I took this photo of Miller Bluff outside of my house in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This was after a night of ice fog.
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Location
I took this photo from my front porch. La Crosse, Wisconsin is in the Mississippi River Valley, surrounded by these large bluffs. I happen to live right below Miller Bluff. Right next to it is Cliffside Bluff, and then Grandad's Bluff. People live on them and hike on them. I take many pictures from the top of them. From Grandad's Bluff, on a clear day, you can see three states, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.Time
I took this picture at 9:00am. This way, the ice would not have melted in the sunlight, but the sun was shining on the bluff.Lighting
The sun had risen a little over an hour before, which gave the perfect lighting on the ice. It was a still breeze, so nothing had done anything to the ice on the trees, once the fog had lifted. This was in early January, which was quite late in the season for an ice fog, but it still happens.Equipment
I did not use any special equipment. I simply stood on my porch with my Nikon D3200 DSLR, and took about 30 images.Inspiration
I have always loved this area for the beauty of the winter. Last night, I was outside taking pictures of an ice storm with a slow shutter speed to show the ice on the trees. Ice has a beauty all in it's own. In many areas the ice will freeze and refreeze, causing mammoth sized icicles down the face of the bluffs by the end of the winter season. That is across the River from us, and is considered one of the most beautiful areas of the United States.Editing
All I did was crop the photo to get just the bluff into the photo frame.In my camera bag
I usually have (other than my camera and 55mm lens) a 70mm-300mm zoom, a hot shoe flash (sometimes two), an ultra-violet filter, numerous SD cards (to switch out when I am reading one on my computer), SD card readers (although most of them that I use now are by my computer). 3 tripods, an aluminum for simple projects, a middle weight one for projects that require more than just a snap of the shutter, and then a very old one that has a solid iron base which could hold any camera at any angle (I received this one as a gift from a photo shop that was going out of business when I bought a 35mm camera from them on eBay. I've had offers for it, but would never sell it.) Then cleaning equipment like a very fine brush, and some micro-fiber cloths.Feedback
Make sure to get to it as early as possible. Ice does not tend to wait for a good shot in most cases (similar to most animals).
