Ness Lake froze perfectly this year without wind or snow, turning it into one large transparent ice rink for a few amazing days of skating. The ice was clear enough to see submersed logs and schools of fish below your feet as you skated. This shot is looking east towards the island and I used a high intensity led flashlight to light up some of the foreground cracks in the ice. The fractured ice reflects the light down the cracks much in the same way light travels down optic fiber. Any light which escapes the primary fracture travels away sideways though the ice without being visible to the observer above unless picked up by another crack and reflected upwards. A 20 second exposure at f/4.5 shot with a Samyang 14mm f2.4 on a Canon 6D MKII .
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Amazing ice and night view!
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Well this is awesome!
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I've only skated on a lake like that a couple times where you could see way down into the water below. Absolutely beautiful!
It is a surreal experience; one I will never forget almost feels like flying.
Great pic!
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Lighting up the cracks like that made a pretty cool effect! Just don’t fall through 😮
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The ice was 100mm (4") thick; so you could almost drive a truck on it.
What a cool shot! Awesome creativity and capture.
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GET OUT OF HERE. Love the idea.
You should try it. Plenty of frozen lakes in your part of the world I imagine.
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Thanks. I will have a look.
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Woah...this is an epic shot. Love the illuminated cracks! Glad you had some good skating (and photography) conditions
Thanks. It was nice to see it like this. Normally we have way to much snow over the freeze.
Wow beautiful shot of the island and reflection. Capturing the fractured ice is a really cool effect.
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Amazing!
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Wow, that's amazing! How thick was ice at this moment?
Wow, that's amazing! How thick was ice at this moment?
The ice was about 4" (100mm) thick.
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Yes I have seen people drive their plows on 4".
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Is it safe to skate on such ice?
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Yes the ice is very strong. The stress fractures are common.
I love the shoot! very nice
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Amazing ice color gradient. This Is a great photofeed
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Nice ...
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Howdy intrepidphotos! This entire picture is absolutely amazing!
Thanks mate !
Wow.... this is incredible
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Your really back in the archives ;-)
Yeah... saw it shared somewhere else. How is the light in the ice created ?!
I explain it in the description.