Iceberg in the desert

[colinmlegg]

A pretty interesting phenomena in the geyser field. One of the geysers must be super active in winter, so much so as to form a large iceberg down wind. I was there mid August and it was already starting to collapse - days were getting longer and heating up.

[jjjnettie]

That is amazing!!

[ourkind]

Wow that is beautiful! I love this planet I can't wait to see more of it with my own eyes. Thank you for sharing such a gorgeous photo!

[multiweb]

That is quite amazing. I wouldn't have thought that the steam would ice up and accumulate like this. It must be bloody cold to build up. Great shot. :thumbsup:

[iceman]

It's hard to get a sense of the scale of that. How big is it?

Lovely image!

[colinmlegg]

Thanks JJJ, Carlos, Marc, Mike.

The top of iceberg is about head height and 4 or 5 metres in length. I think the geyser that feeds it is water rather than steam. It was dormant while I was there. The other water geyser that was active had a fringe of ice, but no iceberg. So they must turn on and off throughout the year.

A long term timelapse of the growth and wane of the ice would be pretty cool.

[pluto]

That is so cool!
Nice shot too :-)

[Larryp]

Wonderful!

[gregbradley]

An unsual scene.

Nicely done.

Greg.

[niko]

great photo Colin. Lovely lighting and composition

[CapturingTheNight]

Full of win :thumbsup:

[bartman]

Fantastic shot Colinm,
Any chance of some details on the shot details and processing???:shrug::D:P
Cheers
Bartman

[colinmlegg]

Thanks again guys.



Bart, nothing too special on the processing side. Just some noise reduction, colour correction, curves, and a bit of saturation. The clarity is probably due the lack of air at 4300m. The moon was around a 1/3, but with less air the sky is darker than you'd normally see at sea level. There was a bit of airglow though.

I think the lens was f/2.8,16mm (Nikon 14-24), and camera (5D2) iso3200, 25 s shutter.

[dannat]

beautiful

[bartman]

Thanks Colin,
the 4300m AMSL probably explains a fair bit. Didn't think of that!

This shot just seems so ......you can touch the berg kinda feeling...
Bartman

[Deeno]

Beautiful shot!
Sureal...

[SkyViking]

Top shot Colin, looks like a magical place!

[StephenM]

Another stunning image Colin!

Cheers,
Stephen

[strongmanmike]

How do you make such a beautiful photo out of a chunk of white stuff :confused2:...I've got a lot to learn I see :P...hopefully an alien space craft will land in one of my paddocks one night and THAT will make the ultimate forground object :thumbsup:...will need to get the illumination right though...so it looks natural:question:

Mike

[colinmlegg]

Thanks fellas.


You'll post it here first, right? Illumination should be a snap with all those gyrating/flashing lights. Maybe add an ND grad and carefully move it down as it lands.