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Ocean Pack Ice creatures

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Nova Scotia

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Nova Scotia
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NIKON D5300

settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

Mar, 2019

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459

Likes

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Awards

Action Award

Zenith Award

Spring 21 Award

Judge Favorite

Celebrity Award

Contest Finalist in The Shapes Of Ice Photo Contest

Superb Composition

+16

Peer Award

Top Choice

Outstanding Creativity

Absolute Masterpiece

Magnificent Capture

All Star

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Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

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Top 10 rank

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Behind The Lens

Location

Every winter in Cape Breton Nova Scotia my wife and I try to get in a trip around the Cabot Trail. This picture was taken just north of Cheticamp, a lovely French community on the west coast of the island. As we drove down from the highlands the sun was getting low in the sky and lighting up the pack ice that lay below us.

Time

We arrived at this spot about 15 minutes before the sun set which was perfect and we had lots of fun shooting and watching the sun go down through the ice pack.

Lighting

The ice here was packed in like I had never seen it before. With many slabs of ice standing on end and with the sun behind them the forms became outlined with light and the slabs lit up differently depending on their thickness.

Equipment

I was shooting with a Nikon D5300 with a nikon 18-300 lens.

Inspiration

When we reached this spot we had just come around a corner and there it was in front of us all lit up. We were ecstatic with with our good timing to reach this spot, with the incredible ice pack and beautiful lighting. It was a no brainer for us and we both rushed to the waters edge and probably each took over 500 shots in the next 15 minutes or so.

Editing

I almost always do some post processing and this was no exception. This picture has the saturation and contrast increased. I also think I may have done some cropping although probably not much on this one.

In my camera bag

I carry as little as I can so as not to be encumbered with equipment. I often leave my bag in the car when going for a hike or anywhere I want to shoot. My bag only has my D5300, my most used lense, the 18-300mm nikon, a 50mm, an assortment of filters, 2 spare batteries, a flash, a remote shutter release, a tripod, a waterproof bag, and lens cleaning kit.

Feedback

I often look to go out on a shoot if the weather looks like a little on the bad side. I like clouds but also am looking for the sun shining through so it can't just be a gloomy day although I have some good shots in that kind of weather as well. I would say the most productive thing is to go out often with some specific goals in mind. In this case it was to get some pictures that would show the island in the winter. We didn't know about the amount and the condition of the pack ice as it was on the other side of the island from where we live. It turned out to be a very productive day for us we got many other shots of the winter in Cape Breton that day as well.

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Ocean Pack Ice creatures

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Nova Scotia

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