A Few Icebergs from Greenland

pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
edited September 9, 2015 in Landscapes
A few images from a Muench Workshop in Greenland in August

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Monochrome or color better?
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2015
    Hangers all!clap.giflustbowdown.gif
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2015
    The post processing of both versions are great, and they move me equally. thumb.gifthumb

    The color versus Monochrome for me conveys more of the feeling of cold, whereas the monochrome conveys the stark beauty of the elements combined to create these huge frozen structures.

    Phil
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2015
    There are features of each ( B&W versus color ) that give the different approaches a separate appeal. I like them both. Nicely captured. That has to be an impressive scene to be experienced personally.

    Tom
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited August 30, 2015
    These were more isolated, solitary bergs floating nearer the mouth of Scoresby Sound.

    Later we passed through several ice fields where we were completely surrounded by ice bergs on all sides, varying in size from refrigerator to city block and larger. Quite a humbling environment, but with a very spare beauty.

    We spent days without seeing a solitary sign of humanity other than our little wooden boat.

    Makes the wilderness in the western US and Canada seem almost metropolitan.

    This is unedited iPhone footage - notice the three glaciers we motor by in the background. One of there reasons I did shoot some very limited video ( which I rarely do as I know little about it ) is the sheer vastness of the scale which I found hard to capture in still images. Even in the video it is hard to appreciate that the shoreline ranges are about 1000 meters in height. The scale is so much larger than we are usually acquainted with.

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  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2015
    Very nice work on them all. I favor #2 for the "cold" colors!
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2015
    These are terrific. Even though I usually prefer black and white, I think color works better on these.
    Don
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  • Secluded ValleySecluded Valley Registered Users Posts: 176 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2015
    I love them all. What an awesome experience that must have been.

    Kristine
    "How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!" ~John Muir
  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2015
    Good stuff! It feels like I was there!!!
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited September 1, 2015
    I found a few more..... notice the glacier in the background - miles away

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    Another iceberg in still water
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    Notice the water color which was almost tan due to the bottom mud stirred up from the bottom by the iceberg
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    And for a bit of scale - here is the boat we were on next to a modest iceberg - our masts were about 80 feet tall
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2015
    Beautiful... really love this one:
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    Chris
  • klaesserklaesser Registered Users Posts: 53 Big grins
    edited September 3, 2015
    Fantastic images. Having served on an icebreaker back in the 60s and making it up o 83 degrees north between Greenland and Canada I can appreciate the beauty of these bergs.
    Got a camera couple of lenses and some other stuff
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  • Aaron NelsonAaron Nelson Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited September 3, 2015
    That's exciting, ice color fascinates me! Good to see you're still making magic!!
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited September 4, 2015
    Hi Aaron, great to see you back on dgrin again. I am still wandering around, making images. Great to see you here again.

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited September 4, 2015
    These are marvelous Jim. The first set is great, but the shots of the second set uniformly blow my mind. :wow clap.gif

    Love the ones with the boats in them! Looks like you guys had a heck of a trip. deal.gif
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited September 5, 2015
    I think the high latitude and the cloudy skies contributed to nice soft light almost all day long at times. The lack of trash on the beaches was quite noteworthy, and noticed almost the whole trip. The landscape shows almost no sign of human presence
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2015
    The additional photos are terrific. You're right that the boat adds a sense of scale.
    Don
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited September 7, 2015
    Cornflake, here is another image for a bit of scale.... a zodiac in the iceberg city


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    Another one of the zodiac among the icebergs - you just have to look closely

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  • El GatoEl Gato Registered Users Posts: 1,242 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2015
    Super images!!! Very well done!!

    I've been to the high Arctic many times and even traversed glaciers but, never seen icebergs. Still on my bucket list.

    Your images inspire me to move this trip up into the top three on that list and to get out there.

    I shoot a lot of black & white and infrared, however, your color images take the award here. Given the location, light conditions and composition, the color images get my vote over B&W this time.

    Thanks for helping to rearrange my bucket list for 2016.

    Excellent images and a great job in capturing these amazing bergs!!!!
    Cheers,

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