Weekly Photo – November 26
©Darwin Wiggett
This is an image of the Mistaya River in Banff National Park during the November Fire and Ice Photo Tour. For this photo I used my Canon EOS-1ds Mark III and a Sigma120-400mm lens to make an extractive landscape photo of the ice formations on the river. I used my new Singh-Ray Vari-N-Trio (ND+polarizer+color enhancer) to give me a 30 second exposure at 16 during bright overcast. I like how the Vari-N-Trio brought out the colours of the greenish water and the reddish-brown rocks. To see a larger version just click on the photo.
Darwin Wiggett 
November 26, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Cool, almost ethereal!
November 26, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Love it Darwin! The ice on the rocks appears to be floating on the water at this 30 second exposure.
November 26, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Really nice, Darwin! This photo has a very magical quality to it.
November 26, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Wow. I love it. Looks like the ice is hovering in the air.
November 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM
The filter looks thick. How wide can you go before vignetting is a real problem?
November 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM
You can only go to about 35mm with a full frame camera. d
November 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM
As Kurt alluded above, ethereal, this is the kind of image that takes some familiar objects and then conveys them in a way that makes your mind light up with interpretations.
But this is not the work of a guy with a backward ball cap and shades throwing back shots. 😉
November 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Cheers!
d
November 26, 2010 at 12:49 PM
My eight-year-old says it looks like germs. LOL I think it’s awesome! Truly exquisite.
Have you tried the new filter on a wide-angle lens yet? I love my Singh-Ray filters but always struggle with vignetting.
November 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM
You can’t use this on lenses much wider than about 35mm on gull frame and about 24mm on APS cameras. d
November 26, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Levitating ice…looks like your new Vari-N-Trio doubles as an anti-gravity filter!
November 26, 2010 at 11:40 PM
I love how those globs seem to be levitating. A gorgeous image, Darwin!
November 27, 2010 at 6:43 AM
Awesome shot. Love those extracting type of shots. Makes you look for more than the normal shot.
November 27, 2010 at 6:59 AM
Something I find quite interesting, in this shot, is the separation between the static ice and the moving water. Its very cut and dried without the usual softening around the bottom edges. Nice effect, though. I like it. 🙂
November 29, 2010 at 5:37 AM
This shot is perfectly framed Darwin – love it!
November 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM
The 30sec exposure really makes quite a difference to the frosty appearance of the water. I like that, Darwin. I like the soft hues in the water in your shot with the ice-encrusted rocks. Nice composition, and feel.