the BG was an integral part of the shot for me. Winter is my favorite time of the year and I just love being out in it. The mountains are my "psychologist's couch," though I do understand most people think I need a more proper one. :D
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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    FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    "Climbing with a DSLR on my chest was a new experience. :D"


    With a name like IceBear it seems like it would be easy? :)
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    jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    Awesome. Winter rules. People who say cameras shouldn't have pop-up flash are idiots.
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    IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    FlyNavy wrote: »
    "Climbing with a DSLR on my chest was a new experience. :D"


    With a name like IceBear it seems like it would be easy? :)

    Icebear likes p&s when climbing mwink.gif.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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    IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2012
    jmphotocraft wrote: »
    Awesome. Winter rules. People who say cameras shouldn't have pop-up flash are idiots.

    A little fill goes a long way, but in brightish conditions, your range is pretty short. Thanks for the nice comment!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,920 moderator
    edited January 30, 2012
    Looks great! Light fill really makes it pop.
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