Falling Ice Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Photo taken on the impressive Franz Josef Glacier. The glacier is currently 12 km long and terminates 19 km from the Tasmanian Sea. Due to strong snowfall it is one of the few glaciers in New Zealand which is still growing as of 2007, while others, mostly on the eastern side of the Southern Alps, have been shrinking heavily, a process attributed to global warming. Although in this picture, I think you can almost "see" the global warming!

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kensimage (8543) 2008-07-04 9:12

Hello Nele--I like the composition here, setting the ice against the sky and the dark earth below. B/W helps make it stark--not the obvious choice for this image but it works well. I think, though, that with B/W and (more or less) white ice, you have to use the full bright end of the tonal range, so it doesn't look like gray ice. Maybe some adjustment of the ice part of the image in Curves or Levels would do it. Then it will really "pop out." Regards, Ken.